American+Art+1860-1920

=American Art 1860-1920 =


 * some impressionism
 * some realism
 * some mixture of the two

=James Abbott McNeill Whistler - 1834-1903 = @http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/whistlers-nocturne-in-black-and-gold-the-falling-rocket.html
 * self portrait called: Arrangement in Gray: Portrait of the Painter
 * American-born, but British-based
 * “art for art’s sake”
 * saw music as parallel to art and called many of his paintings “arrangements, nocturnes, and harmonies”
 * primacy of tonal harmony-limited use of color used black
 * not exactly impressionistic





=Winslow Homer - 1836-1910 =
 * from Massachusetts
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">mother was an amateur watercolorist and taught him how to paint
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">worked as an illustrator for pay
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">fine art is known for his seascapes in oils and watercolors
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">elements of realism, naturalism, man vs nature
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">the artist “should never look at pictures" but should "stutter in a language of their own.”

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Thomas Eakins @http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/eakins-the-gross-clinic.html @http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/eakins-the-champion-single-sculls-max-schmitt-in-a-single-scull.html