The Civil War And American Art
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-11-13/civil-war-and-american-art
Frederic Edwin Church, Cotopaxi, 1862, oil on canvas, Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, Gibbs-Williams Fund, Dexter M. Ferry Jr. Fund, Merrill Fund, Beatrice W. Rogers Fund, and Richard A. Manoogian Fund. The Bridgeman Art Library
Image courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum. All rights reserved.
A new exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., explores how the Civil War redefined American art and painting. Diane is joined by exhibit curator Eleanor Jones Harvey.
Guests
Eleanor Harvey
senior curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Photo Gallery: The Civil War And American Art
All images courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum .
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Excerpt from "The Civil War and American Art" by Eleanor Jones Harvey. Copyright 2012 by Eleanor Jones Harvey. Reprinted here by permission of Yale University Press. All rights reserved.
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It is hard to follow your comments as they relate to specific art. The slide show on your website does not seem to have all the images you are discussing and it does not credit the art. I went to the Smith. website which has more art and credits but still cannot align specific art pieces to the discussion.
My mother, Dr. Phoebe Lloyd, did extensive research on Winslow Homer during and immediately after the the Civil War. She was in the same frame of mind that the Civil War shaped his life and career. My mother passed away nearly 7 years ago and we plan to publish her Winslow Homer book posthumously soon and the hope is that the images you have highlighted, along with others like The Croquet Game will be appreciated as much as Homer's Maine landscapes.
I'll make sure to make the exhibition!
Cathy Hardman
Hi Eleanor, Judd says that on a scale of 1-10 you are delivering a 15. My question is who actually funded these artists during the Civil War. So much went to the war effort. Who was buying these paintings? Emily
This was a fantastic show - thank you so much for the education. I very much look forward to the exhibition. Ms. Harvey was fantastic ~ !
Please also go see the "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress. This exhibition focuses on the impact of the War on individuals' lives, in addition to broader topics of the war.
You can read the exhibition blog at: http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/civil-war-in-america/Pages/Overview.aspx.
The exhibition opened November 12 and will be on view through June 1, 2013.
On permanent display at the DC Public Library's Peabody Room (3260 R Street, NW) is an 1862 graphite and opaque watercolor on paper titled "Cavalry Officer at Pleasant Valley, Maryland October 24, 1862" by Johannes Adam Simon Oertel.
The depicted Union officer was unknown until recently identified as detailed in the Georgetown Patch article at http://tinyurl.com/b9t5977.
Please come and see it! More information at 202.727.023.
click on the image and put your mouse on the image and the credits will show at the top of the screen
Annie, if you mouse-over the picture it brings down an information box with the credits.
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I enjoyed listening to this broadcast -- thank you, Diane and Eleanor, for your informative discussion.
I was particularly intrigued to hear a caller phone in about a photograph he has of his great-grandfather, a drummer boy in the 54th Massachusetts, Miles Moore.
I am currently doing research for an exhibition on photographs of members of the 54th Massachusetts regiment. If the gentleman who phoned in about the photograph of Miles Moore would be willing to tell me more about the image, I would be delighted to hear from him! Please respond to this comment online, or email me at:
photographs@nga.gov
Thank you!
Lindsay