American 20-21st Century Representational Art
Resource Library articles and essays published January through June, 2004
(above: Jean Mannheim (1863-1945), Sunny Portrait, before 1945, tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Introduction
This section of the Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) catalogue Topics in American Art is devoted to the topic "American 20th-21st Century Multi-Subject Representational Art." Articles and essays specific to this topic published in TFAO's Resource Library are listed at the beginning of the section. Clicking on titles takes readers directly to the articles and essays. The date at the end of each title is the date of publication in Resource Library.
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Resource Library articles and essays honoring the American experience through its art:
Point of View: American Folk Art From the William and Ann Oppenhimer Collection (6/30/04)
Whispers from the Walls: The Art of Whitfield Lovell (6/7/04)
Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape (6/1/04)
The Cities, the Towns, the Crowds: The Paintings of Robert Spencer (6/1/04)
The Graceful Envelope and The Landscapes of Thomas English (5/27/04)
Revelation: A Fresh Look at Contemporary Collections (5/26/04)
Coming Home: American Paintings, 19301950, from the Schoen Collection (5/17/04)
In the American Grain: Dove, Hartley, Marin, O'Keeffe and Stieglitz (5/4/04)
Jacob Kass: Painted Saws (5/3/04)
Robert Indiana 66: Paintings and Sculpture, with essay by Adrian Dannatt (4/30/04)
Large Scale: Selections from the Permanent Collection; essay by Brandon Reintjes (4/2/04)
African American Masters: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (4/2/04)
Something All of Our Own: The Grant Hill Collection of African American Art (4/1/04)
Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms: Paintings That Inspired a Nation (4/1/04)
African American Works on Paper from the Cochran Collection (3/15/04)
American Tableaux: Selections from the Collection of Walker Art Center (3/8/04)
Past Things and Present: Jasper Johns since 1983 (3/5/04)
Women Portray the West (1890-1940) (3/4/04)
My America: Art from The Jewish Museum Collection, 1900-1955 (2/24/04)
CONTINUUM: 12 Artists (2/16/04)
Modern American Masters: Highlights from the Gill and Tommy LiPuma Collection (2/12/04)
African-American Art from the MFAH Collection (2/12/04)
Zelda By Herself: The Art of Zelda Fitzgerald (2/9/04)
Discovering Milton Avery: Two Devoted Collectors, Louis Kaufman and Duncan Phillips (2/4/04)
Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Place, Race, and Memory (2/4/04)
Crosscurrents at Century's End: Selections from the Neuberger Berman Art Collection (2/4/04)
From Goodnight Moon to Art Dog: The World of Clement, Edith and Thacher Hurd (1/26/04)
Alfred Maurer: The First American Modern (1/22/04)
Rock On! The Art of the Music Poster from the 60s and 70s (1/21/04)
Three Series of Prints by Jacob Lawrence (1/15/04)
Graphic Masters: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (1/9/04)
Hockaday Museum of Art Celebrates 35 Years with Four New Exhibits (1/5/04)
(above: Mark Kerckhoff, Mt. San Jacinto and Yuccas,1986, oil on canvas, 48 1/2 x 48 1/2 inches. Private Collection)
(above: Ken Auster, Balboa Island Bridge, c. 2008, oil on canvas,18 x 24 inches. Private collection)
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