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Art of The Gilded Age
Late 19th Century American ArtAmerican Studies
William Fremd High SchoolMr. Anderson Mr. Palmer Mr.
SchaeferMs. Marsh Mr. Mc Cusker
• Discuss one of Winslow Homer’s paintings. Describe it and its subject.
• Children were the major focus of most of Homer’s works, discuss why they were and what was the focus.
• Discuss one of Thomas Eakins’ paintings. Describe it and its subject.
• Compare John Singer Sargents’ idea of
“W-O-M-A-N” and Mary Cassat’s focus of woman.
Winslow Homer1836-1910
• Reaction to Civil War• Reaction to
Industrialization• Childhood• African-Americans
“Soldier Meditating by a Grave”
Winslow Homer’s Reaction to the Civil
War: Veteran In A New Field
Winslow Homer’s Reaction to the Civil War: Prisoners from
the Front
Winslow Homer’s Reaction to
Industrialization and Paintings about
Childhood
Snap the Whip
Winslow Homer’s Reaction to
Industrialization and Paintings about
Childhood
The Country School
Winslow Homer’s Reaction to
Industrialization and Paintings about
Childhood
Sailing the Catboat
Winslow Homer’s Reaction to
Industrialization and Paintings about Childhood: Boat
Winslow Homer’s
Reaction to Industrialization and Paintings
about Childhood: Fresh Air
Winslow Homer’s Paintings about African-Americans: The Water-Melon Boys Does
this image
look familia
r?
Winslow Homer Paintings about
African-Americans: A Visit from the Old
Mistress
Winslow Homer Paintings about
African-Americans: The Cotton Pickers
Winslow Homer
Paintings about African-America
ns: Upland Cotton
Winslow Homer Paintings about
African-Americans: A Sunday Morning in
Virginia
Winslow Homer
Paintings about African-Americans: The
Busy Bee
Other painters of the period expressed similar sentiments about the state of African-Americans.
Edward Lamson Henry: Kept In
Winslow Homer’s Realism/Naturalism:
The Blue Boat
Winslow Homer’s Realism/Naturalism: The Sponge Diver
Winslow Homer’s Realism/Naturalism: The Gulf Stream
Winslow Homer’s Realism/Naturalism:
Fog Warning
Winslow Homer’s Realism/Naturalism: Lost on the Grand Banks
In 1998, Microsoft’s Bill Gates paid more than $30,000,000 for this painting, the most ever for an American painting. (Doris Homer, one of Winslow Homer’s living relatives said, “It’s not worth it!”)
Winslow Homer’s Realism/Naturalism:
Right and Left
Winslow Homer’s Realism/Naturalism: An October Day
Winslow Homer’s Realism/Naturalism: Deer Drinking
Thomas Eakins1844-1916
Baseball Players Practicing
Thomas Eakins was fascinated by the human form.He sought to capture it in action and in its purest forms.
Thomas Eakins: The Gross Clinic
Thomas Eakins: Detail of The Gross Clinic
Thomas Eakins: Study of the Head of Samuel David Gross
Thomas Eakins:The Agnew Clinic
Thomas Eakins:John Biglin in A Single Scull
Thomas Eakins:Max Schmitt in A Single Scull
Thomas Eakins:The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake
James Abbott McNeill Whistler(1834-1903)
Study in Grey and Black
James Abbott McNeill Whistler: At the Piano
James Abbott McNeill WhistlerSymphony in White
Symphony in
White II
Impressionism: A style of painting started in France during the 1860s. Impressionist artists tried to paint candid glimpses of their subjects in everyday life, which showed the effects of sunlight on objects and people at different times and in different weather conditions throughout the day.
Mary Cassatt
Reine Leaning over Margot’s Shoulder
John Singer Sarge
nt
1856-1925
Self Portait
W.
O.
M.A.
N.
John Singer Sargent: Carnation Lily, Lily Rose
John Singer Sargent: Mrs. George Swinto
n
John Singer Sargent: The
Acheson
Sisters
John Singer
Sargent:
Madame X
John Singer
Sargent: Lady Agnew
of Lochna
w
John Singer
Sargent: Mrs. Carl
Meyer and Her Children
John Singer Sargent: Alice Vanderbilt Shepard
John Singer Sargent:
Mrs. Henry White
John Singer Sargent: Mrs. Hugh
Hammersley
John Singer
Sargent:
The Daughte
rs of Edward Darley
Boit
John Singer Sargent: Mr. And Mrs. John
Phelps Stokes
W.
O.
M.A.
N.
Another side
of John
Singer Sargent: The
Hermit
Mary Cassatt1844-1926
• The only American to exhibit with the French Impressionists
• One of only two women to exhibit with the French Impressionists
• Concentrated on the public and private lives of women
Breakfast in Bed
Mary Cassatt: The
Garden
Mary Cassa
tt:The Bath
Mary Cassat
t:At the Opera
Mary Cassa
tt:At the Theat
er
Mary Cassa
tt:Lydia in a Loge Wearing a Pearl Necklace
Mary Cassatt:Lydia Seated at an Embroidery Table
Mary Cassatt:Woman Reading
in a Garden
Mary Cassatt
:Mrs.
Duffee Seated
on a Striped
Sofa
Mary Cassatt:The Cup of Tea
Mary Cassatt:
The Letter
(based on a
Japanese print)
Mary Cassatt:Alexand
er J. Cassatt and His
Son
Maurice Prender
gast1858-1924
Allies Day, May, 1917
Maurice Prendergast:Central Park, 1901
