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Ghost Dance (The Vision of Life)

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Description: Ghost Dance (The Vision of Life)
TitleGhost Dance (The Vision of Life)
Creator nameBlakelock, Ralph Albert
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1895–1897
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions53.7 × 100 cm (28 1/8 × 39 3/8)
LocationThe Art Institute of Chicago
http:/­/­www.artic.edu/­aic/­collections/­artwork/­90062
Accession number1947.55
SubjectsIndians of North America--Rites and ceremoniesDance in artPainting, American--19th century
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6. Vanishing Indians: Nostalgic Reminiscence and Haunting Presence
Hélène Valance, Jane M. Todd (Translator)
Description: Nocturne: Night in American Art, 1890–1917
Nocturne: Night in American Art, 1890–1917
The anticipatory nostalgia of Searchlight mirrors the elegiac meditation conveyed by the nocturnal imagery of the West ...
Author
Hélène Valance, Jane M. Todd (Translator)
PublisherYale University Press
PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art
Copyright© 2018 by Yale University; © 2015 Presses de l’université Paris-Sorbonne
Related print edition pages: pp.133-145
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Chapter subject tags:Indians of North America--HistorySpanish-American War, 1898Nocturne painting, American--19th centuryImperialism in art--United StatesRace in art--United States--19th centuryCurtis, Edward S., 1868-1952Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
1. Victorian Indians: Art and Ethnography
Judith A. Barter
Description: Window on the West: Chicago and the Art of the New Frontier 1890–1940
Window on the West: Chicago and the Art of the New Frontier 1890–1940
In the summer of 1893, the wide-eyed visitor to the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago would have seen a vast, gleaming array of white Italian-ate buildings, interspersed with lagoons complete with Venetian gondolas, landscaped slopes and gardens, and abundant outdoor statuary. What might have seemed odd amid this overwhelming emulation of...
Author
Judith A. Barter
PublisherArt Institute of Chicago
Copyright© 2003 The Art Institute of Chicago
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Chapter subject tags:World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)West (U.S.)Indians in artIndian art--North AmericaArt--Collectors and collecting

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Description: Penn's Treaty with the Indians
Penn's Treaty with the Indians
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator nameWest, Benjamin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1771–1772
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions75 1/2 x 107 3/4 in. (191.8 x 273.7 cm)
LocationPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
https://www.pafa.org/collection/penns-treaty-indians
Accession number1878.1.10
Penn's Treaty with the Indians
Penn's Treaty with the Indians
Description: International Indian Council (Held at Tahlequah, Indian Territory, 1843), detail
International Indian Council (Held at Tahlequah, Indian Territory, 1843), detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 31
Creator nameStanley, John Mix
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1843
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=22854
Accession number1985.66.248,934B
International Indian Council (Held at...
International Indian Council (Held at Tahlequah, Indian Territory, 1843), detail
Description: Summer
Summer
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator nameDewing, Thomas Wilmer
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1890
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions20 1/2 x 36 in. (52.1 x 91.4 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/46694
Accession number1947.83
Summer
Summer
Description: The Jolly Flatboatmen
The Jolly Flatboatmen
Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nameBingham, George Caleb
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1846
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions38 x 48 1/2 in.
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.75206.html
Accession number2015.18.1
The Jolly Flatboatmen
The Jolly Flatboatmen
Description: Dr. Agnew (Dr. D. Hayes Agnew)
Dr. Agnew (Dr. D. Hayes Agnew)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator nameEakins, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1889
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions49 x 31 1/2 in. (124.5 x 80 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52922
Accession number1961.18.16
Dr. Agnew (Dr. D. Hayes Agnew)
Dr. Agnew (Dr. D. Hayes Agnew)
Description: International Indian Council (Held at Tahlequah, Indian Territory, 1843)
International Indian Council (Held at Tahlequah, Indian Territory, 1843)
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 31
Creator nameStanley, John Mix
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1843
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions31 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. (80 x 102.9 cm)
LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=22854
Accession number1985.66.248,934B
International Indian Council (Held at...
International Indian Council (Held at Tahlequah, Indian Territory, 1843)
Description: Kitchen Ball at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia
Kitchen Ball at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia
Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nameMayr, Christian Friedrich
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1838
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions24 x 29 1/2 in.
LocationNorth Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
http://www.artnc.org/works-of-art/kitchen-ball-white-sulphur-springs-virginia
Kitchen Ball at White Sulphur Springs,...
