Thursday, September 5, 2024 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Wendy Evans – Art Historian America's art tells America's story - the optimism, struggles, humor and pain. We'll explore how people from the earliest inhabitants to today have pictured the history and landscape of the country reflecting its ideas and ideals. Images will range from realistic paintings of John Singleton Copley to modern abstractions by Jackson Pollock, from the innocent America captured by Norman Rockwell in his early work to the struggles of Black Americans seen in his late paintings and those of Black artists like Jacob Lawrence, and from inspiring views of unspoiled country by Thomas Cole to the lonely cities of Edward Hopper. These artists, and others whose work we'll see, help to build our picture of America.
Location:
Birmingham Next