Artists in the British colonies and early United States looked to Europe for inspiration.
1607–1820 C.E.
Artists in the British colonies and early United States looked to Europe for inspiration.
1607–1820 C.E.
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Depicting his subject in motion was a departure from the norm, making this painting the talk of the town.
A former orphan, Watson became a wealthy and influential man—after surviving a near-fatal shark attack.
Lack of an American sculptural tradition compelled Jefferson to look to France for this portrait of Washington.
A Jewish family in early New York
A founding myth for Pennsylvania and for the United States.
"We have met the enemy and they are ours." The battle that turned the War of 1812
On the eve of the American Revolution, a glimpse of politics in portraiture.
How a portrait of an African Muslim came to hang side-by-side with the founding fathers in one of America's earliest museums.
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