The Art of American Independence: Beyond the Declaration
Wed, Feb 11
|Mather Barn
ArtScapades will look at how artists depicted the events that led up to the Revolution, the battles that raged during the conflict, the creation and signing of a Declaration of Independence, and images that reflect the early days of a new country
Time & Location
Feb 11, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Mather Barn, 19 Stephen Mather Rd, Darien, CT 06820, USA
About the event
This lecture will look at works by John Trumbull, Charles Willson Peale, Gilbert Stuart, John Singleton Copley, Emanuel Leutze, Grant Wood, Jacob Lawrence, and others.
Robin Hoffman and Jodi Stiffleman of ArtScapades have developed over fifty lectures which look at important artists and artistic periods from the Renaissance through Modern Art. ArtScapades lectures are 60 minutes, which includes time for comments and questions.