AMERICAN ART IN THE FIRST 100By:Me’Shell Hellon&Aliya Tuia

BETSY ROSS, U.S. FLAG First flag of the united states.

Designed during American Revolution.

Most historians think that it wasn't her, but most of the people accept it.

GILBERT STUART, LANSDOWNE PORTRAIT Commissioned in April 1796 by Senator

William Bingham of Pennsylvania—one of the wealthiest men in the U.S. at the time—and his wife, Anne

Gift of appreciation to British Prime Minister, an American sympathizer

Washington at 64 years old renouncing a third term as U.S. President

Full of symbolism American and Roman

GILBERT STUART, ATHENAEUM PORTRAIT 1796

Unfinished

Originally for the Boston Library, they did acquire it after his death

When the president came to sit for the portrait, his newly acquired set of false teeth created a bulge around the mouth and distorted his jawline

GREENOUGH, GEORGE WASHINGTON Make him look heroic.

Trying to look like Greek art.

Americans found it comical

FREDERIC CHURCH, TWILIGHT IN THE WILDERNESS 1860

An Iconic American painting

Inspired by the sheer vastness of the Americas

The eagle (American Power), crossed branches (Christianity), absence of humans (Frontier)

The blood red tide glooming almost foreshadowing the Civil War

PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CIVIL WAR While there were photograph of other wars

the Civil War was extensively photographed

Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, Timothy O'Sullivan

Stripped the Victorian-era Roman of warfare

Difficult and time consuming

WINSLOW HOMER, VETERAN IN A NEW FIELD

1865

Painted to mourn Lincoln

Union soldier working as a farmer because it was a common job, so it's relating to the people.

The scythe was representing the Grim Reaper.

"Havesting death.“

Meant to have a balance of life and death

GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY, ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1869

Depicts Lincoln alone and thoughtful

Pose taken from the painting done by Healy The Peacemakers

Lincoln's son considered it unrivaled

THOMAS EAKINS THE GROSS CLINIC History of medicine

Start of surgery

Operation over amputation

DOLLEY MADISON Saves a portrait of George Washington over

personal belongings from british troops.

Has servants use a spyglass to see what was going on