Kitchen Ball at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia
Description: Landing of Columbus
Landing of Columbus
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nameVanderlyn, John
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1840
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions26 1/2 × 39 3/4 in.
LocationNational Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=25554
Accession number1971.5
Landing of Columbus
Landing of Columbus
Description: The Indian Council
The Indian Council
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nameEastman, Seth
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1852
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions26 × 36 in. (66 × 91.4 cm)
LocationGilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/01261182
Accession number0126.1182
The Indian Council
The Indian Council
Description: Sioux Indian Council
Sioux Indian Council
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nameEastman, Seth
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1848
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on paper
Dimensions6 × 8 1/2 in. (15.2 × 21.6 cm)
LocationGilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/02261384
Accession number0226.1384
Sioux Indian Council
Sioux Indian Council
Description: The Peaceable Kingdom and Penn's Treaty
The Peaceable Kingdom and Penn's Treaty
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator nameHicks, Edward
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1845
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions24 1/4 x 31 in. (61.6 x 78.7 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/15332
Accession number1965.46.3
The Peaceable Kingdom and Penn's Treaty
The Peaceable Kingdom and Penn's Treaty
Description: Historians of the Tribe
Historians of the Tribe
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator nameRemington, Frederic
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1890
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions62.2 × 111.4 cm (24 1/4 × 43 7/8 in.)
LocationThe Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/97909
Accession number1982.801
Historians of the Tribe
Historians of the Tribe
Description: Watson and the Shark
Watson and the Shark
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameCopley, John Singleton
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1778
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions72 1/4 x 90 3/8 in. (183.5 x 229.6 cm)
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/watson-and-the-shark-30998
Accession number89.481
Watson and the Shark
Watson and the Shark
Description: The Return, Tynemouth, photomicrograph
The Return, Tynemouth, photomicrograph
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1881
Object typePainting
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/113064
Accession number1933.1251
The Return, Tynemouth, photomicrograph
The Return, Tynemouth, photomicrograph
Description: The Death Struggle
The Death Struggle
Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nameDeas, Charles
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1845
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions30 × 25 in.
LocationShelburne Museum, Vermont
The Death Struggle
The Death Struggle
Description: El Jaleo
El Jaleo
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 25
Creator nameSargent, John Singer
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1882
Object typePainting
Materialsoil on canvas
Dimensions93 1/2 × 138 1/2 in. (237 × 352 cm)
LocationIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/collection/13259
El Jaleo
El Jaleo
Description: Sharks (The Derelict)
Sharks (The Derelict)
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1885
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions14 1/2 x 21 in. (36.8 x 53.2 cm)
LocationBrooklyn Museum
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/104498/
Accession number78.151.4
Sharks (The Derelict)
Sharks (The Derelict)
Description: The Artist's Studio in an Afternoon Fog
The Artist's Studio in an Afternoon Fog
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1894
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions24 × 30 1/4 in. (61 × 76.8 cm)
LocationMemorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York
http://magart.rochester.edu/Obj455?sid=6046&x=285340
Accession number41.32
The Artist's Studio in an Afternoon Fog
The Artist's Studio in an Afternoon Fog
Description: The Country School
The Country School
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1871
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions21 1/4 x 38 1/4 in. (54 x 97.2 cm)
LocationSaint Louis Art Museum
https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/36767/
Accession number123:1946
The Country School
The Country School
Description: Native Hut, Nassau
Native Hut, Nassau
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1885
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent and opaque watercolor, with graphite, on wove paper
Dimensions14 1/2 x 21 1/8 in. (36.8 x 53.5 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.89670.html
Accession number1994.59.20
Native Hut, Nassau
Native Huts, Nassau
Description: The Writing Master
The Writing Master
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator nameEakins, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1882
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions30 x 34 1/4 in.
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10828
Accession number17.173
The Writing Master
The Writing Master
Description: Shark Fishing
Shark Fishing
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1885
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on paper
Dimensions13 5/8 x 20 in. (34.6 x 50.8 cm)
LocationPrivate Collection
Shark Fishing
Shark Fishing
Description: Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic)
Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic)
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator nameEakins, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1875
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions96 x 78 in. (243.8 x 198.1 cm)
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art
https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/299524?
Accession number2007-1-1
Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The...
