Gilded Age Art

Gilded Age art consists of:

Rocky Mountain School: Hudson River School “west” reflecting movement west and later national parks movement

Social Realism: “realistic” portrayals of life

American Impressionism: party and society art, color patches and artistic impression

Ash-Can School: Gritty urban culture and reality

Rocky Mountain School

The Rocky Mountains: Thomas Moran

Rocky Mountain School

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Thomas Moran

Rocky Mountain School

Miracle of Nature, Thomas Moran

Rocky Mountain School

Cathedral Rock at Yosemite, Albert Bierstad

Rocky Mountain School

Emigrants Crossing the Plain, Albert Bierstadt

Social Realism: Frederick Remington

Smoke Signal

The Cowboy, Frederic RemingtonBronco Buster, Remington

Social Realism: Winslow Homer

Visit from the Old Mistress

Prisoners from the Front

Social Realism

The Lifeline, Winslow Homer

American Impressionism

Symphony White 2: James McNeil Whistler

American Impressionism: John Singer Sargent

Madame X: John Singer Sargent Watts: John Singer Sargent

American Impressionism:

John Singer Sargent: Mrs. Fiske Warren with Her Daughter Rachel