American Art

By Alinadyazhur
  • Sebastiano del Piombo, Christophorus Columbus
    1520

    Sebastiano del Piombo, Christophorus Columbus

  • Robert Walter Weir, Landing of Hendrick Hudson

    Robert Walter Weir, Landing of Hendrick Hudson

  • Unidentified artist, “Nieu Amsterdam”

    Unidentified artist, “Nieu Amsterdam”

    Copper engraving
  • Anoniem, Elisabeth Freake and baby Mary

    Anoniem, Elisabeth Freake and baby Mary

  • Anonymous, John Freake

    Anonymous, John Freake

  • Anonymous, Mrs. Anne Pollard

    Anonymous, Mrs. Anne Pollard

  • Charles Collins, A Still life of Pears, Peaches, and Grapes

    Charles Collins, A Still life of Pears, Peaches, and Grapes

  • Jean-Etienne Liotard, Portrait of Marie Fargues, artist’s wife, in Turkish costume

    Jean-Etienne Liotard, Portrait of Marie Fargues, artist’s wife, in Turkish costume

  • John Singleton Copley, Boy with squirrel

    John Singleton Copley, Boy with squirrel

  • John Singleton Copley, Mrs. Thomas Boylston

    John Singleton Copley, Mrs. Thomas Boylston

  • John Singleton Copley, Nicolas Boylston

    John Singleton Copley, Nicolas Boylston

  • John Singleton Copley, Paul Revere

    John Singleton Copley, Paul Revere

  • John Singleton Copley, Self portrait

    John Singleton Copley, Self portrait

  • Benjamin West, Self-portrait

    Benjamin West, Self-portrait

  • Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia

  • Paul Revere, The bloody massacre in King Street

    Paul Revere, The bloody massacre in King Street

    Engraving colored with watercolor
  • Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe

    Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe

  • John Singleton Copley, Watson and the shark

    John Singleton Copley, Watson and the shark

  • Jaques-Louis David, Oath of Horatii

    Jaques-Louis David, Oath of Horatii

  • John Trumbull, The death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill

    John Trumbull, The death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill

  • John Trumbull, The death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec

    John Trumbull, The death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec

  • John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence

    John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence

  • Thomas Jefferson, State Capitol Virginia, Richmond

    Thomas Jefferson, State Capitol Virginia, Richmond

  • Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington

    Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington

  • John Trumbull, General George Washington Before the Battle of Trenton

    John Trumbull, General George Washington Before the Battle of Trenton

    Appropriation of Greek style and iconography
  • Gilbert Stuart, George Washington (the Lansdowne Portrait)

    Gilbert Stuart, George Washington (the Lansdowne Portrait)

  • Gilbert Stuart, ‘Athenaeum’, Portrait of George Washington

    Gilbert Stuart, ‘Athenaeum’, Portrait of George Washington

  • San José, Old Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico

    San José, Old Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico

    Unique mix of indigenous and catholic art
  • John Trumbull, Self-portrait

    John Trumbull, Self-portrait

  • Washington Allston, Elija in the Desert

    Washington Allston, Elija in the Desert

  • William Strickland, Second Bank of the U.S., Philadelphia

    William Strickland, Second Bank of the U.S., Philadelphia

  • Samuel F.B. Morse, The Old House of Representatives

    Samuel F.B. Morse, The Old House of Representatives

  • Thomas Cole, Sunny morning on the Hudson River

    Thomas Cole, Sunny morning on the Hudson River

  • Thomas Cole, Expulsion from Paradise

    Thomas Cole, Expulsion from Paradise

  • Thomas Cole, Expulsion (moon and firelight)

    Thomas Cole, Expulsion (moon and firelight)

  • Charles Bird King, The Anatomy of Art Appreciation, ‘The Vanity of the Artist’s Dream’

    Charles Bird King, The Anatomy of Art Appreciation, ‘The Vanity of the Artist’s Dream’

  • Samuel Finlay Morse, Gallery of the Louvre

    Samuel Finlay Morse, Gallery of the Louvre

  • Thomas Cole, View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow)

    Thomas Cole, View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow)

