Art of a Young America.(works by John Trumbull, Lilly Martin Spencer, Raphaelle Peale, Charles Willson Peale, John Singleton Copley, Alvan Fisher, Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, Robert Scott Duncanson, Samuel Colman, Frederic Edwin Church, and Hiram Powers)(Brief Article)
From: USA Today (Magazine)
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Date: 1/1/2001
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A touring exhibition of paintings and sculptures reflects the growing self-awareness and optimism of the new nation.
A TOURING EXHIBITION, "Young America: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum," presents 54 major paintings and sculptures that trace the transformation of the colonies into nationhood. These rare artworks from the 1760s through the 1870s reveal the growing self-awareness and optimism of the new nation. They reflect life in New England and the ...
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