Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment , May 25 – September 9, 2019
Scope and Contents
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
Repository Details
Part of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Archives Repository
600 Museum Way
Bentonville AR 72712 United States
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library@crystalbridges.org