19 Iconic American Paintings from Gilbert Stuart to Amy Sherald

Key facts

• Gilbert Stuart's 1796 Lansdowne Portrait of George Washington is at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
• Thomas Cole's 'The Voyage of Life, Old Age' (1842) is at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• William Sidney Mount's 'The Power of Music' (1847) is at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
• Fitz Henry Lane's 'Stage Fort Across Gloucester Harbor' (1862) is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
• Albert Bierstadt's 'The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak' (1863) is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• Mary Cassatt's 'The Boating Party' (1893) is at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• Grant Wood's 'American Gothic' (1930) is at the Art Institute of Chicago.
• Edward Hopper's 'Nighthawks' (1942) is at the Art Institute of Chicago.
• Andy Warhol's 'Campbell's Soup Cans' (1962) is at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
• Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama (2018) is at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.