The Gulf Stream was painted by Winslow Homer, an early American artis
color has interesting subject matter as well as esthetic merit.
Courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

John S. Curry's The Tornado is a forceful contemporary picture. The subj
the art elements contribute to the total effect. Episodes from the American
appropriate subject matter for American artists. For home decoration they sho
the meaningless English pictures of fox hunts. Courtesy the Hackley Art Gallery.

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