  • Thomas Cole, View on the Catskill – Early Autumn

    Thomas Cole, View on the Catskill – Early Autumn

  • Horatio Greenough, George Washington

    Horatio Greenough, George Washington

  • Thomas Cole, The Architect's Dream

    Thomas Cole, The Architect's Dream

    Eclecticism
  • Asher B. Durand, The Beeches

    Asher B. Durand, The Beeches

  • Frederic Edwin Church, Above the Clouds at Sunrise

    Frederic Edwin Church, Above the Clouds at Sunrise

  • Gustave Courbet, The Stone Breakers

    Gustave Courbet, The Stone Breakers

    French realism
  • William S. Jewett, The Promised Land - The Grayson Family

    William S. Jewett, The Promised Land - The Grayson Family

  • Emanuel Leutze, Washington crossing the Delaware

    Emanuel Leutze, Washington crossing the Delaware

    One of last traditional history paintings made in the USA
  • George C. Bingham, Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap

    George C. Bingham, Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap

  • Asher B. Durand, Progress

    Asher B. Durand, Progress

  • Elisha Otis demonstrates elevator security, world exhibition, New York

    Elisha Otis demonstrates elevator security, world exhibition, New York

  • George Caleb Bingham, The Verdict of the People

    George Caleb Bingham, The Verdict of the People

  • Frederic Edwin Church, Niagara Falls

    Frederic Edwin Church, Niagara Falls

  • Eastman Johnson, Negro Life in the South (Old Kentucky Home)

    Eastman Johnson, Negro Life in the South (Old Kentucky Home)

  • Frederic Edwin Church, Twilight in the Wilderness

    Frederic Edwin Church, Twilight in the Wilderness

  • Winslow Homer, The Walking Wounded

    Winslow Homer, The Walking Wounded

  • Emanuel Leutze, Westward the course of the Empire takes its way

    Emanuel Leutze, Westward the course of the Empire takes its way

    Mural
    Invitation to “occupy, settle, and control"
  • Winslow Homer, Union Pickets in the Woods, in Harper's Weekly

    Winslow Homer, Union Pickets in the Woods, in Harper's Weekly

  • Eastman Johnson, A Ride for Liberty: The Fugitive Slaves

    Eastman Johnson, A Ride for Liberty: The Fugitive Slaves

  • Alexander Gardner, Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg

    Alexander Gardner, Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg

  • Albert Bierstadt, The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak

    Albert Bierstadt, The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak

  • Mathew Brady, A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

    Mathew Brady, A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

  • A Group of “Contrabands” in Virginia

    A Group of “Contrabands” in Virginia

  • Winslow Homer, The Veteran in a New Field

    Winslow Homer, The Veteran in a New Field

  • Thomas C. Roche, Dead Confederate soldier outside the walls of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia

    Thomas C. Roche, Dead Confederate soldier outside the walls of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia

  • Frederic Edwin Church, Aurora Borealis

    Frederic Edwin Church, Aurora Borealis

  • Winslow Homer, The Prisoners from the front

    Winslow Homer, The Prisoners from the front

  • St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York

    St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York

    Appropriation of Gothic style
  • Fanny Palmer, Across the continent: Westward the course of Empire takes its way

    Fanny Palmer, Across the continent: Westward the course of Empire takes its way

    Lithograph
  • George Henry Boughton, The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers 1620

    George Henry Boughton, The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers 1620

  • Albert Bierstadt, The Oregon Trail

    Albert Bierstadt, The Oregon Trail

  • Eastman Johnson, The Brown Family

    Eastman Johnson, The Brown Family

  • Albert Bierstadt, Wind River, Wyoming

    Albert Bierstadt, Wind River, Wyoming

  • Thomas Eakins, The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmidt in a Single Scull)

    Thomas Eakins, The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmidt in a Single Scull)

