The painting and the photograph have had a long relationship in American art. Since its invention, photography has greatly impacted the way we see the world.
Shared Intelligence: American Painting and the Photograph explores the many ways visual artists have been inspired by the photograph. The exhibition of more than 75 paintings and photographs focuses on the work of American painters for whom the photograph has been essential, beginning with the acclaimed 19th century realist
Thomas Eakins and continuing through to contemporary art, including such masters as
Frederic Remington,
Charles Sheeler, Georgia O’Keeffe,
Norman Rockwell,
Andy Warhol,
Robert Rauschenberg,
Chuck Close,
David Hockney, and
Sherrie Levine. Major works by such ground-breaking photographers as
Eadweard Muybridge,
Alfred Stieglitz,
Man Ray,
Edward Weston,
Walker Evans, and
Margaret Bourke-White will also be included.