Art of The Gilded Age Late 19 th Century American Art American Studies, William Fremd High School Mrs. Olsen, Mr. Palmer Mr. Schaefer Ms. MarshMr. McCusker
Children were the main subject of most of Homers works. Discuss what his purpose was in doing so. Winslow Homer & Thomas Eakins used Naturalism/Realism as a subject in their paintings. Describe Naturalism and Realism and what these paintings portrayed. Compare John Singer Sargents idea of W-O-M-A-N and Mary Cassats focus of women.
Winslow Homer Reaction to Civil War Reaction to Industrialization Childhood African-Americans Soldier Meditating by a Grave
Winslow Homers Reaction to the Civil War: Veteran In A New Field
Winslow Homers Reaction to the Civil War: Prisoners from the Front
Winslow Homers Reaction to Childhood during Industrialization Snap the Whip
Winslow Homers Reaction to Childhood during Industrialization The Country School
Winslow Homers Reaction to Industrialization and Paintings about Childhood Sailing the Catboat
Winslow Homers Reaction to Industrialization and Paintings about Childhood: Boat
Winslow Homers Reaction to Industrialization and Paintings about Childhood: Fresh Air
Winslow Homers Paintings about African-Americans: Does this image look familiar? The Water-Melon Boys
Winslow Homer Paintings about African-Americans: A Visit from the Old Mistress
Winslow Homer Paintings about African-Americans: The Cotton Pickers
Winslow Homer Paintings about African- Americans: Upland Cotton
Winslow Homer Paintings about African-Americans: A Sunday Morning in Virginia
Winslow Homer Paintings about African- Americans: The Busy Bee
Other painters of the period expressed similar sentiments about the state of African-Americans. Edward Lamson Henry: Kept In
Winslow Homers Realism/Naturalism: The Blue Boat
Winslow Homers Realism/Naturalism: The Sponge Diver
Winslow Homers Realism/Naturalism: The Gulf Stream
Winslow Homers Realism/Naturalism: Fog Warning
Winslow Homers Realism/Naturalism: In 1998, Microsofts Bill Gates paid more than $30,000,000 for this painting, the most ever for an American painting. (Doris Homer, one of Winslow Homers living relatives said, Its not worth it!) Lost on the Grand Banks
Winslow Homers Realism/Naturalism: Right and Left
Winslow Homers Realism/Naturalism: An October Day
Winslow Homers Realism/Naturalism: Deer Drinking
Thomas Eakins Baseball Players Practicing Thomas Eakins was fascinated by the human form. He sought to capture it in action and in its purest forms.
Thomas Eakins: The Gross Clinic
Thomas Eakins: Detail of The Gross Clinic
Thomas Eakins: Study of the Head of Samuel David Gross
Thomas Eakins: The Agnew Clinic
Thomas Eakins: John Biglin in A Single Scull
Thomas Eakins: Max Schmitt in A Single Scull
Thomas Eakins: The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake
James Abbott McNeill Whistler ( ): Study in Grey and Black
James Abbott McNeill Whistler: At the Piano
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Symphony in White Symphony in White II
Impressionism: A style of painting started in France during the 1860s. Impressionist artists tried to paint candid glimpses of their subjects in everyday life, which showed the effects of sunlight on objects and people at different times and in different weather conditions throughout the day. Mary Cassatt Reine Leaning over Margots Shoulder
John Singer Sargent Self Portait
W. O. M. A. N.
John Singer Sargent: Carnation Lily, Lily Rose
John Singer Sargent: Mrs. George Swinton
John Singer Sargent: The Acheson Sisters
John Singer Sargent: Madame X
John Singer Sargent: Lady Agnew of Lochnaw
John Singer Sargent: Mrs. Carl Meyer and Her Children
John Singer Sargent: Alice Vanderbilt Shepard
John Singer Sargent: Mrs. Henry White
John Singer Sargent: Mrs. Hugh Hammersley
John Singer Sargent: The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
John Singer Sargent: Mr. And Mrs. John Phelps Stokes
W. O. M. A. N.
Another side of John Singer Sargent: The Hermit
Mary Cassatt The only American to exhibit with the French Impressionists One of only two women to exhibit with the French Impressionists Concentrated on the public and private lives of women Breakfast in Bed
Mary Cassatt: The Garden
Mary Cassatt: The Bath
Mary Cassatt: At the Opera
Mary Cassatt: At the Theater
Mary Cassatt: Lydia in a Loge Wearing a Pearl Necklace
Mary Cassatt: Lydia Seated at an Embroidery Table
Mary Cassatt: Woman Reading in a Garden
Mary Cassatt: Mrs. Duffee Seated on a Striped Sofa
Mary Cassatt: The Cup of Tea
Mary Cassatt: The Letter (based on a Japanese print)
Mary Cassatt: Alexander J. Cassatt and His Son
Maurice Prendergast Allies Day, May, 1917
Maurice Prendergast: Central Park, 1901