  • John Gast, American Progress

    John Gast, American Progress

  • Claude Monet, Regatta in Argenteuil

    Claude Monet, Regatta in Argenteuil

    French impressionism
  • Winslow Homer, Snap the Whip

    Winslow Homer, Snap the Whip

  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Old Battersea Bridge

    James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Old Battersea Bridge

  • Multi-level buildings, Timothy O’Sullivan

    Multi-level buildings, Timothy O’Sullivan

    Photograph
    South side of Zuni Pueblo
  • Thomas Eakins, The Gross Clinic

    Thomas Eakins, The Gross Clinic

    Frowned upon
  • Winslow Homer, The Cotton Pickers

    Winslow Homer, The Cotton Pickers

  • Mary Cassatt, Mother combing child’s hair

    Mary Cassatt, Mother combing child’s hair

  • Jean Léon Gérôme, Pygmalion et Galatea

    Jean Léon Gérôme, Pygmalion et Galatea

  • Thomas Eakins, Mending the Net

    Thomas Eakins, Mending the Net

  • Jules-Étienne Marey, Chronophotography of a long jump from a standing position

    Jules-Étienne Marey, Chronophotography of a long jump from a standing position

  • Jules-Étienne Marey, Herons in flight

    Jules-Étienne Marey, Herons in flight

  • Thomas Eakins, Man Pole-Vaunting

    Thomas Eakins, Man Pole-Vaunting

  • Thomas Eakins, History of a jump

    Thomas Eakins, History of a jump

  • Jules-Étienne Marey, Chronophotography of a walking man

    Jules-Étienne Marey, Chronophotography of a walking man

  • Jacob Riis, Bandit’s Roost

    Jacob Riis, Bandit’s Roost

  • Mary Cassatt, Emmy and her Child

    Mary Cassatt, Emmy and her Child

  • Thomas Eakins, The Agnew Clinic

    Thomas Eakins, The Agnew Clinic

    Frowned upon
  • Jacob Riis, A man atop a make-shift bed that consists of a plank across two barrels

    Jacob Riis, A man atop a make-shift bed that consists of a plank across two barrels

  • Louis Sullivan, Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Missouri

    Louis Sullivan, Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Missouri

  • Jacob Riis, A Tenements Room

    Jacob Riis, A Tenements Room

  • Jacob Riis, Five Cents a Spot, Unauthorized Lodgings in a Bayard Street Tenement

    Jacob Riis, Five Cents a Spot, Unauthorized Lodgings in a Bayard Street Tenement

  • Jacob Riis, Home of an Italian Ragpicker

    Jacob Riis, Home of an Italian Ragpicker

  • Alfred Stieglitz, The Terminal

    Alfred Stieglitz, The Terminal

    gelatine silver print
  • Alfred Stieglitz, Winter, 5th Avenue

    Alfred Stieglitz, Winter, 5th Avenue

    carbon print
  • Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson

    Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson

  • Mary Cassatt, Modern Woman mural

    Mary Cassatt, Modern Woman mural

    Woman’s Building, World’s Columbian Exposition and Fair, Chicago
  • Mary Cassatt, Summertime

    Mary Cassatt, Summertime

  • Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Thankful Poor

    Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Thankful Poor

  • Henry Ossawa Tanner, Resurrection of Lazarus

    Henry Ossawa Tanner, Resurrection of Lazarus

  • Gertrude Käsebier, Maternity

    Gertrude Käsebier, Maternity

    gum print
  • Thomas Eakins, Between Rounds

    Thomas Eakins, Between Rounds

  • Lewis W. Hine, Child at Carolina Cotton Mill

    Lewis W. Hine, Child at Carolina Cotton Mill

  • Louis Sullivan, Carson, Pirie and Scott department store, Chicago

    Louis Sullivan, Carson, Pirie and Scott department store, Chicago

  • Eadweard Muybridge, Woman Walking Downstairs, from The Human Figure in Motion

    Eadweard Muybridge, Woman Walking Downstairs, from The Human Figure in Motion

  • William Glackens, Hammerstein's Roof Garden

    William Glackens, Hammerstein's Roof Garden

  • Edward Steichen, Self- Portrait with Brush and Palette

    Edward Steichen, Self- Portrait with Brush and Palette

    gum bichromate photographic print
  • Thomas Eakins, Self Portrait

    Thomas Eakins, Self Portrait

  • Gertrude Käsebier, Alfred Stieglitz

    Gertrude Käsebier, Alfred Stieglitz

  • Alfred Stieglitz, The Hand of Man

    Alfred Stieglitz, The Hand of Man

    photograve
  • Robert Henri, Self Portrait

    Robert Henri, Self Portrait

  • Edward Steichen, The Flatiron

    Edward Steichen, The Flatiron

    platinum print photograph
  • George Luks, Hester Street

    George Luks, Hester Street

  • Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Savior

    Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Savior

  • George Luks, The Spielers

    George Luks, The Spielers

  • George Luks, Allen Street

    George Luks, Allen Street

  • John Sloan, The Picnic Grounds

    John Sloan, The Picnic Grounds

  • John Sloan, Hairdresser's Window

    John Sloan, Hairdresser's Window

  • Henri Matisse, Blue Nude (Memories of Biskra)

