American Art Flashcards
early american neoclassicist & “the death of general wolfe”
benjamin west (1738-1820)
had sons named rembrandt, raphaelle, and titian
charles willson peale (1741-1827)
portraits of george washington
gilbert stuart (1755-1828)
peaceable kingdom
edward hicks (1780-1849)
bird illustrations
john james audubon (1785-1851)
code/telegraph inventor who was also a painter and photographer
samuel morse (1791-1872)
the hudson river school
thomas cole (1801-1848)
civil war photographer
mathew brady (1822-1896)
whistler’s mother/”arrangement in grey and black, no. 2”
james whistler (1834-1903)
seascapes
winslow homer (1836-1910)
political cartoons
thomas nast (1840-1902)
american impressionist
mary cassatt (1844-1926)
philadelphia painter & “the gross clinic”
thomas eakins (1844-1916)
lincoln memorial & “minute man” sculpture
daniel chester french (1850-1931)
portraits of the socially prominent
john singer sargent (1856-1925)
old lady painter
grandma moses (1860-1961)
wild west sculptures
frederic remington (1861-1909)
montana cowboy sculptor who isn’t frederic remington
charles marion russell (1864-1926)
the ashcan school
robert henri (1865-1929)
mt. rushmore & stone mountain
gutzon borglum (1867-1941)