Details Title: American Artists Description: American Artists Total Flash Cards: 26 Created: 08/08/2007 17:10:19		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Art History Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Wood Definition Painter – Famous for scenes of the rural Midwest including American Gothic. Term Benton Definition Painter – One of the best known muralists of the 30s and 40s. Term Wyeth Definition Painter – Christina’s World Term Cassatt Definition Painter – living mainly in France, her Impressionist paintings often featured motherhood with paintings of women and children. Term Borglum Definition Sculptor – most famous for Mt. Rushmore Term West Definition Artist – Settled in London where he became a historical painter and helped found the Royal Academy of the Arts – The Death of General Wolfe, Death on a Pale Horse Term Saarinen Definition Finnish-American Architect – Gateway Arch in St. Louis and The Dulles International Airport Term O'Keefe Definition Painter – known for her paintings with Southwestern motifs – Crow’s Skull, Red White and Blue Term Bulfinch Definition Architect – from Boston. Famous for designing US Capitol. Term Warhol Definition Painter - Another leading figure in pop art. Known for his paintings of commonplace objects including Campbell’s soup cans and Marilyn Monroe Term L'enfant Definition French-born Architect – Architect and designer of the new US capital city of Washington DC Term Rockwell Definition Illustrator – famous for his scenes of everyday American life on the covers of Saturday Evening Post. Term Homer Definition Painter – Best known for working with watercolor and painting landscapes and seascapes of New England and Florida. Originally and illustrator, he recorded the Civil War for Harper’s Weekly. - Gulf Stream - Breaking Storm - The Hurricane Term Olmstead Definition Landscape Architect – designed NYC’s Central Park Term Hopper Definition Painter and engraver - Best known for his paintings of large, quiet urban scenes. – Nighthawks - Early Sunday Morning Term Hoban Definition Architect – Designed, built and later rebuilt (after it was burned down by the British) the White House and was the supervising architect for the US Capitol. Term Pollock Definition Painter – pioneer of abstract expressionism using drip painting and action painting Term Pei Definition (Chinese-American) Architect – Works include East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in DC and a subterranean entrance crowned by glass period for the Louve. Term Johns Definition Painter - Leading exponent of pop art - Flag, a copy of the US Flag - Painted Bronze, a painting of two beer cans Term Fuller Definition Architect – best known from his invention of the geodesic dome. Term Lichtenstein Definition Artist – part of the pop art movement, he was famous for his paintings that resemble comic strips Term Moses Definition Painter – An untrained farm wife she began painting her primitive scenes of rural life while in her 70s. - Sugaring-Off Term Eakens Definition Painter – Realist and major portraitist. - The Gross Clinic Term Whistler Definition Painter – The Artist’s Mother: Arrangement in Gray and Black Term Calder Definition Sculptor – Famous for his mobiles, arrangements of moving sculptures that he invented Term Johnson Definition Architect – Best known for his collaboration with Mies Van Der Rohe on the Seagram Building in NYC