Art in the Age of Steam: Europe, America and the Railway, 1830-1960

published Mar 3, 2008
starts Sep 13, 2008
Art in the Age of Steam Europe America and the Railway 1830-1960
Art in the Age of Steam will show how the best artists responded to the railroad from its beginnings in the 1830s to the end of the Steam Age in 1960.

It includes artists from both Europe and America including Claude Monet, Charles Sheeler and Thomas Hart Benton.

Important paintings, lithographs and photography will show how the railroad changed the way we live, with consequences that are still with us today.