American Artist Appreciation Month

Andrew Wyeth, “Christina’s World”, 1948

I love all kinds of art, including paintings, sculpture, photography and music.  Since August is American Artist Appreciation Month, I am sharing some of the most famous paintings by American artists. Do not be surprised if you recognize many or most of these paintings. Click on any of these images to see a larger version. Enjoy!

Grant Wood, “American Gothic”, 1930.

Edward Hopper, “Nighthawks”, 1942.

Andy Warhol, “Campbell’s Soup Cans”, 1962.

Norman Rockwell, “Freedom from Want”, 1943.

Georgia O’Keeffe, “Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1”, 1932.

Albert Bierstadt, “Among the Sierra Nevada, California”, 1868.

Jasper Johns, “Flag”, 1954.

Winslow Homer, “Snap the Whip”, 1872.

John Singer Sargent, “Madame X”, 1883–84.

Emanual Leutze, “Washington Crossing the Delaware”, 1851.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, “Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1” (commonly known as “Whistler’s Mother”), 1871.

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled (skull painting), 1982.

Mary Cassatt, “The Child’s Bath”, 1893.

Jackson Pollock, “Number 5”, 1948.

Frederic Edwin Church, “Heart of the Andes”, 1859.