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National Brothers and Sisters Day: Sturtevant Hamblin

Friday, May 2, 2025 | Karl Cole

The majority of Hamblin's known works are portraits of children. This was no doubt more attractively priced than portraits of adults, and, there was a certain formula that itinerant painters such as H ...

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Artist Birthday: William Bradford

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | Karl Cole

William Bradford was part of the first generation of a home-grown landscape painting school, which evolved out of the Hudson River School development in the Northeast. His specialty was maritime scene ...

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The Power of Nature: Winslow Homer

Monday, April 6, 2009 | Karl Cole

Still yearning for warmer weather, my thoughts in spring always turn to paintings of nature. When asked to think of work by American realist Winslow Homer, of which of his genres do you think? Illustr ...

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