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Vianden, Henry View of the Fox River, Wisconsin Lower Level Braith, Anton Heifers at Play von Schleinitz Voltz, Friedrich Cow Herd at Lake Starnberg von Schleinitz Crawford, Ralston Grain Elevator – Minneapolis Main Level Curry, John Stuart Landscape with Grouse Main Level Luks, George Bleecher and Carmine Streets Main Level Rauschenberg, Robert Goat Chow, Mink Chow, Hog Chow Main Level American Weather Vanes (cow, rooster, etc.) Folk American Found Objects Rocking Chair Folk Grandma Moses Untitled Folk Soutine, Chaim Children and Geese Bradley Vlaminck, Maurice Wheat Fields Bradley Civil War, Urbanization, and Industrialization (1860 to 1900) 1861 Start of the Civil War. 1865 96,000 Wisconsin soldiers served in the Civil War, many trained at Camp Randall. 12,216 lives were lost. 1867 Author Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in Wisconsin. The first practical typewriter was designed by Milwaukee inventors. 1871 The Peshtigo fire burned in six counties, on the same day as the Chicago Fire. 1,200 lives were lost in Peshtigo. 1884 Ringling Brothers created “Big Top” excitement at Baraboo, when they started their first circus. 1885 Karl Benz of Racine built a gas-powered car. 1888 Milwaukee‟s Frederick Layton began the Layton Art Gallery that was the basis for the Milwaukee Art Museum. 1890 Gottfried Schloemer of Milwaukee designed and built a gas-powered car. Comments and Questions The Civil War brought prosperity to Wisconsin; however, Wisconsin became increasingly dependent upon the national government because money was needed to build more roads and railroads to get crops to market. Why weren‟t roads just a Wisconsin project? With help from the national government, transportation improved and banking allowed for development of industry. At this time the question of slavery gained great importance in the nation. Since slavery never existed in Wisconsin, at first Wisconsin residents took little interest in the slavery issue although abolitionists presented their case in strong terms, and most people were opposed to any further extension of slavery. However, when presidential candidate Martin Van Buren promoted anti-slavery along with free homesteads, low revenue tariff, and federal aid to state internal developments -- “Free Speech, free soil, free labor and free men” -- Wisconsin listened. In 1854, the Republican Party was born in Ripon, and wishing to abolish slavery, the party took a strong stand against the Kansas-Nebraska bill that proposed leaving the choice of slavery to be determined by the vote of the 36 © 2011 Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N. Art Museum Dr. Milwaukee, WI 53202 JDSP – Docent Packet
population of a territory. A number of Wisconsin people helped run-away slaves reach Canada. The Civil War broke out in April 1861 and created a demand for Wisconsin‟s products. The Republican governor, Alexander W. Randall (1858-1862), was eager to pledge the state‟s resources to the war effort. What were the two main issues leading to the Civil War? Slavery and preserving the Union. Wisconsin volunteers were many, some devoted to abolishing slavery and some to preserving the Union. Wisconsin‟s soldiers fought in every major battle of the Civil War. The Iron Brigade suffered heavy casualties at Gettysburg. The 8 th Wisconsin became the Eagle Regiment because of Old Abe, a pet bald eagle that was carried into battle on a perch flying the American flag. When Union gunboats were stranded in the Red River of Louisiana, several thousand lumberjacks from Wisconsin regiments dammed and deepened the river using techniques learned in the lumber camps. In the war, nearly 12,000 men died from wounds and disease. Many thousands were wounded. During these years, however, other important things happened in Wisconsin: Industries such as meat packing and tanning grew. Breweries supplied beer that was welcomed because there was a high tax on strong liquor, but not on beer. The two leading breweries, Schlitz and Pabst, produced a million barrels of beer between 1873 and 1893 and this beer was sold all over the world. In fact, Admiral Peary found a Pabst bottle as he approached the North Pole, and 3,600 bottles of Schlitz beer went to the tropics for Admiral Dewey‟s men after the capture of Manila. Agriculture remained a basic activity. Flour mills grew and J.I. Case Company in Racine produced threshing machines. How many of you know the book, The Little House on the Prairie? Author Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in Wisconsin in 1867. Artist Title Location Johnson, Eastman Portrait of Frederick Layton Lower Level Albano, Salvatore Bust of Frederick Layton Main Level Beal, Gifford Circus Girl Main Level Bonheur, Jules Bulls (meat packing) Main Level Bonheur, Rosa Two Goats Main Level Colescott, Warrington Hardhats Main Level Wesselmann, Tom Still Life #51 (Pabst beer can) Main Level McCarthy, Justin Acrobats Folk Schimmel, William Eagle Folk Industrialization, Urbanization, World War I, and World War II (1900 to 1950) 1900 Statesman Robert LaFollette was elected governor of Wisconsin. 1903 The first Harley-Davidson motorcycles were made. 1921 Legislature banned legal discrimination against women in Wisconsin. © 2011 Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N. Art Museum Dr. Milwaukee, WI 53202 JDSP – Docent Packet 37
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Page 7 and 8: What Does a Docent Liaison Do? © 2
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Page 19 and 20: Tour: Elements of Art 1 Background
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Page 27 and 28: Year 2 (4 th grade): People, Cultur
Page 29 and 30: When looking at portraits, discuss
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Page 41 and 42: Blackmon, Prophet Three Dimensions
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Page 45 and 46: Tour: World Communities Background
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