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Dr. Christopher Oliver

About Dr. Christopher Oliver

Dr. Christopher Oliver is the Bev Purdue Jennings Assistant Curator of American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Winslow Homer, Army Teamsters, 1866, oil on canvas, 45.72 x 72.39 cm (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond) — Is this painting of five men, possibly formerly enslaved, working for the Union Army during the Civil War a product of racist stereotypes, or does it humanize its subjects?

Winslow Homer, Army Teamsters

by Dr. Christopher Oliver and Dr. Beth Harris

Winslow Homer, Army Teamsters, 1866, oil on canvas, 45.72 x 72.39 cm (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond) — Is this painting of five men, possibly formerly enslaved, working for the Union Army during the Civil War a product of racist stereotypes, or does it humanize its subjects?

Winslow Homer, Army Teamsters

by Dr. Christopher Oliver and Dr. Beth Harris