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Notes on the Ethnic Image in Ashcan School Paintings

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of whether or not the artists of the Ashcan School helped or hindered the existing stereotypes of their subjects. Interesting information on individual works.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Treasures to Go: Young America

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of fifty-seven landscapes and portraits that reveal visions of early America and its birth as a new nation as rendered by early American artists.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: American Portrait Miniatures of Eighteenth Century

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on American portrait miniature paintings of the eighteenth century.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: The Eight

For Students 9th - 10th
Examples of work by a group of early Modernist painters known as "The Eight." Gives a brief history of the group.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Ashcan School

For Students 9th - 10th
Many examples of work by the group of painters known as the "Ashcan School." Brief history of the group as well.
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Uic: The Bermuda Group

For Students 9th - 10th
Picture of John Smibert's painting "The Bermuda Group". Site explains who is in the painting.