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Coming of Age: American Art, 1850s to 1950s

Traveling September 9, 2006-March 8, 2009 to Five Venues

From Shelley Esaak, About.com

Coming of Age: American Art, 1850s to 1950s is drawn exclusively from the collection of the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Comprised of some seventy iconic paintings and sculptures, the exhibition covers 100 crucial years of American art history during which United States visual artists hit their stride on the global scene.

Coming of Age: American Art, 1850s to 1950s was organized by the Addison Gallery and the American Federation of Arts. Its traveling schedule is as follows:

Images 1-12 of 16

  1. Study of a Wood Interior, ca. 1855Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; used with permission
  2. Brown and Silver: Old Battersea Bridge, 1859-63Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; used with permission
  3. The Coming Storm, ca. 1879Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; used with permission
  4. Still Life with Letter to Mr. Clarke, 1879Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; used with permission
  5. Eight Bells, 1886Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; used with permission
  6. The West Wind, 1891Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; used with permission
  7. Valley of the Seine, 1892Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; used with permission
  8. Hemlock Pool, ca. 1900Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; used with permission
  9. Val d'Aosta: A Man Fishing, ca. 1906Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; used with permission
  10. Moonlight, Wolf, ca. 1909Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; used with permission
  11. Sunday, Women Drying Their Hair, 1912Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; used with permission
  12. The Circus, 1912Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; used with permission
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