2006- 2011 Resource Library articles and essays with the topic "American 18-19th Century Representational Art"
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(above: James Wells Champney, Returning from Harvesting, 1874, oil on board, 17 x 13 inches. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons**)
Resource Library articles and essays honoring the American experience through its art:
Nineteenth Century American Art (3/1/11)
"Introduction" to American Art from the Currier Gallery of Art; essay by Nancy B. Tieken (7/15/09)
Children in American Art (8/27/08)
Children in American Art; essay by Janice Driesbach (8/27/08)
The American Evolution: A History through Art (3/19/08)
After Lewis and Clark: The Forces of Change, 1806-1871 (2/24/07)
Portraits of a People: Picturing African Americans in the Nineteenth Century (4/24/06)
Treasures from the Sea: Sailors' Valentines and Shellwork (3/31/06)
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(above: Conrad Wise Chapman (sketcher); John Gadsby Chapman (painter), Battery Beauregard, Nov. 22, 1863, 1864, oil on panel, 11.5 x 15.5 in. American Civil War Museum - Chapman Paintings Portfolio. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
(above: John Gadsby Chapman, Service of Mass on the Campagna,1878, oil on panel, High Museum of Art. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
(above: John Gadsby Chapman, Woman and Donkey by a Roadside Shrine, 1870, oil on cardboard (artist board), 10 x 14 inches, Birmingham Museum of Art, museum purchase by the Friends of American Art with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Ehney A. Camp, III; Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Goings, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. William C. Hulsey; and Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop W. Smith, Jr., 2008.17, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
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