The Gross Clinic
Description: Canoe in Rapids
Canoe in Rapids
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1897
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on off-white wove paper
Dimensions13 7/8 x 21 in. (35.4 x 53.3 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/306171
Accession number1924.30
Canoe in Rapids
Canoe in Rapids
Description: Early Morning after a Storm at Sea
Early Morning after a Storm at Sea
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1900–1903
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions30 1/4 x 50 in. (76.8 x 127 cm)
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1924.195
Accession number1924.195
Early Morning after a Storm at Sea
Early Morning after a Storm at Sea
Description: Shell Shaker
Shell Shaker
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 31
Creator nameBlalock Jones, Ruthe
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1986
Object typePainting
MaterialsGouache on paper
Dimensions14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
LocationCollection of the Artist
Shell Shaker
Shell Shaker
Description: The Jolly Flat Boat Men
The Jolly Flat Boat Men
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator nameDoney, Thomas
Creator name (description)Thomas Doney, lithographer; after a painting by George Caleb Bingham
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1847
Object typePrint
MaterialsHand-colored intaglio, mixed technique (mezzotint, etching, and engraving)
Dimensions24 13/16 x 19 11/16 in. (63 x 75.4 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/48528
Accession number1946.131
The Jolly Flat Boat Men
The Jolly Flat Boat Men
Description: Racing—near Wind River Mountains
Racing—near Wind River Mountains
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nameMiller, Alfred Jacob
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1837–1839
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions7 1/16 × 8 5/16 in. (17.9 × 21.2 cm)
LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3781991
Accession number10610317
Racing—near Wind River Mountains
Racing—near Wind River Mountains [a scene from the summer fur trading rendezvous]
Description: Antelope Dance
Antelope Dance
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator nameNordfeldt, Bror Julius Olsson
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1919
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions90.5 × 109.2 cm (35 5/8 × 43 in.)
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe
Antelope Dance
Antelope Dance
Description: Indians Playing Lacrosse on the Ice
Indians Playing Lacrosse on the Ice
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator nameCoates, Edmund C.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions28 1/2 x 35 1/8 in. (72.4 x 89.2 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/6261
Accession number1934.19
Indians Playing Lacrosse on the Ice
Indians Playing Lacrosse on the Ice
Description: Inside the Bar
Inside the Bar
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1883
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on off-white wove paper
Dimensions16 x 29 in. (40.6 x 73.7 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11125
Accession number54.183
Inside the Bar
Inside the Bar
Description: Fresh Air
Fresh Air
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1878
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, with opaque white highlights, over charcoal on cream, moderately thick, rough-textured wove paper
Dimensions20 1/8 x 14 in. (51 x 35.6 cm)
LocationBrooklyn Museum
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2806
Accession number41.1087
Fresh Air
Fresh Air
Description: Weary
Weary
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1878
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting, and scraping, heightened with gum glaze, over graphite, on medium-weight, rough-textured, ivory wove paper, laid down on gray board
Dimensions9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (24.1 x 31.1 cm)
LocationTerra Foundation for American Art, Chicago
https://collection.terraamericanart.org/objects/232/weary
Accession number1992.41
Weary
Weary
Description: County Election
County Election
Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nameBingham, George Caleb
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1852
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions38 x 52 in.
LocationSaint Louis Art Museum
https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/29775/
Accession number44:2001
County Election
County Election
Description: The Sponge Diver
The Sponge Diver
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1898–1899
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on moderately thick, moderately rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions15 x 21 3/8 in. (38 x 54.3 cm)
LocationMusem of Fine Arts, Boston
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-sponge-diver-251523
Accession number39.621
The Sponge Diver
The Sponge Diver
Description: Breaking Storm, Coast of Maine
Breaking Storm, Coast of Maine
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1894
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting, and traces of scraping, on thick, rough-textured, ivory wove paper
Dimensions15 1/8 × 21 1/2 in. (38.4 × 54.6 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16779
Accession number1933.1236
Breaking Storm, Coast of Maine
Breaking Storm, Coast of Maine
Description: Blackboard
Blackboard
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1877
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on wove paper
Dimensions19 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (50.2 x 32.4 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.71552.html
Accession number1990.60.1
Blackboard
Blackboard
Description: Orange Tree, Nassau
Orange Tree, Nassau
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1885
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on paper
Dimensions14 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. (36.8 x 52.7 cm)
LocationPrivate Collection
Orange Tree, Nassau
Orange Tree, Nassau
Description: The Peaceable Kingdom and Penn's Treaty, detail
The Peaceable Kingdom and Penn's Treaty, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator nameHicks, Edward
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1845
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/15332
Accession number1965.46.3
The Peaceable Kingdom and Penn's Treaty,...
