Title: The Representation of the Struggling Artist in America, 1800-1865
Description: Analyzes how American painters, sculptors, and writers depicted their response to a democratic society that failed to support them financially and intellectually, employing the struggling or starving artist image to satirize the country's lack of patronage and immortalize their own struggle.
Subjects: Artists, united states, Art and society, Artists and models in art, Poor in art, Artists, Social conditions, History