American genre painting flourished in the thirty years before the Civil War, a period of rapid social change that followed the election of President Andrew Jack

Genre painting flourished in the U.S. during the mid-19th century. These narrative scenes depicting the everyday activities of stock or typed characters captiva

Collects the best artwork created before, during and following the Civil War, in the years between 1859 and 1876, along with extensive quotations from men and w

This book examines the portrayal of themes of boundary crossing, itinerancy, relocation, and displacement in US genre paintings during the second half of the lo

"Traces the history of American genre painting from 1905 to 1945. Examines how artists such as John Sloan, Norman Rockwell, and Jacob Lawrence adapted to an era