Daily News | Is this painting of a fox one of the greatest works of American art?
, Winslow Homer’s 1893 oil on canvas, delivers more than just a realistic depiction of a sleek animal paused on its trek through the snow by the sea. Considered one of the top works by one of the country’s top artists,is often discussed as one of the most powerful paintings in the history of American art.
The show, which includes works by long-celebrated artists like Georgia O’Keeffe, Edward Hopper, and Andrew Wyeth, also showcases artists that Marley believes deserve to be better known. The purpose is to further “new narratives in art history, embracing stories about women and LGBTQIA+ and artists of color, and ask: What did it mean to be an American artist when the nation was founded and then 200 years later?” she says.
Thirty percent of the works in the exhibit are by women; 15 are by artists of color, including two works by May Howard Jackson — PAFA’s first female graduate of African ancestry. Dana Byrd, another scholar who participated in the lecture series, cites the power of Jackson’s 1899 sculpture. The bronze bust of an adolescent Black male “seems like it’s a way of rethinking the history of [historically enslaved] people.
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