    Henri Matisse, Blue Nude (Memories of Biskra)

  • Robert Henri, Eva Green

    Robert Henri, Eva Green

  • Robert Henri, Laughing Child

    Robert Henri, Laughing Child

  • Thomas Eakins, William Rush carving his allegorical figure of the Schuylkill river

    Thomas Eakins, William Rush carving his allegorical figure of the Schuylkill river

  • John Sloan, Sloan South Beach Bathers

    John Sloan, Sloan South Beach Bathers

  • Pablo Picasso, Trois Femmes

    Pablo Picasso, Trois Femmes

  • Lewis W. Hine, Climbing into the Promised Land, Ellis Island

    Lewis W. Hine, Climbing into the Promised Land, Ellis Island

  • Georges Braque, Viaduct at L’Estaque

    Georges Braque, Viaduct at L’Estaque

  • George Bellows, Pennsylvania Station Excavation

    George Bellows, Pennsylvania Station Excavation

  • George Bellows, Stag at Sharkey's

    George Bellows, Stag at Sharkey's

  • George Bellows, Both Members of This Club

    George Bellows, Both Members of This Club

  • John Sloan, Three A.M

    John Sloan, Three A.M

  • Alvin Langdon Coburn, Tunnel Builders

    Alvin Langdon Coburn, Tunnel Builders

  • Robert Henri, John Butler Yeats

    Robert Henri, John Butler Yeats

  • Max Weber, Composition with three figures

    Max Weber, Composition with three figures

  • John Marin, Trinity Church

    John Marin, Trinity Church

  • Everett Shinn, Fifth Avenue

    Everett Shinn, Fifth Avenue

  • George Luks, Thompson and Bleeker Streets

    George Luks, Thompson and Bleeker Streets

  • Alfred Stieglitz, The City of Ambition

    Alfred Stieglitz, The City of Ambition

  • Everett Shinn, Washington Square Park

    Everett Shinn, Washington Square Park

  • Lewis W. Hine, Newsies at Skeeter Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11 a.m., May 9, 1910

    Lewis W. Hine, Newsies at Skeeter Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11 a.m., May 9, 1910

  • John Sloan, Women’s Work

    John Sloan, Women’s Work

  • Arthur Dove, Nature Symbolized

    Arthur Dove, Nature Symbolized

  • Arthur Dove, Sails

    Arthur Dove, Sails

  • Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Holy Family

    Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Holy Family

  • George Bellows, New York

    George Bellows, New York

  • Alfred Stieglitz, The Aeroplane

    Alfred Stieglitz, The Aeroplane

  • Henri Matisse, L’Atelier Rouge

    Henri Matisse, L’Atelier Rouge

  • Wassily Kandinsky, Composition number 4

    Wassily Kandinsky, Composition number 4

  • Pablo Picasso, Stilleven met Rieten Stoel

    Pablo Picasso, Stilleven met Rieten Stoel

  • Marcel Duchamp, Nude descending a Staircase

    Marcel Duchamp, Nude descending a Staircase

  • Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation #27, Garden of Love

    Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation #27, Garden of Love

  • Francis Picabia, La Danse a la Source

    Francis Picabia, La Danse a la Source

  • Pablo Picasso, La Jolie

    Pablo Picasso, La Jolie

  • John Marin, Woolworth Building, no. 31, 1912

    John Marin, Woolworth Building, no. 31, 1912

  • Cass Gilbert, The Woolworth Building, New York

    Cass Gilbert, The Woolworth Building, New York

  • George Bellows, Cliff Dwellers

    George Bellows, Cliff Dwellers

  • John Sloan, Spring Planting

    John Sloan, Spring Planting

  • Max Weber, New York

    Max Weber, New York

  • John Sloan, Before Her Makers and Her Judge

    John Sloan, Before Her Makers and Her Judge

  • Robert Henri, Irish Girl (Mary O’Donnell)