The Peaceable Kingdom and Penn's Treaty, detail
Description: Home, Sweet Home
Home, Sweet Home
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1863
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions21 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (54.6 x 41.9 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.79933.html
Accession number1997.72.1
Home, Sweet Home
Home, Sweet Home
Description: Last of Their Race
Last of Their Race
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nameStanley, John Mix
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1857
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions43 × 60 in. (109.2 × 152.4 cm)
LocationBuffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming
Accession number5.75
Last of Their Race
Last of Their Race
Description: Nocturne in Blue and Silver
Nocturne in Blue and Silver
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 30
Creator nameWhistler, James McNeill
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1871
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions17 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/299838
Accession number1943.176
Nocturne in Blue and Silver
Nocturne in Blue and Silver
Description: Bourgeois W—r, & His Squaw (Mountain Man Joe Walker)
Bourgeois W—r, & His Squaw (Mountain Man Joe Walker)
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nameMiller, Alfred Jacob
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1858–1860
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on paper
Dimensions9 5/16 × 11 11/16 in. (23.7 × 29.7 cm)
LocationWalters Art Museum, Baltimore
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/14801/bourgeois-w---r-and-his-squaw/
Accession number37.1940.78
Bourgeois W—r, & His Squaw...
Bourgeois W—r, & His Squaw (Mountain Man Joe Walker)
Description: Fern Walk, Jamaica
Fern Walk, Jamaica
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1865
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions12 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (31.1 × 33.7 cm)
LocationOlana State Historic Site, New York State Office of Parks
Fern Walk, Jamaica
Fern Walk, Jamaica
Description: Hudson River, Logging
Hudson River, Logging
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1891–1892
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on white wove paper
Dimensions14 x 20 5/8 in. (35.5 x 52.7 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (Corcoran Collection)
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.79863.html
Accession number2014.136.171
Hudson River, Logging
Hudson River, Logging
Description: Interior of Fort Laramie
Interior of Fort Laramie
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nameMiller, Alfred Jacob
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1837
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, gouache, glazes, and graphite on paper
Dimensions10 3/4 × 14 1/2 in. (27.3 × 36.8 cm)
LocationGilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/021067
Accession number02.1067
Interior of Fort Laramie
Interior of Fort Laramie
Description: Two Boys Watching Schooners, seen under ultraviolet light
Two Boys Watching Schooners, seen under ultraviolet light
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Two Boys Watching Schooners, seen under...
Two Boys Watching Schooners, seen under ultraviolet light
Description: Beach Scene, Cullercoats
Beach Scene, Cullercoats
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1881
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions11 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (29.1 x 49.5 cm)
LocationClark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
http://www.clarkart.edu/Collection/2491
Accession number1955.1490
Beach Scene, Cullercoats
Beach Scene, Cullercoats
Description: Group of a Mountaineer and Kansas Indian
Group of a Mountaineer and Kansas Indian
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nameMiller, Alfred Jacob
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1858–1860
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor heightened with white on paper
Dimensions9 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (24.1 × 21.6 cm)
LocationWalters Art Museum, Baltimore
Accession number37.1940.42
Group of a Mountaineer and Kansas Indian
Group of a Mountaineer and Kansas Indian
Description: The Watcher, Tynemouth
The Watcher, Tynemouth
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1882
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent and opaque watercolor, with rewetting, blotting, and scraping, heightened with gum glaze, over graphite, on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper (all edges trimmed)
Dimensions8 3/8 x 14 7/8 in. (21.3 x 37.7 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16840
Accession number1933.1255
The Watcher, Tynemouth
The Watcher, Tynemouth
Description: William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River
William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator nameEakins, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1876–1877
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions20 1/8 x 26 1/8 in. (51.1 x 66.4 cm)
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art
https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/42507?
Accession number1929-184-27
William Rush Carving His Allegorical...
