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Sensational and scandalous for an American audience unused to seeing classically nude statues of women, this figure by Hiram Powers caused a frenzy when it was first exhibited in the mid-19th century. Curious viewers came in droves to see it after Powers sent several copies from Italy, where he created the work.
The Union (October 1847): n.p. R. S. C.
John Steuart Curry was one of the three major practitioners of American regionalist painting, along with Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood . Curry was born on a farm near Dunavant, Kansas, on November 14, 1897.
in July of that year, he moved to New York City, where he taught at the Cooper Union
Rockwell Kent, though best known as an artist and illustrator, pursued many careers throughout his long life, including architect, carpenter, explorer, writer, dairy farmer, and political activist. Born in Tarrytown, New York, Kent was interested in art from a young age.
at home and his work fell out of favor, Kent found new popularity in the Soviet Union
War art often memorializes battles and turning points. It also commemorates military leaders, from classical era generals like Zenobia, to medieval heroes like Joan of Arc, to Colonel Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the American Civil War. Today, war artists document the human cost of conflict, with photography serving as a powerful tool.
(Women were barred from enlisting in both the Union and the Confederacy.)
Exhibition History 1922 Portraits Painted in Europe by Early American Artists, The Union
Works, Organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the English-Speaking Union
Exhibition History 1922 Portraits Painted in Europe by Early American Artists, The Union
Exhibition History 1922 Portraits Painted In Europe by Early American Artists, The Union
Exhibition History 1922 Portraits Painted in Europe by Early American Artists, The Union
1918, repro. 112. 1922 Portraits Painted in Europe by Early American Artists, The Union
