Paintings of Everyday Life Tell America's Story

摘要

"[This exhibition examines artists'] evolvingrnstyles and standards of storytelling inrnrelation to the themes of childhood,rnmarriage, family, and community; thernproduction and reinforcement ofrncitizenship; attitudes towards race; thernfrontier as reality and myth; and thernprocess and meaning of art-making."rnFrom The Decade before the Revolution to the start of World War I, many of America's most acclaimed painters captured in their finest works the temperament of their respective eras. They recorded and defined the emerging char-rnacter of Americans as individuals, citizens, and members of ever-widening communities. "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915" brings together for the first time more than 100 of these iconic pictures that tell compelling stories of life's tasks and pleasures.