Welcome
...to the website of the Association of Historians of American Art
(AHAA), a membership organization and an affiliated society of the
College Art Association (CAA).
Founded in 1979, AHAA fulfills its mission of promoting scholarship in the
historical art of the United States through several means. We sponsor two
sessions at the CAA annual meeting. Our semiannual Newsletter, issued in
spring and fall, is filled with information about current exhibitions,
publications, and other news and also includes book
reviews; the current Newsletter's contents are
offered here. And our Membership Directory, an exclusive members'
benefit, is an invaluable guide to current scholars of American art.
We invite you to join our collegial international community of scholars by
becoming a member of AHAA as we seek to develop a lively and
accessible forum for the exchange of information and ideas.
Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825), Bowl of Peaches, 1816. Oil on panel.
Gift of Harriet Russell Stanley, 1961.01
AHAA at CAA 2009:
Call for Papers
Scholarly and Professional Sessions
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AHAA travel grant
AHAA offers a graduate student travel grant for attending the upcoming CAA conference.
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About the Images
The works of art shown on these pages are from the collection of the New Britain Museum of American Art, in New Britain, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, the New Britain Museum is the oldest museum in the nation dedicated to American art. It boasts particular strengths in colonial portraiture, the Hudson River school, American impressionism, and the Ashcan School, and is home to Thomas Hart Benton’s important mural series The Arts of Life in America.
