| Life,
Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Art and the American Experience, 1660-1893, from the Yale University Art Gallery
September
7, 2008 – January 4, 2009
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John
Trumbull (American, 1756-1843),
The Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776, 1786-1820
Oil on canvas
53.0 x 78.7 cm.
Yale University Art Gallery |
This
groundbreaking exhibition of Americana includes almost 200 paintings,
drawings, prints, photographs, furniture, silver, and ceramics
from Yale University’s renowned collection of 18th- and
19th-century American fine and decorative arts, considered to
be one of the finest American collections in the world. Yale’s
treasures include paintings by such artistic masters as John Singleton
Copley, history painter John Trumbull, portraitist Charles Willson
Peale, genre painter William Sidney Mount, landscapists Albert
Bierstadt and Frederic Church, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, and
many others. Decorative arts highlights include silver crafted
by Paul Revere, the earliest surviving pair of American silver
candlesticks, abolitionist John Brown’s block and shell
desk, a gold sword owned by 19th-century naval hero Stephen Decatur,
beautiful classically inspired settees and other furniture, and
much more. This is the first time most of Yale’s key American
works have traveled outside of New Haven for an exhibition.
Louisville support of this exhibition has been provided by
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Nicola Marschall (American, 1829-1917)
After: Matthew Henry Wilson (American, 1814-1892)
Abraham Lincoln, 19th century
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Hattie Bishop Speed
1942.23
Conservation funded by The Alliance of The Speed Art Museum,
1999 |
Beyond the Log Cabin
Kentucky’s Abraham Lincoln
June 28 – September
6, 2009
Through engaging
imagery, artifacts, portraits, hands-on activities and Lincoln’s own words, this exhibition presents the untold
story of Lincoln’s lifelong engagement with Kentucky and
Kentuckians – an engagement that shaped his life, helped
pave the way for his political rise, and during the Civil War,
kept Kentucky in the Union.
This exhibition
has been organized by the Kentucky Historical Society. Exhibition
support has been provided by the James Graham Brown Foundation. |
