This portrait gives us a glimpse into the creative circle of Alfred Stieglitz in 1920s New York, with references to Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur Dove, Henry McBride, and others.
Seeing America – topic: city and country
One of the most recognized paintings in American history, this painting is an ode to friendship and nature
Asher B. Durand, Kindred Spirits
Ufer, a German immigrant to the United States, seeks an authentic American art in New Mexico on the heels of World War I and the influenza epidemic.
Walter Ufer, Hunger
O'Keeffe takes on the New York skyline in the 1920s
Georgia O’Keeffe, Radiator Building—Night, New York
Gashes in the land and a scarecrow crucifix speak to the environmental crisis of the Dust Bowl
An environmental crisis, Hogue’s Crucified Land
This early skyscraper stretches the limits of how tall a brick building could be
Burnham and Root, The Monadnock Building
This life-size painting of a wild turkey is a copy of the first page in Audubon's famous book Birds of America
John James Audubon, The Wild Turkey
The American Dream is not what it seems in this artwork that combines painting and collage
Kerry James Marshall, Our Town
A plaster cast of a manhole cover from the streets of Manhattan is a testament to this artist's experimental use of materials
Sari Dienes, Star Circle
Stripes of industrial spray paint on this canvas recall the industrial city and undersides of highways
Hedda Sterne, Number 3—1957
A dream-like flooded landscape—does is suggest bleakness or hope?
Eldzier Cortor, Southern Landscape
This vertical landscape of Virginia recalls ancient Roman architecture, tying the American republic to Rome's
Landscape and the American republic, Frederic Church’s ...
An International Style gem on Park Avenue
Mies in Manhattan, mid-fifties modern: The Seagram ...
How Chicago architecture sprung up thanks to new technology at the turn of the century
A modern gem, the Reliance Building
A critic accused Whistler of “flinging paint at the public” when he saw this painting, so Whistler sued him.
Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The ...
The natural world and political metaphor, Church's Cotopaxi
Science, religion, and politics:
Church’s Cotopaxi
Ben Shahn's painting asks: Who belongs in the art world?
Ben Shahn, Contemporary American Sculpture
This swaying juke joint belies its purpose as the central meeting place enlivened by music and dance in many African American communities, but its jubilance is tempered by the painting's ominous atmosphere
A Memphis juke joint
How a statue representing well-functioning government ended up in a cemetery
Public art, politics, and the banishing of ...
A miracle on Bleecker Street, ornament, invention, and one of the great early skyscrapers
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