Many would argue that no single technological advancement had such a profound impact on the cultural geography or social topography of the United States as the advent of the railroad. In an exploration of how the arrival of trains impacted the visual culture during the rapid industrialization and expansion of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Shelburne Museum presents All Aboard: The Railroad in American Art, 1840-1955.
Represented in the exhibition are renowned artists Thomas Cole, Ernest Lawson, Jacob Lawrence, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Theodore Kauffman, Albert Bierstadt, John Sloan, Reginald Marsh, Thomas Hart Benton, and many others.
Comprised of 40 works sourced from private and public collections, the exhibition is organized into four thematic sections: "Smoke in the Wilderness: American Landscape Painting and the Railroad, 1840 1900," "Industry and Urbanization: The Railroad and American Art in the Progressive Era," and "The Lonely Rail, and Passengers All: People on the Train in American Art, 1900-1950." Taken together, All Aboard shines a spotlight on the influence of the railroad on the history of American art, from its beginnings as a technological wonder, connecting the country coast to coast, to its role as a driver of industry and urbanization at the turn of the century, and its eventual adoption by artists drawn to the subject for its modernist potential.
The exhibition also touches upon how this new mode of travel transformed how individuals perceived distance and time, and facilitated novel, diverse social interactions, highlighted in depictions of rail workers and passengers.
"Creatives artists and writers immediately recognized the impact of the railroad, pro and con," says museum director and CEO Thomas Denenberg.
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