Fine Lines: American Drawings from the Brooklyn Museum
January 30, 2014 to April 27, 2014
Fine Lines: American Drawings from the Brooklyn Museum presents more than 100 exceptional and rarely seen drawings and sketchbooks from the Brooklyn Museum’s world-renowned collection of American art. Dating from the late 18th through the mid-20th century, these masterworks encompass a wide range of techniques, styles, and media. Among the 74 featured artists are Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, William Trost Richards, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, John Singer Sargent, William Glackens, Edward Hopper, Stuart Davis, and Marsden Hartley. With its significant body of aesthetically remarkable and historically important works, Fine Lines showcases drawing as a dynamic art form in the United States across nearly two centuries. The exhibition is organized into six thematic sections: the human figure, costume studies, portraiture, narrative scenes, landscapes, and urban imagery. This thematic presentation surveys subjects of enduring interest to American artists, while also highlighting the diversity of drawing practices in pre-1945 American art.
The exhibition is organized by the Brooklyn Museum.
CONTRIBUTORS:
Generously supported by Lila Hunt, The Roy A. Hunt Foundation.
Foundation support:
Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust.
