Seeing America : Painting and Sculpture from the Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester

by University Of Rochester

• ISBN13: 9781580462464
• ISBN10: 1580462464
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-15
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc

Summary

Seeing America is the first-ever catalog of the University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery's American collection. Founded in 1913, the Memorial Art Gallery was created in conjunction with the University of Rochester so that it would function within a scholarly milieu, yet at the same time perform service as a community museum. From its conception it has been an ardent advocate for American art, which so many counterpart institutions snubbed until at least the 1930s, and more often until well after World War II, in favor of European and Asian art. The 336-page, full-color volume examines 82 objects and their connections to American history, culture, literature and politics. The 73 articles present a running commentary on each piece by knowledgeable and thoughtful contemporary scholars and artists writing with expertise and insight, ultimately presenting a new and deeper understanding that enhances the reader/viewer's appreciation of the work. The tour ranges from Colonial times to the twenty-first century, from Maine to Florida to the far West, from mighty historical subjects to intimate byways, from august figures and events to the humblest and most anonymous. The diversity of American experience on display here reminds us that the best American art is inextricably bound up with the essential truths of American experience.

Table of Contents

Director's Foreword	p. 10
Preface	p. 12
Introduction	p. 14
John Singleton Copley: Unfinished Portrait of Nathaniel Hurd, ca. 1765	p. 20
Thomas Chambers: View of West Point, after 1828	p. 24
Unknown American Artist: Portrait of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, before 1831	p. 28
Ammi Phillips: Old Woman with a Bible, ca. 1834	p. 32
Milton W. Hopkins: Pierrepont Edward Lacey and His Dog, Gun, 1835-36	p. 36
George Harvey: Pittsford on the Erie Canal-A Sultry Calm, 1837	p. 39
Asahel Lynde Powers: Portrait of a Dark-haired Man Reading the "Genesee Farmer," ca. 1839	p. 43
DeWitt Clinton Boutelle: The Indian Hunter, 1846	p. 47
Thomas Cole: Genesee Scenery, ca. 1846-47	p. 51
Lilly Martin Spencer: Peeling Onions, ca. 1852	p. 55
George Catlin: Shooting Flamingoes, 1857	p. 58
Rubens Peale: Still Life Number 26: Silver Basket of Fruit, 1857-58	p. 61
John Frederick Kensett: A Showery Day, Lake George, ca. 1860s	p. 64
Leonard Wells Volk: Life Mask and Hands of Abraham Lincoln, 1860/1886	p. 67
Asher B. Durand: Genesee Oaks, 1860	p. 70
Martin Johnson Heade: Newbury Hayfield at Sunset, 1862	p. 74
David Gilmour Blythe: Trial Scene (Molly Maguires), ca. 1862-63	p. 78
James Henry Beard: The Night Before the Battle, 1865	p. 81
Albert Bierstadt: The Sierras Near Lake Tahoe, California, 1865	p. 85
Mortimer Smith: Home Late, 1866	p. 89
Thomas Ridgeway Gould: The West Wind, 1876	p. 92
Daniel Chester French: Bust of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1879	p. 96
John Haberle: Torn in Transit, 1888-89 John Frederick Peto: Articles Hung on a Door, after 1890	p. 100
Frederick MacMonnies: Nathan Hale, 1890	p. 105
Winslow Homer: Paddling at Dusk, 1892	p. 109
George Inness: Early Moonrise in Florida, 1893	p. 112
Winslow Homer: The Artist's Studio in an Afternoon Fog, 1894	p. 115
Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Charles Cotesworth Beaman, 1894; Hettie Sherman Evarts Beaman, 1900	p. 118
Frederic Remington: The Broncho Buster, 1895; The Cheyenne, 1901	p. 123
Maurice Prendergast: The Ships, ca. 1895; Woodland Bathers, 1913-15	p. 128
John Henry Twachtman: The White Bridge, late 1890s	p. 132
Everett Shinn: Sullivan Street, 1900-1905	p. 136
Thomas Eakins: William H. Macdowell, ca. 1904	p. 140
Childe Hassam: The Bathers, 1904	p. 143
Jerome Myers: Sunday Morning, 1907	p. 146
John Sloan: Election Night, 1907; Chinese Restaurant, 1909	p. 149
Colin Campbell Cooper: Main Street Bridge, Rochester, 1908	p. 152
Thomas Wilmer Dewing: Portrait in a Brown Dress, ca. 1908	p. 156
Kathleen McEnery Cunningham: Woman in an Ermine Collar, 1909	p. 160
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle: Windy Doorstep, 1910	p. 164
Jonas Lie: Morning on the River, ca. 1911-12	p. 168
George Bellows: Evening Group, 1914; Autumn Brook, 1922	p. 171
Ernest Lawson: The Garden, 1914	p. 176
William Ordway Partridge: Memory, 1914	p. 180
William Glackens: Beach at Blue Point, ca. 1915	p. 184
George Grey Barnard: Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1918	p. 188
Charles Burchfield: Cat-Eyed House, 1918; Springtime in the Pool, 1922; Telegraph Pole, 1935	p. 190
Harold Weston: Three Trees, Winter, 1922	p. 197
George Luks: Boy with Dice, ca. 1923-24	p. 200
Mahonri M. Young: Right to the Jaw, ca. 1926	p. 203
Gaston Lachaise: Fountain Figure, 1927	p. 207
Thomas Hart Benton: Boomtown, 1928	p. 211
John Marin: Marin Island, Small Point, Maine, 1931	p. 215
Georgia O'Keeffe: Jawbone and Fungus, 1931	p. 218
Charles Sheeler: Ballet Mechanique, 1931	p. 221
Stuart Davis: Landscape with Garage Lights, 1931-32	p. 225
Alexander Calder: Untitled Mobile, 1935	p. 229
Arthur G. Dove: Cars in a Sleet Storm, 1938	p. 233
Reginald Marsh: People's Follies No. 3, 1938; Ice Cream Cones, 1938	p. 236
Ralston Crawford: Whitestone Bridge, 1939-40	p. 240
Marsden Hartley: Waterfall, Morse Pond, ca. 1940	p. 245
Douglas Warner Gorsline: Bar Scene, 1942	p. 249
William Gropper: The Opposition, 1942	p. 254
George Grosz: The Wanderer, 1943	p. 258
Robert Gwathmey: Non-Fiction, 1943	p. 262
Norman Rockwell: Soldier on Leave, 1944	p. 265
Guy Pene du Bois: Jane, ca. 1946	p. 268
Jacob Lawrence: Summer Street Scene in Harlem, 1948	p. 271
John Koch: Interlude, 1963	p. 275
Andy Warhol: Jackie, 1964	p. 278
Fairfield Porter: The Beginning of the Fields, 1973	p. 282
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Famous Names, 1998	p. 286
Lorna Simpson: Untitled (The Failure of Sylvester), 2001	p. 290
Notes	p. 293
Acknowledgments	p. 324
Index	p. 326
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