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 John Steuart Curry
was known for his realistic depictions of rural
midwestern scenes. Notable works include a mural
of abolitionist John Brown in the Kansas State
Capitol and an oil painting of a tornado bearing
down on a Kansas farm. |
 Winslow Homer
began his career producing illustrations of the
Civil War for Harper's Weekly and other
papers, but was at heart a painter. His subject
matter shifted from scenes of rural and idyllic
life to African-Americans, the sea, and nature. |
 Charles Willson Peale
painted some 60 portraits of George Washington,
as well as portraits of many other prominent
Americans of his day. In 1805 he helped establish
the nation's first public art gallery. |
 Charles Marion Russell produced about 4,000 works in his
lifetime (split fairly even between paintings and
bronze sculptures), all of them depicting Western
life in some form or another. |
 John Singer Sargent
produced over 900 oils and more than 2,000
watercolors over the course of his career. He
painted two U.S. Presidents, the
aristocracy of Europe, and business tycoons from
around the world, as well as gypsies, tramps, and
street children. |
 Gilbert Charles
Stuart painted two of the most
well-known portraits of George Washington, the
one that became the basis of the portrait on the
dollar bill and the one that Dolley Madison saved
when the British burned the White House. |
 John Trumbull
is best known for his paintings of scenes from
the Revolutionary War period, as well as his
portraits and miniatures of notable figures of
his day. |
 James Abbott McNeill
Whistler is best known for his Arrangement
in Gray and Black: Portrait of the Artist's
Mother, commonly called Whistler's
Mother. It is currently the only painting by
an American artist hanging in the Louvre. |
 Grant Wood
founded the Stone City Art Colony and School. He
is best known for the painting American
Gothic. |