    Robert Henri, Irish Girl (Mary O’Donnell)

  • John Sloan, “She’s Got the Point,” The Masses

    John Sloan, “She’s Got the Point,” The Masses

  • John Sloan, Cartoon on cubism at Armory Show

    John Sloan, Cartoon on cubism at Armory Show

  • Marcel Duchamp, Bicycle wheel (replica), 1963 (originally 1913/15)

    Marcel Duchamp, Bicycle wheel (replica), 1963 (originally 1913/15)

  • John Sloan, “Class War in Colorado, June 1914”, The Masses

    John Sloan, “Class War in Colorado, June 1914”, The Masses

  • George Luks, The Brooklyn Bridge

    George Luks, The Brooklyn Bridge

  • Carlo Carrà, Interventionist Celebration (Patriotic Holiday – Free Word Painting)

    Carlo Carrà, Interventionist Celebration (Patriotic Holiday – Free Word Painting)

  • Marcel Duchamp, Bottle Rack (replica), 1963 (originally 1914)

    Marcel Duchamp, Bottle Rack (replica), 1963 (originally 1914)

    Readymade
  • Henry Ossawa Tanner, Christ learning to read

    Henry Ossawa Tanner, Christ learning to read

  • Stanton McDonald Wright, Conception Synchromy

    Stanton McDonald Wright, Conception Synchromy

  • Getrude Käsebier, Silhouette

    Getrude Käsebier, Silhouette

    gum bichromate print
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Drawing XIII

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Drawing XIII

  • Ernest Graham, Equitable Building

    Ernest Graham, Equitable Building

  • Paul Strand, Wall Street, New York

    Paul Strand, Wall Street, New York

  • Max Weber, Rush Hour, New York

    Max Weber, Rush Hour, New York

  • Umberto Boccioni, Charge of the Lancers

    Umberto Boccioni, Charge of the Lancers

  • Francis Picabia, Le Fiancé

    Francis Picabia, Le Fiancé

  • Francis Picabia, Foi et Amour (Faith and Love)

    Francis Picabia, Foi et Amour (Faith and Love)

  • Thomas Hart Benton, Bubbles

    Thomas Hart Benton, Bubbles

  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Evening

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Evening

  • Francis Picabia, Machine Tournez Vite (Machine Turning Quickly)

    Francis Picabia, Machine Tournez Vite (Machine Turning Quickly)

  • Morton Schamberg, Painting VIII (Mechanical Abstraction)

    Morton Schamberg, Painting VIII (Mechanical Abstraction)

  • Paul Strand, Portrait Washington Square Park

    Paul Strand, Portrait Washington Square Park

  • Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, photographed by Alfred Stieglitz

    Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, photographed by Alfred Stieglitz

  • Francis Picabia, Love Parade/Parade Amoureuse

    Francis Picabia, Love Parade/Parade Amoureuse

  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Blue Flower

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Blue Flower

  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Music Pink and Blue

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Music Pink and Blue

  • Joseph Stella, Brooklyn Bridge

    Joseph Stella, Brooklyn Bridge

  • Charles Sheeler, Church Street El

    Charles Sheeler, Church Street El

  • Charles Demuth, Incense of a New Church

    Charles Demuth, Incense of a New Church

  • Eliel Saarinen, Tribune Tower design

    Eliel Saarinen, Tribune Tower design

  • Alfred Stieglitz, Dancing Trees

    Alfred Stieglitz, Dancing Trees

  • Paul Strand, Double Akeley

    Paul Strand, Double Akeley

  • Thomas Hart Benton, Agression

    Thomas Hart Benton, Agression

  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Grey Lines with Black, Blue, and Yellow

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Grey Lines with Black, Blue, and Yellow

  • 1931Charles Sheeler, Self-Portrait

    1931Charles Sheeler, Self-Portrait

  • Arthur Dove, Penetration

    Arthur Dove, Penetration

  • Archibald Motley, Jr., Mending socks

    Archibald Motley, Jr., Mending socks

  • Thomas Hart Benton, Over the Mountains

    Thomas Hart Benton, Over the Mountains

  • Arthur Dove, Goin’ Fishin

    Arthur Dove, Goin’ Fishin

  • Diego Rivera, Night of the Rich

    Diego Rivera, Night of the Rich

    Initiated in early 1920s by president Álvaro Obregón to promote post-revolutionary nationalism: murals in public buildings
    Accessibility, anti-elitism
  • Diego Rivera, Night of the Poor

