Violet 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 ArticleJust as artists in many different media have, in the 21st century, discovered even more novel ways to use these media in personal expression, so too have photographers, who many decades ago aban ...
Read ArticleLike the Abstract Expressionists, many other American artists were inspired by European modernist movements that occurred before World War II. Jean Follett was an early abstractionist who was influenc ...
Read ArticleGabriele Münter was one of numerous women artists associated with German Expressionism. For some time she was a companion of pioneer abstractionist Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944). There is nothing ...
Read ArticleWhat better way to observe this national day than by visiting family, such as these three adorable children (of ten) of the Lincoln family from New York state? Precious little is known about American ...
Read ArticleKeiko Mori is a National Living Cultural Treasure in Japan. Her ceramics celebrate the centuries old traditions in ceramic arts. Although ceramic picnic baskets do not strictly speaking exist in the W ...
Read ArticleAntonie (“Toni”) von Horn Roothbert was a German emigré to the US who made a big name for herself as a fashion photographer. Her elegant, glamorous compositions established a style ...
Read ArticleThere are many of what I consider “art heroes” among artists, and if anyone deserves such a title, it would be the late Miriam Schapiro (1923-2015, US, born Canada). She was a key player i ...
Read ArticleThere was a period in the early 1900s, before World War I (1914-1918) when many American artists looked to European painting for inspiration and modern modes of expression, including abstraction. Even ...
Read ArticleAnna Claypoole Peale was a member of the first established “dynasty” of American painters that started with Charles Willson (1741-1827) and James (1749-1831) Peale of Philadelphia. The las ...
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