Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), The Natural Bridge, Virginia, 1852. Oil on canvas. The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, Gift of Thomas Fortune Ryan.

Smithsonian American Art Museum
www.americanart.si.edu
Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture celebrates the worldwide explorations of one of the most important naturalists of the 19th century. Through his 36 books and thousands of letters, Humboldt created a lasting influence on the way we think about our relationship to our environment. The exhibition, which includes more than 100 paintings, centers on the fine arts as a lens through which to understand how deeply intertwined Humboldt’s ideas were with America’s emerging identity, grounded in an appreciation of nature. Running March 20 to August 16, works from artists like Albert Bierstadt, Karl Bodmer, George Catlin, Frederic Edwin Church and many others will be on view.

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Laura Wheeler Waring (1887-1948), The Study of a Student, ca. 1940. Oil on canvas, 20 x 16 in. Gift of Dr. Constance E. Clayton in loving memory of her mother Mrs. Williabell Clayton, 2019.3.69.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
www.pafa.org
In March of 2019, American educator and arts advocate, Constance E. Clayton, gifted the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts more than 70 artworks by African American artists. The collection consists primarily of paintings and works on paper dating from the late 19th to 20th centuries. There are also sculptures by Richmond Barthé, Augusta Savage and one attributed to May Howard Jackson. The gift also includes several works by PAFA alumni such as Barkley L. Hendricks, Henry O. Tanner, Laura Wheeler Waring and many more. Highlighting this collection is the exhibition Awakened in You running through July 12.

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John Singleton Copley (1738-1815), Paul Revere, 1768. Oil on canvas. Gift of Joseph W. Revere, William B. Revere and Edward H. R. Revere, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 30.781, photograph. © 2019 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Worcester Art Museum
www.worcesterart.org
Rare prints, silver tea sets, everyday objects and artwork provide a deeper look into the historical figure, Paul Revere, most widely known for his famous “midnight ride” during Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere at Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts. Revere was a versatile artisan who dabbled in many mediums beyond being a silversmith. Through seeing and understanding his works, viewers have the opportunity to learn more about the entrepreneurial, patriotic man who lived during the formative period of a new nation.

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Winslow Homer (1836-1910), The White Rowboat, St. Johns River, 1890. Watercolor on paper. Bequest of Ninah M. H. Cummer, C.0.154.1.

Cummer Museum
www.cummermuseum.org
A focused exhibition of 10 works spanning the 19th century to today will be displayed during Eclectic Ecology: Landscape Perspectives from Ponce de León to Florida Man at the Cummer Museum in Jacksonville, Florida. The paintings detail the ways artists saw and captured the Floridian landscapes and beauty over the past 100 years, often depicting a lush and unfamiliar land. The exhibit seeks to explore the dichotomy between Florida and the people living in it as well as ways artists captured the complex landscape. The show runs through the end of the year.

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Francis Augustus Silva (1836-1886), Evening (detail), 1881. Oil on canvas, 20 x 36 in. Collection of Laura and David Grey.

Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
frost.fiu.edu
Transitional Nature: Hudson River School Paintings from the David and Laura Grey Collection follows the change from a primarily agricultural America to one run by technology, impacting the way artists experienced nature and their changing world. Focusing on American landscapes, the exhibit follows the travels of artists who sought to find untouched land and emphasize the beauty that only nature can produce. These landscapes led to one of the most prominent art movements in the country, that of the Hudson River School. Transitional Nature will be on view through May 17.

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Robert Henri (1865-1929), Orientale, ca. 1915. Oil on canvas, 41 x 33 in. Gift of Priscilla and John Richman, 2019.21.

Norton Museum of Art
www.norton.org
An exhibition highlighting a gift of American impressionist and realist works from long-time museum supporters Priscilla and the late John Richman is on view at the Norton Museum of Art through March 15. Among the artists whose works are in the collection are Thomas Hart Benton, Robert Henri and Rockwell Kent. In total, the Richmans have gifted the Norton Museum 11 paintings, ranging from scenes of harmonious nature to representations of subjects from American history.

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Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868), Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851. Oil on canvas, 149 x 255 in. Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897. 97.34.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
www.metmuseum.org
In celebration of the Met’s 150th anniversary, the museum will be showcasing approximately 250 outstanding works from its permanent collection. Organized around transformational moments in the evolution of the museum’s collection, buildings and ambitions, Making The Met explores the visionary figures and cultural forces that propelled the Met in new directions from its founding in 1870 to the present day. The exhibition runs from March 30 to August 2.

