In American Waters Exhibition

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For over 200 years, artists have been inspired to capture the beauty, violence, poetry and transformative power of the sea in American life. Oceans play a key role in American society no matter where we live, and the sea continues to inspire painters today to capture its mystery and power.

In American Waters reveals that marine painting is so much more than ship portraits. In this exhibition, visitors will also discover the sea as an expansive way to reflect on American culture and environment, learn how coastal and maritime symbols moved inland across the United States, and question what it means to be “in American waters.” Be transported across time and water on the wave of a diverse range of modern and historical artists including Georgia O’Keeffe, Amy Sherald, Kay WalkingStick, Norman Rockwell, Hale Woodruff, Paul Cadmus, Thomas Hart Benton, Jacob Lawrence, Valerie Hegarty, Stuart Davis, and many others.

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Image caption: Michele Felice Cornè, Ship America on the Grand Banks, about 1799. Oil on canvas. Peabody Essex Museum, gift of Mrs. Francis B. Crowninshield, 1953, M8257.

Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970

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