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Max Weber, Construction, 1915, oil on canvas, 22 7/8 x 27 7/8 in. (58.1 x 70.8 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1987.31

Painting of a woman reading a book.

Milton Avery, Adolescence, 1947, oil and graphite on canvas Image: 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1992.3

Joseph H. Boston, From Shore to Shore, 1885, oil on canvas, 27 5/8 x 35 5/8 in. (70.2 x 90.5 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1999.13

John George Brown, Picnic Party in the Woods, 1872, oil on canvas, 24 5/16 x 44 in. (61.8 x 111.8 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1994.1

Jefferson David Chalfant, The Blacksmith, between 1900 and 1907, oil on canvas, 25 3/4 x 33 1/2in. (65.4 x 85.1cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, 1999.3

Thomas Cole, Landscape with Figures: A Scene from "The Last of the Mohicans", 1826, oil on panel, 26 1/8 x 43 1/16 in. (66.4 x 109.4 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1993.2

John Singleton Copley, Portrait of a Lady in a Blue Dress, 1763, oil on canvas, 50 1/4 x 39 3/4 in. (127.6 x 101.0 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1992.28

Charles Demuth, Welcome to Our City, 1921, oil on canvas, 25 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (63.8 x 51.1 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1993.3

Erastus Salisbury Field, Portrait of a Woman said to be Clarissa Gallond Cook, in Front of a Cityscape, c. 1838, oil on canvas, 34 3/4 x 28 3/8 in. (88.3 x 72.1 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2000.4

Visual allegory painting of the Old Testament prophecy of peace between natural enemies. On the right, a child bearing a bough of grapes, an emblem of salvation, leads a harmonious assortment of wild predators and domestic animals from a dark wood into a peaceful natural landscape. In the left distance, a white mountain is crowned by thirteen figures representing Christ and the Apostles; below them, angels deploy a swirling banner, bearing biblical messages of peace, that floats among a gathering of soberly dressed Quaker elders—a group that includes women, whom the Quakers respected as preachers.

Edward Hicks, A Peaceable Kingdom with Quakers Bearing Banners, 1829 or 1830, oil on canvas, 17 5/8 x 23 5/8 in. (44.8 x 60.0 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1993.7

William S. Jewett, The Promised Land – The Grayson Family, 1850, oil on canvas, 50 3/4 x 64 in. (128.9 x 162.6 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1999.79

John Lewis Krimmel, Blind Man's Buff, 1814, oil on canvas, 16 5/8 x 22 1/16 in. (42.2 x 56.0 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1999.82

Walt Kuhn, Clown with Drum, 1942, oil on canvas, 60 7/8 x 41 3/8 in. (154.6 x 105.1 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1992.172

John La Farge, Paradise Valley, 1866–68, oil on canvas, 32 5/8 x 42 in. (82.9 x 106.7 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1996.92

Jacob Lawrence, Bar-b-que, 1942, opaque watercolor (gouache) on wove paper, 30 7/8 x 22 1/2in. (78.4 x 57.2cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2013.1

John Marin, Sailboat, Brooklyn Bridge, New York Skyline, 1934, oil on canvas board, 14 x 17 3/4in. (35.6 x 45.1cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2006.1

William Glackens, Julia's Sister, c. 1915, oil on canvas, 32 1/8 x 26 1/8 in. (81.6 x 66.4 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1999.58

John Singer Sargent, Dennis Miller Bunker Painting at Calcot, 1888, oil on canvas mounted on masonite, 27 x 25 1/4 in. (68.6 x 64.1 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1999.130

Everett Shinn, Theater Scene, 1903, oil on canvas, 12 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. (32.4 x 39.4 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1999.136

Thomas Waterman Wood, The Yankee Pedlar, 1872, oil on canvas, 28 x 40 in. (71.1 x 101.6 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, 1998.3

Terra Collection Initiative: America: Painting a Nation

November 11th, 2015

Adapted from Art Across America, a survey of American historical art that toured South Korea in 2013, and tailored to a specifically Australian audience, America: Painting a Nation was the first major survey of American art presented in an Australian museum. Narrating the breadth of American art and cultural history through landscape, portrait, genre, and still-life paintings, the exhibition showcased the cultural and topographical diversity of the United States. Major works by John Singleton Copley, Thomas Cole, Winslow Homer, Thomas Moran, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, Thomas Hart Benton, Edward Hopper, and Jackson Pollock among others illuminated dynamic connections between American art and national identity during a historical period in the nation’s development with which Australians are largely unfamiliar. The exhibition was accompanied by a full-color catalogue of thematic essays and an extensive range of educational programs for various audiences.

Dates & Venue

November 8, 2013–February 2, 2014
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Works of Art from the Terra Foundation Collection

Publication

McAuliffe, Chris, and Angela L. Miller. America: Painting a Nation. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2013.

Related Content

Lecture series: “The American way of art,” Art Gallery of New South Wales

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