William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River
Description: The Power of Music
The Power of Music
Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nameMount, William Sidney
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1847
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions17 1/16 x 21 1/16 in. (43.4 x 53.5 cm)
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.110
Accession number1991.110
The Power of Music
The Power of Music
Description: Prout's Neck, Breaking Wave
Prout's Neck, Breaking Wave
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1887
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting, and scraping, over resist and traces of graphite, on medium-weight, moderately textured, ivory wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper
Dimensions15 x 21 3/8 in. (38 x 54.4 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16818
Accession number1993.1248
Prout's Neck, Breaking Wave
Prout's Neck, Breaking Wave
Description: West Point, Prout's Neck
West Point, Prout's Neck
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1900
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions30 1/8 x 48 1/8 in. (76.4 x 122.2 cm)
LocationClark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
http://www.clarkart.edu/Collection/3100
Accession number1955.7
West Point, Prout's Neck
West Point, Prout's Neck
Description: Tynemouth Priory, England
Tynemouth Priory, England
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1881
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with traces of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting, and touches of scraping, over graphite, on thick, rough-textured, cream wove paper (top and lower edges trimmed)
Dimensions10 3/8 × 19 7/8 in. (26.2 × 50.5 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16837
Accession number1933.1254
Tynemouth Priory, England
Tynemouth Priory, England
Description: Blown Away
Blown Away
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1888
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on thick, rough-textured, off-white wove paper
Dimensions10 1/8 x 19 in. (25.7 x 48.4 cm)
LocationBrooklyn Museum of Art
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/5611
Accession number11.543
Blown Away
Blown Away
Description: The Breakwater, Cullercoats
The Breakwater, Cullercoats
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1882
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on ivory wove paper
Dimensions13 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (33.6 x 50.2 cm)
LocationPortland Museum of Art, Maine
http://collections.portlandmuseum.org/Obj11271
Accession number1988.55.16
The Breakwater, Cullercoats
The Breakwater, Cullercoats
Description: Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket
Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 30
Creator nameWhistler, James McNeill
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1875
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on panel
Dimensions23 3/4 x 18 3/8 in.
LocationDetroit Institute of Arts
https://dia.org/collection/nocturne-black-and-gold-falling-rocket-64931
Accession number46.309
Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling...
Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket
Description: For to Be a Farmer's Boy
For to Be a Farmer's Boy
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1887
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent and opaque watercolor, with rewetting, blotting, and scraping, heightened with gum glaze, over graphite, on thick, rough-textured, ivory wove paper (lower edge trimmed)
Dimensions14 x 20 in. (35.5 x 50.9 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/93433
Accession number1963.760
For to Be a Farmer's Boy
For to Be a Farmer's Boy
Description: Swimming
Swimming
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator nameEakins, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1885
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions27 3/8 x 36 3/8 in. (69.5 x 92.4 cm)
LocationAmon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
http://www.cartermuseum.org/artworks/491
Accession number1990.19.1
Swimming
Swimming
Description: Smoke of Ambergris (Fumée d'ambre gris)
Smoke of Ambergris (Fumée d'ambre gris)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 25
Creator nameSargent, John Singer
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1880
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions54 3/4 × 35 7/8 in. (139.1 × 90.7 cm)
LocationClark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
https://www.clarkart.edu/ArtPiece/Detail/Fumee-d-ambre-gris-(Smoke-of-Ambergris)
Accession number1955.15
Smoke of Ambergris (Fumée d'ambre...
Fumée d'ambre gris
Description: County Election
County Election
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator nameSartain, John
Creator name (description)After a painting by George Caleb Bingham
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1854
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving, handcolored with watercolor, on cream chine laid down on cream wove plate paper
DimensionsImage: 55.6 × 76.2 cm (21 7/8 × 30 in.)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/151565
Accession number1999.278
County Election
County Election
Description: The Agnew Clinic, detail
The Agnew Clinic, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 08
Creator nameEakins, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1889
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationUniversity of Pennsylvania Art Collection, Philadelphia
http://artcollection.upenn.edu/collection/art/10/the-agnew-clinic/
Accession number1889.0001
The Agnew Clinic, detail
The Agnew Clinic, detail
Description: Montagnais Indians (Indians Making Canoes)
Montagnais Indians (Indians Making Canoes)
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1895
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on paper
Dimensions14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm)
LocationThe Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
Accession number83.8.24
Montagnais Indians (Indians Making...
Montagnais Indians (Indians Making Canoes)
Description: Flamborough Head, England, detail
Flamborough Head, England, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1882
Object typePainting
MaterialsGraphite and opaque white watercolor on medium-thick, slightly textured, tan laid paper with red and blue fibers
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16791
Accession number1933.124
Flamborough Head, England, detail
Flamborough Head, England, detail
Description: The Cock Fight, detail
The Cock Fight, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1885
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent and opaque watercolor, with traces of scraping, over graphite, on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/99603
Accession number1982.1579
The Cock Fight, detail
The Cock Fight, detail

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