The Civil War in Art : Teaching & Learning Through Chicago Collections

Lincoln Douglas Debate at Alton, Illinois

1963
William Sylvester Carter
DuSable Museum of African American History

Tags: Causes of the War, Civil Rights Movement, commemorations, flag, Illinois, Lincoln, paintings, politics, portraits, post-war, slavery, Westward Expansion

1850
William S. Jewett
Terra Foundation for American Art

Tags: Causes of the War, children, family, landscapes, paintings, portraits, pre-war, Westward Expansion, women

1939
John Steuart Curry
Terra Foundation for American Art

Tags: abolition, African Americans, Causes of the War, commemorations, freedom, portraits, post-war, prints, Slavery and Abolition, Westward Expansion

1853
Thomas Ball
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: Causes of the War, Classical, politics, portraits, pre-war, sculptures, Westward Expansion

1850/54
Hiram Powers
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: Causes of the War, Classical, flag, politics, pre-war, sculptures, Westward Expansion, women

c. 1861
Louis O. Lussier
Chicago History Museum

Tags: Causes of the War, Chicago, Illinois, paintings, politics, portraits, Union, Westward Expansion