Ashcan School The EightA group of artists first based in Philadelphia and then later in New York City, pioneered a new social vision as the United States entered the 20th century as an industrial and urban giant. These artists were known as the new realists and later...
American Western Art Highlights from the Collection Majestic Forest, 1919Thomas Moran Yosemite, ca. 1910Theodore Wores Zuni Kachina Doll, ca.1930-35Unrecorded Artist Indian Encampment, ca. 1870Ralph Albert Blakelock Mountain Landscape, ca. 1870Albert...
Abstract Expressionism The New York SchoolThe most significantly independent and original art movement in America began to take shape in the late 1940s. Abstract Expressionism was officially recognized by 1951 in the landmark exhibition, “Abstract Painting and...
The Hoosier School Hoosier Impressionists were artists of the late 19th century who returned from study abroad and took residencies in the state of Indiana. Many of them were native Hoosiers. Others lived in Indiana during periods of their careers. The Hoosier Group...
19th Century American Art Naive Artists, Limners, and Self-Taught ArtistsThere was not an immediate need for trained artists in the New World since most of the activities of early settlers and colonists involved survival. As the Seventeenth Century came to a close and...
The mission of The Midwest Museum of American Art in Elkhart, Indiana, is to acquire, exhibit and preserve works of art by past and present U.S. visual artists, thus illuminating, inspiring and conserving America’s visual heritage. Learn more
