National Book Month: Basil Besler
Rounding out our “national something month” is National Book Month. You can probably imagine that I would not feature just a run-of-the-mill book for this blog. I choose instead one of the ...
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National Hot Tea Month: Japanese Tea Bowls
I am sure most of you did not know that January is also National Hot Tea Month. Although the tea served in this bowl was most often cold by the time it was consumed, I feel that it is a beautiful trib ...
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National Soup Month: William Heath
I bet you all did not know that January is National Soup Month. Well, instead of showing you a cozy, pre-1900s depiction of a cute rural child eating soup, or one Warhol’s endless depictions of ...
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National Bath Safety Month: Nicholas Clayton
January is National Bath Safety Month. To celebrate that, I’m showing you an image from the Sweeney-Royston House in Galveston, TX. Granted, it is not the epitome of safety, like a walk-in tub, ...
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Happy New Year with Mary Petty
Between the 1700s and early 1900s, women artists were not standouts in public exhibitions of art. They were, however, always front and center in painting miniatures, genre scenes, portraits, and illus ...
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Happy Holidays! Childe Hassam
I’m not big into the whole commercial Christmas thing, but I am into Christmas trees. In the spirit of that, I offer you one of my favorite paintings of trees. Granted, it’s not loaded wit ...
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More of the Legacy: Sarah Josepha Hale
Working with new images is so awesome, because I learn something new every few days. Before I added these images from Godey’s Lady’s Book to our collection from the American Antiquari ...
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"General" Redefined: Architecture Views
I’m sick, after a week or two, of hearing general-bashing in the news. And for what? Really??? I’d rather hear the government debating about more funding for education. But, I digress. So, ...
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Thanksgiving, the Name Says It All: Doris Lee
I’m sooo over politics this week, and I want to focus on good ol’ Americana. Thanksgiving is an awesome holiday because it makes people think “THANK YOU for what I have.” ...
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Have We Seen This Before? Donald Sultan
I’m sure I’ve said it before, but I’m not a big fan of stylistic labels. However, I do like investigating interesting similarities in artists’ works from different periods. The ...
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