#Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #InternationalRabbitDay 🐰:

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (British-American, 1819–1905)

#Rabbits on a Log, 1897

Oil on canvas, 10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.8 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1979.490.7

[1five1two]

'Doe and Two Fawns'. Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait. 1882.

[bubu0h]

a little advice for aspiring fires by The Byger (Byacolate)

Dog’s Head (ca. 1861–1897) by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

[digitalniamh]

Westward Expansion: From Prairie to Paper

Niamh Creighton 

This exhibition is a visual journey through the movement west that resculpted American culture and landscape. It captures how the rolling plains, once empty and expansive, were affected and changed through this journey, and reflects the power of paper, used for art, treaties, propaganda, and numerous other concepts that have helped to transform the west. 

There are older works of art included in this exhibition, as well as newer works. Through the curation of photography, paintings, and sculpture, “Westward Expansion: From Prairie to Paper”examines the two different accounts of this expansion period. From one angle, the adventure, opportunity, and motivation that pioneers found on their journey west, and from another angle, the disruption of native american culture and land, and the environmental and economic exploitation that has happened as a result of that. 

“The Last Shot” by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait and the photograph by Karen Halverson titled “Near Keeler, California”, were both included to represent the second half of those two accounts. The photograph is exemplar of how the landscape has changed and been affected by this movement. At the front and center is a bright orange plastic fence, and we can see power lines being stretched across the left side of the photo. These objects are not pretty, and certainly not natural to the landscape. The painting is an example of the differences in cultures that were happening, as well as showing the landscape off. 

The other works in this showcase have been included for the first viewpoint of this time period and place. “American Progress” is one of the most famous, if not the most famous artworks about the westward expansion, however it is a very eurocentric view of this happening. “Manifest Destiny” is another painting showing this eurocentric view of the movement west. It portrays a young girl looking out of an airplane window out at a mountain range. You can really feel the hopefulness and sense of opportunity in this work. And last but not least, the sculpture “Blue cowboy #2” demonstrates how the midwestern American culture has become very recognizable and established. 

Viewers are encouraged to think about the complexities of this expansion and acknowledge the change and the unique culture of the American midwest.

[deliciouskeys]

Thank you to @abrubag for helping me make this very important compilation:

1. The Peacemakers, George P.A. Healy, Oval Office. 1868. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peacemakers

2. George Washington before the Battle of Trenton, John Trumbull, Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1792. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12823

3. Battle of Port Hudson, J.O. Davis, Library of Congress. 1887. https://www.loc.gov/item/93510334/

4. A Good Chance, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, Yale University. 1862. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Fitzwilliam_Tait_-_A_Good_Chance_-_1932.244_-_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.jpg

5. Battle of Kenesaw Mountian, Kurz & Allison (chromolithograph publishers), Library of Congress. 1891. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_Kenesaw_Mountian.png

6. The capture of General Vega (In the act of discharging a canon) by the gallant Capt. May, of the U.S. Army, during the engagement of the 9th May / / Lith. & pub. by Sarony & Major, 117 Fulton St. N.Y.! Library of Congress. 1846. https://loc.getarchive.net/media/the-capture-of-general-vega-in-the-act-of-discharging-a-canon-by-the-gallant

7. Benjamin Franklin: The statesman and philosopher. Currier & Ives. 1846. https://loc.getarchive.net/media/benjamin-franklin-the-statesman-and-philosopher

8. Watson and the Shark, John Singleton Copley. Museum of Fine Arts Boston. 1778. https://collections.mfa.org/objects/30998/watson-and-the-shark

9. George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait), Gilbert Stuart. National Portrait Gallery. 1796. https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2001.13

[visualpoett]

Good Doggy

Artist: Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

[pwlanier]

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905)

Ducks in a Barnyard Pond

signed and dated 'AF Tait 85' (lower left)

oil on canvas laid down on board

10 x 12 in.

Christie’s

[antiqueanimals]

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905)

[psikonauti]

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (American ,1819 – 1905)

Doe and Two Fawns, 1882

[wonder-rooms]

Maternal Love (1868) - Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

[classic-art]

Deer Stalking in Scotland: Getting Ready

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, 1851 Oil on Canvas

[lionofchaeronea]

Deer-Stalking in Scotland: Getting Ready, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, 1851

[meisterdrucke]

Mink Trapping Prime, 1862 by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

[art-and-things-of-beauty]

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905) - Bobwhite quail with chicks, oil on board, 25,1 x 35,3 cm. 1876.  

[jadeseadragon]

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (English-born American, 1819 - 1905), Chicks, 1864, oil on board, 25.40 x 35.56 cm.  [source]

[visualpoett]

Rabbits on a Log (1897)

Artist: Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait