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 ...
Read ArticleViolet 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 ...
Read ArticleOlder 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 ...
Read ArticleAlthough the origins of this national day are obscure, National Bring Someone Flowers Day has been celebrated on 15 May to encourage the spur-of-the-moment gesture of giving flowers to someone dear. B ...
Read ArticleThe paintings, sculptures and installations of Frank Stella have defied a single stylistic designation throughout his career. He among the many artists who established their mature artistic vision in ...
Read ArticleOne of the most interesting developments in American art history was the evolution of an American “school” of landscape painting, as Americans grew to cherish their new country with wildly ...
Read ArticleWhat better way to dual celebrate Earth Day/Birthday than a landscape! The first original American modernist art movement, called Abstract Expressionism, flourished between the late 1940s into the 196 ...
Read ArticleJules Olitski was a Ukrainian-born American artist who was instrumental in developing the Color Field painting style. Color Field, which involved staining canvas rather than using brushes, was the ant ...
Read ArticleClarence Holbrook Carter was a painter primarily known for his depictions of American life in the period between world wars (1918-1940). He is particularly well known for his riveting views of rural A ...
Read ArticleThe first successful, trained painter to open a studio in the American colonies (in Boston), John Smibert represented the archetypal society portrait painter that the newly prosperous New England colo ...
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