Bar-room Scene, William Sidney Mount, 1835

William Sidney MountSpojené státy americké, 1807–1868

Bar-room Scene

1835 · Painting

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Kde je teď „Bar-room Scene“? Sbírka: Institut umění v Chicagu, Chicago. Momentálně není vystaveno. Ověřeno 9. listopadu 2026.

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Seated drinkers urge on a drunken dancer in William Sidney Mount's Bar-room Scene (1835), in the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. The setting is a lively country tavern. Torn clothing and intoxication suggest that the central dancer is less prosperous than his companions. A Black man stands apart in a rear corner. As a free man in 1830s New York, he could enter the public tavern, but his position in the picture conveys his unequal participation in its social life. Mount used everyday scenes to address the divisions of American society before the Civil War.

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William Sidney Mount specialized in scenes of everyday life, known as genre paintings. He was one of the earliest American artists to do so, and his compositions, including Bar-room Scene, were rich in narrative and humor and engaged with the complex cultural, political, and racial circumstances that defined antebellum society. Here Mount portrayed a boisterous group of patrons in a country tavern. The seated men encourage the drunken dance of the central figure, whose tattered clothes and inebriated state suggest a less fortunate position. Standing in the back corner is an African American figure, who, as a free black man in 1830s New York, was able to frequent the public tavern, but, as Mount makes clear visually, did not participate fully or equally in this community.

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