Frontier Art

By abby.holloway
  • The Louisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Purchase

    The first step in westward expansion. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the nation.
  • Gold Rush

    Gold Rush

    80,000 migrate to California in search of gold. A huge step in the expansion of the nation.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850 admitted several new states to the country, thus adding to the frontier for the people of the nation to explore.
  • Home by the Lake was created

    Home by the Lake was created

    Frederick Edwin Church painted "Home by the Lake" in this year.

  • Home by the Lake was painted/created

    Not an exact date....this is pretty much a practice timetoast anyway.
  • Gadsden Purchase

    Gadsden Purchase

    Mexico sells the United States 29,640 square miles of territory south of the Gila River.
  • "The Backwoods of America" was created

    "The Backwoods of America" was created

    Jasper Francis Cropsey painted "The Backwoods of America" in this year.
  • Homestead Act

    Homestead Act

    President Lincoln signs the Homestead Act in an attempt to draw people onto the frontier.
  • "Twilight on the Planes, Platte River, Colorado" was painted

    "Twilight on the Planes, Platte River, Colorado" was painted

    Worthington Whittredge painted "Twilight on the Planes..." around this time.