Corcoran Gallery Of Art, Washington runs an exhibition named 'American Paintings from the Collection' through September 6, 2009.
Displaying iconic works from the Corcoran’s historic American collection, this exhibition represents almost one hundred years of American history from the Civil War to World War II.
The paintings depict the social, political and economic changes of the period while simultaneously illustrating profound stylistic and philosophical shifts in American art.
From the Gilded Age portraits of John Singer Sargent and European-influenced impressionism of Mary Cassatt to the gritty realism of George Bellows and the early abstractions of Stuart Davis, the exhibition illuminates the breadth and complexity of the American experience in its visual arts around the turn of the 20th century.
The picture shows Edward Hopper, American (1882–1967), Ground Swell, 1939, oil on canvas, Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund. -- www.corcoran.org
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