    Diego Rivera, Night of the Poor

    Initiated in early 1920s by president Álvaro Obregón to promote post-revolutionary nationalism: murals in public buildings Accessibility, anti-elitism
  • Thomas Hart Benton, Slaves

    Thomas Hart Benton, Slaves

  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Black Iris

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Black Iris

  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Yellow Calla

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Yellow Calla

  • Georgia O’Keeffe, The Shelton with Sunspots

    Georgia O’Keeffe, The Shelton with Sunspots

  • Georgia O’Keeffe, City Night

    Georgia O’Keeffe, City Night

  • Aaron Douglas, cover of Opportunity

    Aaron Douglas, cover of Opportunity

  • Archibald Motley, Jr., Cocktails

    Archibald Motley, Jr., Cocktails

  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Abstraction White Rose

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Abstraction White Rose

  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Radiator Building – Night, New York

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Radiator Building – Night, New York

  • Elsie Driggs, Pittsburgh

    Elsie Driggs, Pittsburgh

  • Elsie Driggs, Queensborough Bridge

    Elsie Driggs, Queensborough Bridge

  • Aaron Douglas, The Crucifixion

    Aaron Douglas, The Crucifixion

  • Charles Sheeler, photography River Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company

    Charles Sheeler, photography River Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company

  • Charles Demuth, My Egypt

    Charles Demuth, My Egypt

  • Struggle for the Wilderness

    Struggle for the Wilderness

  • Charles Demuth, I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold

    Charles Demuth, I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold

  • Aaron Douglas, cover of The Crisis

    Aaron Douglas, cover of The Crisis

  • Albert Kahn, Joseph N. French, Fisher Building, Chicago

    Albert Kahn, Joseph N. French, Fisher Building, Chicago

  • Georgia O’Keeffe, East River from the 30th Story of Shelton Hotel

    Georgia O’Keeffe, East River from the 30th Story of Shelton Hotel

  • Reginald Marsh, The Bowery

    Reginald Marsh, The Bowery

  • John Steuart Curry, Baptism in Kansas

    John Steuart Curry, Baptism in Kansas

  • Thomas Hart Benton, Louisiana Rice Field

    Thomas Hart Benton, Louisiana Rice Field

  • Thomas Hart Benton, Cotton Pickers

    Thomas Hart Benton, Cotton Pickers

  • Archibald Motley, Jr., Blues

    Archibald Motley, Jr., Blues

  • Georgia O'Keeffe, Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico / Out Back of Marie's II

    Georgia O'Keeffe, Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico / Out Back of Marie's II

  • Reginald Marsh, Why not use the ‘L’?

    Reginald Marsh, Why not use the ‘L’?

  • Thomas Hart Benton, City Life Building

    Thomas Hart Benton, City Life Building

  • Thomas Hart Benton, Instruments of Power

    Thomas Hart Benton, Instruments of Power

  • Thomas Hart Benton, Outreaching Hands and City Activities with Dance Hall

    Thomas Hart Benton, Outreaching Hands and City Activities with Dance Hall

  • Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp

    Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp

  • Charles Sheeler, American Landscape

    Charles Sheeler, American Landscape

  • Grant Wood, American Gothic

    Grant Wood, American Gothic

  • Thomas Hart Benton, Steel

    Thomas Hart Benton, Steel

  • José Clemente Orozco, Prometheus

    José Clemente Orozco, Prometheus

  • Charles Sheeler, Classic Landscape

    Charles Sheeler, Classic Landscape

  • James van der Zee, Untitled (Man with Two Dogs)

    James van der Zee, Untitled (Man with Two Dogs)

  • Grant Wood, Stone City

    Grant Wood, Stone City

  • John Marin, Region of the Brooklyn Bridge Fantasy

    John Marin, Region of the Brooklyn Bridge Fantasy

  • Ben Shahn, The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti

    Ben Shahn, The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti

  • Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry

    Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry

  • David Alvaro Siqueiros, America Tropical: Oppressed and Destroyed by Imperialism

