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Head Vessels

Monday, July 21, 2014 | Karl Cole

Effigy (portrait, human head, or whole figure) ceramic art (usually male) has been featured in all sorts of wares since ancient times from throughout the world. In many instances it is associated prim ...

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Artists and Refugees: Lewis Hine

Monday, July 14, 2014 | Karl Cole

It often astounds me how little we learn from history (and by “we” I mean we human beings: any culture on this planet!). If you need reminding, I mention the massive immigrant/refugee cris ...

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Happy Fourth of July! Gilbert Stuart

Monday, July 7, 2014 | Karl Cole

I’m celebrating the 4th of July by showing you one of the many portraits Gilbert Stuart did of our first president, George Washington. I hate to be an overly sappy art historian, but one of my s ...

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Unsung Hero of American Modernist Art: Alfred Maurer

Monday, June 30, 2014 | Karl Cole

I have long been a big fan/advocate for the importance of the earliest American artists who sought to buck the European-inspired academic system of history painting and realism. This “bucking&rd ...

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Unsung Heroes: Dorothea Lange

Monday, June 23, 2014 | Karl Cole

There are many ways to be a hero. I by no means denigrate our men and women in the armed services, who have given their all recently in two wars (one of which should never have happened). But, there a ...

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Vikings: Gol Stave Church

Monday, June 16, 2014 | Karl Cole

I know there’s a popular cable show called Vikings. I’ve watched a few episodes, but, as an historian and art historian, I find it really doesn’t address many of the cultural co ...

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Japanese Porcelain Tradition: Shōmura Ken

Monday, June 9, 2014 | Karl Cole

Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but I’m absolutely bonkers about ceramic art, and particularly Japanese and Chinese. This piece especially garnered my attention because it combines re ...

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American Artist Supports American Art: Carroll Beckwith

Tuesday, June 3, 2014 | Karl Cole

I guess it doesn’t need to be said, that, in the history of art, there are many artists who just don’t get massive exposure. Although they might often be lauded in their day, their works d ...

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Early Renaissance Sculpture

Tuesday, May 27, 2014 | Karl Cole

Just this week, I became reacquainted with this BEAUTIFUL head from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, probably from Flanders/Burgundy. Being half-Swiss I naturally gravitated in college to the study of t ...

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Americans Abroad: Charles Caryl Coleman

Monday, May 19, 2014 | Karl Cole

This offering is not so much about Americans abroad as it is for my admiration of any artist who can work in pastels. I’ve mentioned in a previous post how I always longed to become pr ...

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Comfort and Ingenuity: Thomas E. Warren

Tuesday, May 13, 2014 | Karl Cole

One of the most charming things, I think, is the enthusiasm of American designers after the “Industrial Age” kicked off in the early- to mid-1800s. The phenomenon led to the mass-productio ...

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Ode to Wood: Marisol

Monday, May 5, 2014 | Karl Cole

The Davis Art Gallery just opened a show called All About Wood. In that spirit, I’m showing you one of my favorite wood pieces. Several years ago at a Christmas party we played an art histo ...

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Wood Engraving Artist: Grace Arnold Albee

Monday, April 28, 2014 | Karl Cole

There is a high degree of skill in printmaking, particularly—in the case of relief printing—the carving of the vehicle. I, for one, have tried relief printing, both linoleum cuts and woodc ...

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Pioneering American Woman Artist: Emma Stebbins

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 | Karl Cole

Considering how hard it was for women to be accepted as artists (in the United States) in the 1800s, and considering that it was frowned upon for them to attend art schools, it still amazes me how man ...

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Maidu Basket

Monday, April 14, 2014 | Karl Cole

I will share my continued fascination with First Nations art by showing you a new addition to our digital collection of images. Basketry is a prominent art form in all indigenous American cultures sin ...

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NAEA Excitement! Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Monday, April 7, 2014 | Karl Cole

I had the privilege of meeting Jaune Quick-to-See Smith at the National Art Education Association conference in San Diego last week. She is an inspirational advocate for art education, and for educati ...

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Artists and Refugees: Lewis Hine

Happy Fourth of July! Gilbert Stuart

Unsung Hero of American Modernist Art: Alfred Maurer

Unsung Heroes: Dorothea Lange

Vikings: Gol Stave Church

Japanese Porcelain Tradition: Shōmura Ken

American Artist Supports American Art: Carroll Beckwith

Early Renaissance Sculpture

Americans Abroad: Charles Caryl Coleman

Comfort and Ingenuity: Thomas E. Warren

Ode to Wood: Marisol

Wood Engraving Artist: Grace Arnold Albee

Pioneering American Woman Artist: Emma Stebbins

Maidu Basket

NAEA Excitement! Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

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