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Trancendentalism
The trancendentalism movement taught people that they should live life to its fullest and experience God's work through their own senses. In addition, people were told to think about the world around them and come to a conclusion on the nature of things. -
Jasper Francis Cropsey
Cropsey begins to paint full-time by the mid 1800's. He utilizes color in a way that really makes the artwork seem real. After visiting the western United States, he works on Frontier paintings for a bit. -
Bierstadt Returns to America
After spending some time in Germany, Albert Bierstadt return to America and makes expeditions to the West in order to capture the uniqueness of the frontier. -
Heade Turns to Landscapes
After moving to New York and meeting up with already famous artists of the time, Martin Johnson Heade starts to paint his famous landscape scenes. Later these turn into his marsh landscapes because of the beauty he could capture in them. -
The Backwoods of America
Jasper Francis Cropsey shows us a view of a typical frontier family in the mid 1800's. The man leaves the house to go chop up wood, while the wife watches her children play and works in the garden. This painting also foreshadows the end of the frontier that was soon to come. -
Start of Civil War
The Civil War was America's bloodiest battle of all-time. It threw brother against brother but also brought about a different culture and renewed vigor for the country. Art would never be the same. -
Indian Encampment
Albert Bierstadt's painting represents the Indians in their so-called 'natural habitat'. The same year he painted this, rebellions among the native people due to their displacement by the American government delayed his second trip to the west. -
Haystacks
Martin Johnson Heade's showcases the clouds and light in the sky in a spectacular way. Many luminists, such as Heade, also represented the Trancendentalists of this time period. They taught that people should discover things on their own and solve their own problems using their own intuition.
