Carol Wilson

About Carol Wilson

Carol Wilson is the Lunder Education Chair at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study for the United States Capitol), 1861, oil on canvas, 33-1/4 x 43-3/8 inches (Smithsonian American Art Museum) — Pioneers and frontiersmen, creating an American mythology amidst the Civil War

Envisioning Manifest Destiny

by Carol Wilson and Dr. Steven Zucker

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, Westward the Course of ...

by Carol Wilson and Dr. Steven Zucker

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inspired by Malian and Western traditions

Malick Sidibé, Back View (2003)

Sidibé was the first African and the first photographer awarded the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale in 2007.

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inspired by Malian and Western traditions

Malick Sidibé, Back View (2003)