Benjamin West
John Singleton Copley
Thomas Cole
Mary Cassatt
Thomas Eakins
James McNeill Whistler
Albert Bierstadt
Martin Johnson Heade
Winslow Homer
William Merritt Chase
John Singer Sargent
John Sloan
Painting and sculpture from The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1770-1920. The Van Gogh Museum presents masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts. This museum owns one of the most beautiful and representative collections of American art in the world.
Painting and sculpture from The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1770-1920
18 Oct. 2002 t/m 19 Jan. 2003
Exhibition wing
In the autumn of 2002, the Van Gogh Museum presents masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts. This museum owns one of the most beautiful and representative collections of American art in the world.
The exhibition will include works by all the best painters of the period 1770-1920, including those of the United States' first painters (Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley and Thomas Cole), the generation born between 1816 and 1847 (Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins, James McNeill Whistler, Albert Bierstadt, Martin Johnson Heade and Winslow Homer), and the young artists active around the turn of the last century (William Merritt Chase, John Singer Sargent and John Sloan).
Nell'immagine: 'A city park', William Merritt Chase, 1887.
The exhibition will trace the development of American art, illuminating the innovative spirit of a great nation.
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