| Period
| Description | Key Artists |
| PRIMITIVE
Mid-1800s | ·
Artisan rather than artist.
· Naive yet innate decorative sense. · Some itinerant portrait painters how disappeared with advent of camera. | Hicks |
| HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL
1850-1890 | ·
Romantic, majestic views of American landscapes.
· Rooted in Impressionism | Bierstadt |
| 19TH CENTURY WESTERN ART | Western life portrayed as worthy subject matter for artist.
· Depictions of cowboys, Indians, and settling of the west. | Remington
Russell |
| ASH CAN SCHOOL
1890-1910 | ·
Named by critic who did not like their work.
· Also called “The 8” after eight Philadelphia artists who founded it. · Formed to champion native themes as worthy of subject matter. · Spontaneous depictions sketched like “newspaper artist” · Depicted life “as she is led.” · Appreciated qualities of light used by Impressionists. | Bellows |
| AMERICAN SCENE
1930-1945 | ·
Social Realism/Urban Realism
· Reflected character of American people, especially working class. | Davis
Evergood Hopper Hassam’s cityscapes |
| PRECISIONISTS | ·
Depicted rural and small town life realistically in form and content
| Wyeth
Rockwell |
| POP
1950-1960 | ·
Reaction again abstract expressionism.
· Portrayal of aggressively contemporary objects taken from media. · Art comes down to earth and back to manner |