August Is National Dog Month: Kofun Period
I am not a “cat person” at all, but I absolutely love doggies of all sorts, big and small. I get my almost weekly dose of cuteness when I visit my sister-in-law and brother-in-law and get ...
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Artist Birthday: Alvan Fisher
At the time Alvan Fisher began painting landscapes, the Hudson River School had not yet formed in New England. Fisher was among less than a handful of artists who were dedicated to landscape painting. ...
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National Lighthouse Day: Dong Kingman
It was on this day in 1789 that Congress established funding in support of building of lighthouses, beacons, buoys and public piers. On August 7 of 1989, National Lighthouse Day was established by ...
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August Is Here: Willem de Kooning
In New England, it is generally said that summer is coming to an end in August. But I have a particular fondness for August because it’s when I discovered the house in Provincetown, Massachusett ...
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Artist Birthday: Jess (Collins)
Jess (Collins) is probably best known for his incredibly complex collages. He was a painter who initially worked as a chemist. He started doing collages in the early 1950s after seeing the works o ...
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National Oyster Day: Osias Beert, the Elder
Art historians consider Osias Beert possibly the first significant Baroque Flemish still life painter. The still life medium was just catching on in popularity during his period of activity, ...
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Artist Birthday: Oqwa Pi
Oqwa Pi, whose name translates as Katsina Stick, was part of a generation of Native American artists who attended the Santa Fe Indian School, and took painting classes in The Studio. The school wa ...
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Artist Birthday: Erich Heckel
Erich Heckel was a German Expressionist and a member of the important early artists’ group Die Brücke, a group that worked communally from 1905 to 1913. He is renowned for his woodcut print ...
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World Watercolor Month: Kawakami Ryoka
Japanese artists have been proficient in water-soluble media for centuries. Early forms of water-soluble media included gofun—crushed white clam shells mixed with water and pigments—and di ...
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Artist Birthday: Betye Saar
The unique assemblages of Betye Saar helped elevate the medium to fine art status when she began producing them in the late 1960s. Her works explore her African American identity, her African heritage ...
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