From Grandma Moses to Joan Brown, we’ve rounded up some of the greatest depictions of Thanksgiving in modern (1880-1960) and Contemporary (1960- present) art. Various, styles, mediums and sizes, these pieces of art hang in museums and private collections all over the world.
Thanksgiving, 2003, John Currin, Tate Gallery, courtesy of Marc Jacobs 2004Joan Brown, Thanksgiving Turkey, 1959, oil on canvas, MoMA, Larry Aldrich Foundation FundGrandma Moses, Catching the Thanksgiving Turkey, 1943Helen Frankenthaler, Thanksgiving Day, 1973Roy Lichtenstein, Turkey, 1961, Oil on canvas, Private collectionRoe Ethridge, Thanksgiving, 1984, chromogenic printHorace Pippin, Giving Thanks, 1942Jim Bachor, turkey dinner (mostly white meat), 2018, mosaicJoseph Delaney, Thanksgiving Day Parade when Danny Kaye was Young, 1940, oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum,Sandy Skoglund, Two Plates of Corn, 1978, from the series Food Still LifesDavid Bates, Thanksgiving Dinner, 1982, Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort WorthMarch Avery, Thanksgiving, 1967 oil on canvasAfro Basaldella, Boy with Turkey, 1954. Oil on canvas. Gift of Nina and Gordon BunshaftWerner Drewes, Thanksgiving, 1969, color woodcut, Smithsonian American Art Museum,
and shown at top:
Alice Neel, Thanksgiving, 1967, Whitney Museum of Art