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Severin Roesen (1815-1872), Still Life with Fruit, ca. 1854-1855. Oil on canvas, 30 1/16 x 40 1/16 in. Carnegie Museum of Art, Gift of Gulf Oil Corporation, a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, 85.40.

Carnegie Museum of Art
www.cmoa.org
A Delight for the Senses: The Still Life revels in the humble and often overshadowed art of the still life, exploring over 250 years from the 17th century to America’s Gilded Age. These simple paintings offer more meaning than what meets the eye—beyond the skillful techniques and aesthetics are metaphors related to class, morals and life itself. Held at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, this collection of still lifes loaned from the Detroit Institute of Arts and local collectors, will be on view through March 15.

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Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Artist Facing Blank Canvas (Deadline), 1938. Oil on canvas, 38½ x 30½ in. Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, October 8, 1938. From the permanent collection of Norman Rockwell Museum ©1938 SEPS: Curtis Licensing, Indianapolis, IN.

Denver Art Museum
www.denverartmuseum.org
Norman Rockwell: Imagining Freedom showcases Rockwell’s World War II-era works that reinforced the positive approach of bringing Americans together for the common good during a turbulent time. The exhibition, which opens May 2 and runs through August 23, sheds light on the ways in which Rockwell and his contemporary illustrators became important storytellers who advanced critical civic ideas through their creative advertising and imagery.

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Ansel Adams (1902-1984), The Tetons and Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942. Photograph, gelatin silver print, 2018.2733. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Lane Collection, © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
www.crystalbridges.org
For more than 50 years, Ansel Adams captured America’s natural landscapes through his iconic photographs. Widely known for his black-and-white landscapes, Adams’ work will be showcased in Ansel Adams: In Our Time running May 23 to September 7. Visitors can dive into scenes of national parks, the American Southwest, deserts and wilderness through the 180 photographs that will be on display, including the works of 20 of Adams’ contemporaries.

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Ella Fillmore Lillie (1887-1973), Pink Chapel, St. Simons Island, 1949. Lithograph on paper, 16 x 12 in. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase in memory of Mrs. Martha Odum. GMOA 2000.34.

The Rockwell Museum
www.rockwellmuseum.org
On view at the Rockwell Museum in Corning, New York, is Prints by Women: Selected Works from the Georgia Museum of Art running through April 26. A diverse body of 46 works will be on view—woodcuts, lithographs, etchings, screenprints and more—spanning the 19th to the 21st century, all by American or European women artists. The exhibition runs through April 26 and includes works by American artists Peggy Bacon, Victoria Hutson Huntley, Ella Fillmore Lillie and Elizabeth Olds, and European artists Rosa Bonheur, Berthe Morisot and Käthe Kollwitz, among others.

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Wenonah Day Bell (1890-1981), Peach Packing, Spartanburg County, 1938. Oil on canvas, 38 x 48 in. 2010.05.04. The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, SC.

Gibbes Museum
www.gibbesmuseum.org
Hosted by the Gibbes Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection brings together for the first time the paintings and sculptures of 42 diverse women artists who made significant contributions to the art of the South during the late 1890s to early 1960s. On view through May 3, this exhibition examines the challenges female artists faced during a period in which women’s social, cultural and political roles were being redefined and reinterpreted. The works of these artists, which include Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Anne Wilson Goldthwaite and Augusta Savage, challenged the status quo and encouraged future generations of women to create art.

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Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), Untitled, 1951.

Art Institute Chicago
www.artic.edu
The Art Institute of Chicago presents the collection of Richard and Mary L. Gray, an expansive exhibition spanning seven centuries of art from Europe and America. While the collection is home to the artwork of celebrated names like Rubens, Boucher, Canaletto, Tiepolo, Seurat, Van Gogh, Degas, Cézanne, Picasso, Matisse, Pollock, de Kooning and Hockney, an array of works by lesser-known artists round out the grouping as well. Pure Drawing: Seven Centuries of Art from the Gray Collection will be up until May 10.

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Alfred Wordsworth Thompson (1840-1896), The Road Out of Norfolk, 1888. Oil on canvas.

Chrysler Museum of Art
www.chrysler.org
Chrysler Museum of Art’s The Norfolk Rooms tells the story of the heritage port city of Norfolk, Virginia, through a blend of art and artifacts. The show has been on display since 2014 in the historic 1794 building the Willoughby-Baylor House, once home of the Norfolk History Museum. The long-running exhibition celebrating the culture and history of the Tidewater region finally comes to a close on March 29. —

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