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Artist Birthday: John B. Storrs (1886-1956 US)

Thursday, June 25, 2026 | Karl Cole

John Bradley Walker Storrs is an example of an American artist who, after exposed to European modernism at the dawn of World War I, he never looked back to realism. He ultimately developed a Cubist ab ...

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Artist Birthday: Thomas Sully (1783-1872 US, born Britain)

Friday, June 19, 2026 | Karl Cole

After the dominance of classical revival mania in American art during the Revolution (1775-1783) and Federal periods, a softened, more dramatic realism emerged in the form of the Grand Manner Style. T ...

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18 June is National Go Fishing Day: Art by Eastman Johnson (1824-1906 US)

Thursday, June 18, 2026 | Karl Cole

The genre paintings of Eastman Johnson reveal the prevalence of an unvarnished realism in American art in the first half of the 1800s. His work mirrors the interest of another 1800s American realist W ...

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Artist birthday: Mira Schendel (1919-1988 Brazil, born Switzerland)

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 | Karl Cole

Mira Schendel was a painter, sculptor and poet. Her pensive, delicate works (particularly on paper), along with those of her contemporary Brazilian artists Lygia Clark (1920-1988) and Helio Oiticica ( ...

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June is for Nam June Paik (1932-2006 US, born Korea)

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 | Karl Cole

This month let’s celebrate the achievements of Nam June Paik. He was a pioneer in the use of TVs, video, digital imaging, and computer programming in works of art. He is also famously known for ...

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Artist Birthday: Weegee (Arthur Fellig, 1899-1968)

Friday, June 12, 2026 | Karl Cole

Famed crime scene photographer and artist Weegee was know not only for covering gruesome crime scenes in New York, but also for his carefully orchestrated scenes that evoked discomfort or pity by the ...

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Artist Birthday: Violet Oakley (1874-1961 US)

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 | Karl Cole

Violet Oakley is one of the standout women artists of the American Renaissance. She can truly be called a “Renaissance Woman,” being accomplished in many different media, and working as a ...

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Artist Birthday: Jean Follett (1917-1991 US)

Friday, June 5, 2026 | Karl Cole

Like the Abstract Expressionists, many other American artists were inspired by European modernist movements that occurred before World War II. Jean Follett was an early abstractionist who was influenc ...

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National Older Americans Month: Art by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828 US)

Friday, May 29, 2026 | Karl Cole

Older Americans Month was started in 1963 by President Kennedy as “Senior Citizens Month” to celebrate the achievements of older Americans, while emphasizing healthy living and activity ch ...

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National Hamburger Day: Art by Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022 US, born Sweden)

Thursday, May 28, 2026 | Karl Cole

National Hamburger day – origin unknown – has been celebrated since 2010 as a tribute to the beginning of summer. Who better to make fine art out of a hamburger than Pop artist Claes Olden ...

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