    David Alvaro Siqueiros, America Tropical: Oppressed and Destroyed by Imperialism

  • Thomas Hart Benton, A Social History of Indiana, "Parks, the Circus, the Klan, the Press"

    Thomas Hart Benton, A Social History of Indiana, "Parks, the Circus, the Klan, the Press"

  • Grant Wood, Spring Plowing

    Grant Wood, Spring Plowing

  • José Clemente Orozco, Epic of American Civilization: Hispano-America

    José Clemente Orozco, Epic of American Civilization: Hispano-America

  • Philip Evergood, Dance Marathon

    Philip Evergood, Dance Marathon

  • Diego Rivera, Man, Contoller of the Universe

    Diego Rivera, Man, Contoller of the Universe

  • Reginald Marsh, 'This is her First Lynching'

    Reginald Marsh, 'This is her First Lynching'

  • Aaron Douglas, Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers

    Aaron Douglas, Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers

  • Jackson Pollock, T.P's Boat

    Jackson Pollock, T.P's Boat

  • Alexandre Hogue, Drought-stricken Area

    Alexandre Hogue, Drought-stricken Area

  • Moses Soyer, Artists on WPA

    Moses Soyer, Artists on WPA

  • James van der Zee, Lady with Fur Jacket

    James van der Zee, Lady with Fur Jacket

  • Jackson Pollock, Cotton Pickers

    Jackson Pollock, Cotton Pickers

  • Thomas Hart Benton, a scene from A Social History of the State of Missouri

    Thomas Hart Benton, a scene from A Social History of the State of Missouri

  • Dorothea Lange, Greek migratory woman living in a cotton camp near Exeter, California

    Dorothea Lange, Greek migratory woman living in a cotton camp near Exeter, California

  • Thomas Hart Benton, Pioneers Days and Early Settlers from A Social History of the State of Missouri

    Thomas Hart Benton, Pioneers Days and Early Settlers from A Social History of the State of Missouri

  • Raphael Soyer, Transients

    Raphael Soyer, Transients

  • Ben Shahn, Roosevelt Mural

    Ben Shahn, Roosevelt Mural

  • Reginald Marsh, Monday Night at the Metropolitan

    Reginald Marsh, Monday Night at the Metropolitan

  • Reginald Marsh, Coney Island Beach

    Reginald Marsh, Coney Island Beach

  • Reginald Marsh, Sorting the Mail

    Reginald Marsh, Sorting the Mail

  • Grant Wood, Spring Turning

    Grant Wood, Spring Turning

  • Walker Evans, Allie Mae Burroughs, Hale County, Alabama

    Walker Evans, Allie Mae Burroughs, Hale County, Alabama

  • Alexander Hogue, Erosion No. 2: Earth Mother Laid Bare

    Alexander Hogue, Erosion No. 2: Earth Mother Laid Bare

  • Walker Evans, Bud Fields and his Family, Hale County, Alabama

    Walker Evans, Bud Fields and his Family, Hale County, Alabama

  • David Alfaro Siqueiros, Collective Suicide

    David Alfaro Siqueiros, Collective Suicide

  • Rockwell Kent, Mail Service in the Arctic

    Rockwell Kent, Mail Service in the Arctic

  • Philip Evergood, American Tragedy

    Philip Evergood, American Tragedy

  • Rockwell Kent, Mail Service in the Tropics

    Rockwell Kent, Mail Service in the Tropics

  • Dorothea Lange, Negro [sic] sharecropper and wife. Mississippi. They have no tools, stock, equipment, or garden

    Dorothea Lange, Negro [sic] sharecropper and wife. Mississippi. They have no tools, stock, equipment, or garden

  • Moses Soyer, Children at Play and Sport

    Moses Soyer, Children at Play and Sport

  • Dorothea Lange, “If You Die, You’re Dead – That’s All,” Texas Panhandle

    Dorothea Lange, “If You Die, You’re Dead – That’s All,” Texas Panhandle

  • William H. Johnson, Jesus and the three Marys

    William H. Johnson, Jesus and the three Marys

  • Charles Sheeler, Steam Turbine

    Charles Sheeler, Steam Turbine

  • Thomas Hart Benton, Treshing Wheat

    Thomas Hart Benton, Treshing Wheat

  • Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, panel 16

    Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, panel 16

    Although the Negro was used to lynching, he found this an
    opportune time for him to leave where one had occurred
  • Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, panel 57

    Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, panel 57

    The
    female worker was also one of the last groups to
    leave the South
  • Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, panel 10

    Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, panel 10

    They were very poor
  • Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, panel 1

    Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, panel 1

    During the World War there
    was a great migration North of Southern
    Negroes
  • Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, panel 14

    Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, panel 14

    Among the social conditions that existed which was
    partly the cause of the migration was the injustice
    done to the Negroes in the courts
  • Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, panel 3

    Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, panel 3

    In every town Negroes
    were leaving by the Hundreds to go
    North and enter into Northern
    industry
  • Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, panel 8

    Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series, panel 8

    They did not always leave
    because they were promised work in
    the North. Many of them left because
    of Southern conditions, one of them
    being great floods that ruined the
    crops, and therefore they were unable
    to make a living where they were
  • Jackson Pollock, Untitled (Naked man with knife)

    Jackson Pollock, Untitled (Naked man with knife)

  • Jackson Pollock, Untitled (Number 37)

    Jackson Pollock, Untitled (Number 37)

  • Romare Bearden, The Visitation

    Romare Bearden, The Visitation

  • Jacob Lawrence, Catholic New Orleans

    Jacob Lawrence, Catholic New Orleans

  • William H. Johnson, Mount Calvary I

    William H. Johnson, Mount Calvary I

  • Fred Flemister, The Mourners

    Fred Flemister, The Mourners

  • Jackson Pollock, Male and Female

    Jackson Pollock, Male and Female

  • Thomas Hart Benton, July Hay

    Thomas Hart Benton, July Hay

  • William H. Johnson, Mount Calvary

    William H. Johnson, Mount Calvary

  • William H. Johnson, Nat Turner

    William H. Johnson, Nat Turner

  • Romare Bearden, Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem

    Romare Bearden, Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem

  • Romare Bearden, He Walks on Water

    Romare Bearden, He Walks on Water

  • Thomas Hart Benton, Cotton Pickers

    Thomas Hart Benton, Cotton Pickers

  • Willem de Kooning, Pink Angels

    Willem de Kooning, Pink Angels

  • Pollock, Eyes in the Heat

    Pollock, Eyes in the Heat

  • Jackson Pollock, Cathedral

    Jackson Pollock, Cathedral

  • Jackson Pollock, Lucifer

    Jackson Pollock, Lucifer

  • Jackson Pollock, Galaxy

    Jackson Pollock, Galaxy

  • Barnett Newman, Onement I

    Barnett Newman, Onement I

  • Robert Motherwell, Elegy to the Spanish Republic

    Robert Motherwell, Elegy to the Spanish Republic

  • Jackson Pollock, Untitled (Green / Silver)

    Jackson Pollock, Untitled (Green / Silver)

  • Jackson Pollock, Number 8

    Jackson Pollock, Number 8

  • Pollock, No.3. (Tiger)

    Pollock, No.3. (Tiger)

  • Jackson Pollock, No.1, 1950 (Lavender Mist)

    Jackson Pollock, No.1, 1950 (Lavender Mist)

  • Jackson Pollock, No. 32

    Jackson Pollock, No. 32

  • Willem de Kooning, Excavation

    Willem de Kooning, Excavation

  • Barnett Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimis

    Barnett Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimis

  • Barnett Newman, Cathedra

    Barnett Newman, Cathedra

  • Barnett Newman, Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III

    Barnett Newman, Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III

  • Georgia O’Keeffe, The Beyond

    Georgia O’Keeffe, The Beyond

  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Sky Above Clouds / Yellow Horizon and Clouds

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Sky Above Clouds / Yellow Horizon and Clouds

  • Julie Buffalohead, The Stampede

    Julie Buffalohead, The Stampede

  • Julie Buffalohead, Revisionist History Lesson

    Julie Buffalohead, Revisionist History Lesson

  • Julie Buffalohead, You Are On Indian Land

    Julie Buffalohead, You Are On Indian Land

  • Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Stolen Map

    Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Stolen Map

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