Introduction

The web provides access to thousands of works of art. The aim of this web hunt is to explore some American art, gather some information about the artists, and understand the historical context of the art.

Guiding Question

Your challenge is to come up with multiple answers to this question: In what ways do visual artists reveal the atmosphere and attitudes of their times?

Questions

1. When did the artist work? Where did he or she work?
2. What art movement is the artist associated with?
3. How did the critics respond to the artist's work then?
4. How do critics respond to the artist's work now?
5. What work is the artist remembered for? (At least two per artist)
6. What are three significant events that made headlines during the artist's time period?
7. What else was going on at the time the artist worked, in terms of technological innovations, literature, etc.?

Internet Resources

Thomas Moran (1837-1926) (1) (2)
Charles Russell (1864-1929) (1)
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) (1) (2) (3)
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1895-1937) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) (1) (2) (3)
George Bellows (1882-1925) (1) (2)
Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) (1) (2)
Archibald Motley (1891- 1981) (1) (2) (3)
Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986) (1) (2) (3) (4)
Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) (1) (2) (3)
Edward Hopper (1882-1967) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Grant Wood (1892-1942) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) (1) (2) (3)
WPA Muralists (1930s) (1) (2) (3) (4)
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) (1) (2) (3)
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) (1) (2) (3)
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) (1) (2) (3)
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) (1) (2) (3)
Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) (1) (2) (3)
John Trumbull (1756-1843) (1) (2) (3)
George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) (1) (2) (3)
George Catlin (1796-1872) (1) (2) (3)
James Audubon (1785-1851) (1) (2) (3) (4)
Matthew Brady (1823-1896) (1) (2) (3) (4)
Frederick Remington (1861-1909) (1) (2) (3)
Albert Bierstadt  (1830-1902) (1) (2)
John Singer Sargent (1) (2)
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-) (1) (2) (3)
James Whistler (1) (2) (3)
Mary Cassatt (1) (2) (3)
David Sloan (Ashcan School) (1) (2) (3)
James Van Der Zee (1) (2) (3)
Douglas Aaron (1)
Childe Hassam (1) (2)
Walker Evans (1) (2) (3)
Ben Shahn (1) (3)
Diego Rivera (US works) (1) (2) (3)
Margaret Bourke White (1) (2) (3)
Claes Oldenburg (1) (2) (3)
Willem de Kooning (1) (2) (3)
Mark Rothko (1) (2)
Andrew Wyeth (1) (2) (3)
Richard Diebenkorn (1) (2)
Hudson River (1) (2) (3)
Ashcan (1) (2) (3)
Realism (1) (2) (3)
Social Protest (1) (2)
Regionalism (1) (2) (3)
Smithsonian American Art collection Search database for images by artist.