Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 200 Years of Excellence

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, America's old museum and school of fine arts, was founded in Philadelphia in 1805. Today the Academy boasts one of the nation's finest collections of American art and a roster of alumni embracing the greatest artists this country has produced. This volume celebrates two centuries of the Academy's achievement. Six scholarly essays document the history of the institution and its collections, curriculum, and buildings. In addition, 220 masterpieces of American art from the permanent collection are presented in full color with descriptions of each. The illustrations document the Academy's position as one of the premier art institutions in the United States. Artists represented in this volume include Charles Willson Peale, Benjamin West, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Thomas Eakins; Cecilia Beaux, James McNeil Whistler, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, Robert Henri, John Sloan, Marsden Hartley, Charles Demuth, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alexander Calder, Frank Stella; Philip Pearlstein, Robert Motherwell, Richard Diebenkorn, and many other masters of American art.Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Staff is the author of 'Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 200 Years of Excellence', published 2005 under ISBN 9780943836256 and ISBN 0943836255.