NGA: Themes in American Art: Narrative Art (Images)

Exploring Themes in American Art: Narrative Art			essay \| artists
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1.	John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark, 1778 oil on canvas, 1.821 x 2.297 m (71 3/4 x 90 1/2 in.)
2.	American 18th Century, Christ on the Road to Emmaus, c. 1725/1730 oil on canvas, .642 x .771 m (25 1/4 x 30 3/8 in.)
3.	Benjamin West, The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, 1791 oil on canvas, 1.868 x 2.781 m (73 9/16 x 109 1/2 in.)
4.	Edward Hicks, Peaceable Kingdom, c. 1834 oil on canvas, .745 x .901 m (29 3/8 x 35 1/2 in.)
5.	After William John Wilgus, Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman, c. 1855 oil on canvas, .550 x .767 m (20 7/8 x 30 3/16)
6.	John Quidor, The Return of Rip Van Winkle, 1849 oil on canvas, 1.010 x 1.265 m (39 3/4 x 49 13/16 in.)
7.	Albert Pinkham Ryder, Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens, 1888/1891 oil on canvas, .505 x .520 m (19 7/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
8.	American 19th Century, Allegory of Freedom, 1863 or after oil on canvas, .942 x 1.093 m (37 1/8 x 43 1/16 in.)
9.	Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Childhood, 1842 oil on canvas, 1.343 x 1.953 m (52 7/8 x 76 7/8 in.)
10.	Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Youth, 1842 oil on canvas, 1.343 x 1.949 m (52 7/8 x 76 3/4 in.)
11.	Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Manhood, 1842 oil on canvas, 1.343 x 2.026 m (52 7/8 x 79 3/4 in.)
12.	Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Old Age, 1842 oil on canvas, 1.334 x 1.962 m (52 1/2 x 77 1/4 in.)
13.	George Bellows, Murder of Edith Cavell, 1918 lithograph, .482 x .623 m (18 15/16 x 24 1/2 in.)
14.	Reginald Marsh, A Box at the Metropolitan, 1934 etching wih some engraving, plate: .250 x .202 m (9 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
15.	Thomas Hart Benton, Letter from Overseas, 1943 lithograph on wove paper, sheet: .290 x .401 m (11 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.)
16.	Jacob Lawrence, Daybreak--A Time to Rest, 1967 tempera on hardboard, .762 x .610 m (30 x 24 in.)
17.	Barnett Newman, Twelfth Station, 1965 acrylic on canvas, 1.981 x 1.524 m (78 x 60 in.)
18.	Jonathan Borofsky, I dreamed I was having my photograph taken. . ., 1983 1-color screenprint over a unique multicolor open-screen image on Exeter paper sheet: 1.978 x 2.492 m (77 7/8 x 98 1/8 in.)
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Exploring Themes in American Art: Narrative Art