Coming of Age: American Portraits from Copley to Warhol with Art Historian Maureen Hickey

Art is the embodiment of our history, as is reflected in American portraiture through time. Art historian Maureen Hickey explores the ways in which portraits have revealed the political, religious, and social status of their sitters, as well as the aesthetic preferences of their era. This compelling walk through time features such early American artists as Rembrandt Peale, Benjamin West, and Gilbert Stuart; nineteenth century masters John Singer Sargent, Thomas Eakins, and Winslow Homer; Ashcan painters John Sloan, Robert Henri, and George Bellows; and the culture of celebrity inspired by Andy Warhol, whose art is on view through October 29, 2017.