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Exhibition Review
Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1095-1097
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Reviewer:
Sullivan, Edward J. (Sullivan, Edward J.; S., E. J.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, United States
places:
North America / Central America / South America
subjects:
Humboldt, Alexander von / Enlightenment / Environmental protection / Slavery / Colonialism / American art / Hudson River School (art movement) / Travel accounts / Social history
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subjects:
Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture By Eleanor Jones Harvey. 448 pp. incl. 215 col. + 22 b. & w. ills. (Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, and Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ and Oxford, 2020), £62. ISBN 978–0–691–20080–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Alexander von Humboldt, by Friedrich Georg Weitsch. 1806. Oil on canvas, 126 by 92.5 cm. (Nationalgalerie, Berlin; exh. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington).
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14. Géographie des plantes équinoxiales, by Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland. 1805. Handcoloured print, 61 by 91.4 cm. (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; exh. Smithsonian, American Art Museum, Washington).
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15. Heart of the Andes, by Frederic Edwin Church. 1859. Oil on canvas, 168 by 302.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington).
Exhibition Review
Rufino Tamayo. Washington
02/2018 | 1379 | 160
Pages: 154-155
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Reviewer:
Sullivan, Edward J. (Sullivan, Edward J.; S., E. J.)
Subjects
artists:
Tamayo, Rufino
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, United States
places:
United States / Washington DC
subjects:
Mexican painting / Primitivism (Cultural anthropology related concept)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. New York seen from the terrace, by Rufino Tamayo. 1937. Canvas, 51.8 by 87.3 cm. (FEMSA Collection; © Tamayo Heirs; exh. Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington).
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21. The family, by Rufino Tamayo. 1925. Canvas, 71.1 by 83.8 cm. (William and Christopher Brunder Collection; © Tamayo Heirs; exh. Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington).
Attributed works:
22. Fire, by Rufino Tamayo. 1946. Canvas, 111.8 by 86.4 cm. (Collection of Mrs J. Todd Figi; © Tamayo Heirs; exh. Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington).
Publication Received
Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty. By Merry A. Foresta, with an introduction by Elizabeth Broun.
01/2017 | 1366 | 159
Pages: 53
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Reviewer:
Appleby, Haydn (Appleby, Haydn)
Subjects
artists:
Penn, Irving
museums and institutions:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, United States
subjects:
Exhibitions / Photographs / Donations
subjects:
Collections, Public
Exhibition Review
The Civil War and American art. Washington and New York
05/2013 | 1322 | 155
Pages: 360-361
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Reviewer:
Barringer, Tim (Barringer, Tim)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, United States
places:
Washington DC / United States / New York
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / American painting (United States of America) / Civil wars
Illustrations
Attributed works:
64. Our banner in the sky, by Frederic Edwin Church (Fred Keeler collection; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Attributed works:
65. Fort Federal Hill at sunset, Baltimore, by Sanford Robinson Gifford (New York State Military Museum; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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66. A ride for liberty - the fugitive slaves, March 2, 1862, by Eastman Johnson (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)