Virginia Art History
with an emphasis on representational art
Other online information
(above: Johannes Adam Simon Oertel, Going Down to Gethsemane, 1898, oil on canvas, 32 x 53.8 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Artists from Virginia in Wikipedia. Accessed August, 2015.
"Chatham Post Office Mural Depicts Southern Harvest" by Herman E. Melton, Special to the Star-Tribune, Chatham, Virginia, March 21, 2001. Accessed August, 2015.
Early Images of Virginia Indians: The William W. Cole Collection from Virginia Historical Society. Accessed August, 2015.
echard wheeler: in stillness is a 2019 exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art which says: "Sometimes, if we are very lucky, we find home. This is not always the place you live, but it is the place where you find solace, a place that your heart recognizes. For photographer Echard Wheeler, that place is First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach." Accessed 5/20
Memory Painting: Harriet French Turner and Queena Stovall is a 2019 exhibit at the Taubman Museum of Art which says: "During the middle of the 20th century, a group of untrained women painters gained critical recognition for their works documenting day-to-day activities from their pasts. The most famous of these painters was Anna Robertson or "Grandma Moses," but Virginia natives Harriet French Turner of Roanoke and Queena Stovall of Lynchburg were recognized for their lively, colorful depictions of their locale and memories." Accessed 5/19
Outdoor sculptures in Virginia in Wikipedia. Accessed August, 2015.
(above: Charles Xavier Harris, Untitled (Woman in a Carriage), 1890, etching print, 248 x 34 mm sheet: 398 x 59 mm plate: 277 x 369 mm. National Gallery of Art, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings is a 2019 exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston which says: "This internationally traveling exhibition investigates how Mann's relationship with her native Virginia, a place rich in literary and artistic traditions yet troubled by history, has shaped her work." Also artist's website and see press release Accessed 5/19
Virginia (sampling of artists and works connected to state) from askArt. Accessed August, 2015.
Virginia Arcadia: The Natural Bridge in American Art is a 2021 exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts which says: "Depicted and celebrated for centuries, the Natural Bridge is the Shenandoah Valley's breathtaking centerpiece -- a towering, primeval witness to human history and timeless muse. The free exhibition examines its image in paintings, prints, decorative arts, photography and more. Featured artists include Frederic Church, David Johnson, Edward Hicks, and many others." Accessed 6/21
Waterscape: Picturesque Views of Hampton Roads is a 2019 exhibit at the Chrysler Museum of Art which says: "[Joshua] Shaw's presence in Norfolk was noted by the prolific diarist, dramatist, and artist William Dunlap, who rudely pronounced Shaw "an ignorant, conceited English blockhead." Nevertheless, Shaw's portfolio, Picturesque Views of American Scenery, became one of the most important achievements in early American printing and landscape art." Accessed 8/20
(above: Attributed to Marietta
Andrews, Portrait of Virginia Colonial Governor Robert "King"
Carter, oil on canvas. c. 1900. Courtesy of the Virginia Historical
Society, Richmond, Virginia. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
TFAO's Distinguished Artists catalogue provides online access to biographical information for artists associated with this state. Also, Search Resource Library for online articles and essays concerning both individual artists associated with this state's history and the history of art centers and museums in this state. Resource Library articles and essays devoted to individual artists and institutions are not listed on this page.
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