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Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment , May 25 – September 9, 2019

 Series

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Materials include master checklists; exhibition design materials; installation images; and publications pertainting to exhibitions organized and hosted by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in 2019.

Dates

  • May 25 – September 9, 2019

Conditions Governing Use

Images in this collection are either protected by copyright or are the property of CBMAA .

For requests to license high resolution art images, please contact reproductions@crystalbridges.org

For requests to license high resolution installation images, please contact library@crystalbridges.org

Exhibition Summary

Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment was an exhibition that examineed American artists’ impact on shaping environmental understanding and stewardship.

Featuring 100 artworks from 70 eminent US collections, Nature’s Nation traced 300 years of evolving ideas about the natural world and our place within it. From colonial beliefs about the divine in nature, to artists’ advocacy for national parks, to the emergence of environmental activism, the paintings, photographs, and installations by Thomas Moran, Frank Lloyd Wright, Dorothea Lange, and many more explore our relationship with the environment.

Similar to the mission of Crystal Bridges, Nature’s Nation illuminated the connection between art and nature.

Extent

From the Class: In progress Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English