Timeline: Art in History | Timetoast

Dec 20, 1803

Louisiana Purchase

President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French government for $15 million.
Period: Feb 18, 1823 to Jun 22, 1900

Jasper Francis Cropsey

The painter of The Backwoods of America
Period: May 4, 1826 to Apr 7, 1900

Frederic Edwin Church
Jan 1, 1840

40 percent of the nation's population lived in the West
Feb 2, 1848

Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo

Added more than 1 million square miles to the U.S.
Jan 1, 1852

Home by the Lake

By: Frederic Edwin Church
Jun 8, 1853

Gadsden Purchase

Added about 30,000 square miles of territory to the U.S.
Jan 1, 1858

The Backwoods of America

By: Jasper Francis Cropsey
Period: Oct 4, 1861 to Dec 26, 1909

Frederic Remington

Painter of Cowpuncher's Lullaby
Jan 1, 1906

Cowpuncher's Lullaby

By: Frederic Remington