Category: American Art

John Trumbull: Capturing our Revolutionary Origins

June 29, 2021
4th of JulyAmerican ArtAmerican InspirationCapitol RotundaDeclaration of Independencefine artGeorge WashingtonJohn Trumbulloil paintingRadiant LifeRevolutionary WarThomas Jefferson
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July 4, 1776: The Declaration of Independence is signed, and the United States of America emerges as a free and independent country after years of conflict and turmoil. The birth of the American nation also heralded a new chapter in world history. These facts are rooted firmly in American history and inform our culture and…

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American Painter Gloriously Captures God’s Creations

April 22, 2021
American ArtArts & CultureFine Arts & CraftsmanshipLife & Tradition
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You won’t find American realist artist Steve Wineinger’s paintings online easily, if at all, but for decades he has been quietly painting and mastering his art on his farm near Spokane, Washington.  The self-taught artist creates fascinating still lifes, sweeping American landscapes, and historical paintings mainly in oil, charcoal, and watercolor. In each and every…

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‘Virginia Arcadia’ at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

March 4, 2021
American ArtArts & CultureFine Arts & CraftsmanshipLife & TraditionNatural BridgeVirginia
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What’s 215 feet high, 90 feet long, and has been admired in great art and literature for centuries—from Thomas Jefferson’s “Notes on the State of Virginia” to Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick” to Frederic Edwin Church’s landscape paintings? Here’s another hint: Jefferson bought it, along with 157 acres of land, from King George III of England for…

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