Farisa Khalid

About Farisa Khalid

Farisa Khalid holds a Masters in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, where she wrote her thesis on Thomas Hart Benton’s work with Hollywood. Her primary area of interest is nineteenth and twentieth century American art and visual culture with a sub-specialty in South Asian art.

Grafton Tyler Brown, View of the Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone — In order to capture the beauty of America’s national parks, Brown faced the prejudices of the lawless West.

“Leave it as it is”

by Farisa Khalid

Detail, Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson, 1893, oil on canvas, 49 × 35.5 inches / 124.5 × 90.2 cm (Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA) — Tanner studied in Philadelphia and Paris, and his style combined elements of American Realism and the Old Masters.

The first African American celebrity artist

by Farisa Khalid

The White Cloud, Head Chief of the ...

by Farisa Khalid

Is there a political message behind this image of two farmers settling the price of a horse?

Celebrating American enterprise
by Farisa Khalid

Caught in a moment of his dance, this many-limbed figure embodies Hindu ideals of beauty and physical perfection

A-Level: Shiva as Lord of the Dance ...
by Farisa Khalid

Tanner studied in Philadelphia and Paris, and his style combined elements of American Realism and earlier European artists.

Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson
by Farisa Khalid

Is there a political message behind this image of two farmers settling the price of a horse?

William Sidney Mount, Bargaining for a Horse
by Farisa Khalid

Caught in a moment of his dance, this many-limbed figure embodies Hindu ideals of beauty and physical perfection.

Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja)
by Farisa Khalid

She was a pioneer of the “soak-stain method” of diluting acrylic paint and pouring it into unprimed canvas.

Helen Frankenthaler, The Bay
by Farisa Khalid

Refusing to be known only for African-American genre pictures, Tanner was devoted to lush religious scenes.

Henry Ossawa Tanner, Angels Appearing before the ...
by Farisa Khalid

These painters wanted to create a new art, rooted in the raw, visceral, day-to-day reality of New York City.

The Ashcan School, an introduction
by Farisa Khalid

In order to capture the beauty of America’s national parks, Brown faced the prejudices of the lawless West.

Grafton Tyler Brown, View of the Lower ...
by Farisa Khalid

This dignified portrait of a Native leader belies the cruel treatment he endured at the time of its painting.

George Catlin, The White Cloud, Head Chief ...
by Farisa Khalid

A Parisian exhibition of Japanese prints in 1880 captivated the artist whose own print recalls their composition.

Mary Cassatt, The Coiffure
by Farisa Khalid