SAVANNAH, GA.- The Telfair today announced an exhibition presenting works by many of America’s best-known, most beloved artists. The exhibition, Strokes of Genius: Masterworks from the New Britain Museum of American Art, will be on view from January 19 through March 20 at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, and features works by such artists as Norman Rockwell, Andrew Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, Louise Nevelson, Jacob Lawrence, Winslow Homer, Childe Hassam, Frederick Frieseke, and Thomas Hart Benton.

“We are pleased to be able to bring to Savannah art by such a broad selection of our country’s most admired artists,” said Diane Lesko, executive director of the Telfair, in announcing the exhibition. “The New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut is the first institution in the country to focus solely on American art, and being able to view the work of so many notable American artists will be a rare experience for Savannah residents and visitors alike.”

“The exhibition represents the broad history of art in America from the 18th through the 20th centuries,” added the museum’s Curator of Fine Arts and Exhibitions, Holly Koons McCullough. “Ranging from mid-18th-century portraits by Joseph Badger to the postmodern conceptual work of Christo, the works in Strokes of Genius create a portrait of America itself. The history of our country is encapsulated in these works, from colonial portraiture reflecting British taste and traditions, to the homegrown subject matter of Midwestern Regionalism, to the breakaway aesthetic of Abstract Expressionism, sometimes considered the first truly American art movement.”