Author: Karen (19 Articles)

Karen Rester's art comes form the world around her. Karen loves working in collage, acrylic, mixed media and weaving on her loom.

Just for fun, I was looking at some of the art of Thanksgiving. This day has been depicted in art and pop culture for many years. Here are some of those depictions over the centuries… a nostalgic look at America’s Thanksgiving.

‘The First Thanksgiving,’ artist Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930)

Artist Robert Walter Weir, ‘The Embarkation of the Pilgrims from Delfthaven in Holland’ (1844)

‘Thanksgiving,’ artist Doris Lee, c. 1935

Artist Charles Dana Gibson’s “Thanksgiving Nov. 1903″ was on the cover of Life magazine… I am not sure what the baby on the platter means!

Life magazine cover 1903, artist Charles Dana Gibson

This Thanksgiving watercolor was by artist Alice Barber Stephens. It appeared in the US periodical “Harper’s Weekly” on November 28, 1896.

‘Over-indulgence–A Spoiled Thanksgiving,’

This , likely one of the most famous Norman Rockwell WWII paintings, “Freedom of Want,” was one of four paintings in a series, the “Four Freedoms,” that Rockwell created during World War II. It may not have been meant to commemorate Thanksgiving, but the painting embodies the spirit of family and Thanksgiving.

All of the artist and families at Luna Azul Studios wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. Create your memories in art!