↗United States · c. 1896–1908
The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse)
Albert Pinkham Ryder
EXPLORE / TRADITIONS
North American arts
A collection pathway for comparing materials, dates and places. The objects here are a small sample of a much wider and internally varied history.
DATES IN THIS SAMPLE
1847–1925
Object dates, not the boundaries of a tradition.
LOOKING PROMPT
Compare the objects below. Which materials and visual choices recur? Which differences resist a single label?
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↗United States · 1873
The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake
Thomas Eakins
↗United States · 1909
Stag at Sharkey's
George Bellows
↗United States · 1860
Twilight in the Wilderness
Frederic Edwin Church
↗United States · 1847
The Power of Music
William Sidney Mount
↗United States · 1868
Indian Combat
Edmonia Lewis
↗America · 1912
Design for United States Currency
Kenyon Cox
↗America · 1859
First Bank of the United States, Philadelphia
Frederick DeBourg Richards
↗United States · modeled 1864, carved c. 1870
The Sleeping Faun
Creator not recorded
↗America · c. 1905–10
Peony Floor Lamp with a Bamboo Base
Probably by Clara Wolcott Driscoll
↗America, New York · c. 1902–10
Indian Basket Lamp
Tiffany Studios
↗Canada · 1860s
Falls of Niagara
Alexander Henderson
↗America · c. 1900–1920
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Vase
Creator not recorded
↗America, New York · c. 1902–10
"Pony" Wisteria Lamp
Clara Wolcott Driscoll