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National Iris Day: art by Muhammad Zaman

Thursday, May 8, 2025 | Karl Cole

The iris is a beautiful flower that was first planted in the United States in Virginia in the 1600s. The flower started being commercially imported around 1869. The iris is the symbol for the city of ...

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Artist Birthday: Cy Twombly

Friday, April 25, 2025 | Karl Cole

Forming his aesthetic during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism, Cy Twombly pioneered his own unique brand of modernism. Rather than emphasizing process, he was inspired by art history past, particu ...

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National Floral Design Day

Friday, February 28, 2025 | Karl Cole

Clara Peeters's work carried on the great tradition of observed realism established by the early Flemish Renaissance painters Jan van Eyck (1390–1441) and Rogier van der Weyden (1399/1400– ...

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The Raphael of Flowers: Pierre Joseph Redouté

Tuesday, May 9, 2017 | Karl Cole

I don’t usually experience beauty attacks when considering art from France of the late 1700s and early 1800s. Neoclassicism isn’t my thing! But this artist is a standout in a period otherw ...

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The Brueghel (Bruegel) Family

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 | Karl Cole

Having ancestry in northern Europe (Switzerland), I naturally gravitated toward Northern Renaissance art in college. I’m particularly fond of Flemish artists, because they reflect a similar unva ...

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National Book Month: Basil Besler

Monday, January 28, 2013 | Karl Cole

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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