Walker Library: HIST 2020: Survey of US History, 1877-Present: Art

Digital Collections and Online Exhibits

Archives of American Art Digital Collections
This massive collection includes scanned items from 125 archival collections that document the lives and works of such artists as Cecilia Beaux. Alexander Calder, Mary Cassatt, George Catlin, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Jackson Pollock, John Singer Sargent, Ben Shahn, James McNeill Whistler, and Grant Wood.

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Carnival Collection
Most of the 5500 original float and costume designs in this collection are from Carnival’s “Golden Age” (the 1870s through the 1940s).
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum: Online Collections
Highlights include 1,000 works by O'Keeffe, hundreds of letters to and from O'Keeffe, and photographers of O'Keeffe from childhood to old age.
Norman Rockwell Museum Digital Collection
This site features the following image collections: 4,400 of Rockwell's known drawings and paintings; 20,000 photographs, correspondence and illustrated print material; and images of the contents of Rockwell's last working studio.

Art Posters

Turn of the Century Posters (New York Public Library) Researchers can browse this collection of more than 2000 posters by artist, poster type (book, commercial, newspaper, magazine), and topic (publishing industry, women).

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HIST 2020: Survey of US History, 1877-Present: Art

Digital Collections and Online Exhibits

Art Posters