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Arts Everyday Living: The Last Days of Summer–Winslow Homer, A Special Treat by the Sea
Title: Berry Pickers Artist: Winslow Homer, 1836-1910 Have you ever picked blue berries by the sea? In this vibrant watercolor, American master Winslow Homer captures a gathering of children engaged […]
Arts Everyday Living: The Art of Angels–Winged Beauty, Asleep Among the Heavenly Clouds
Title: Winged Figure, 1889 Artist: Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921) For more on this work of art, click: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/59798/winged-figure
Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of Winslow Homer–Maine Coast, The Approaching Wave
Title: Cannon Rock, 1895 Artist: Winslow Homer (1836-1910) To learn more about this work of art, click: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11113 The Metropolitan Museum of Art does […]
Arts Everyday Living: Have You Heard of This Artist?—Through the Eyes of An American in Paris
DISCOVERING NEW ARTISTS In the Cafe, 1882-1884 Artist: Fernand Lungren (1857-1932) The art of Fernand Lungren has tended to be overlooked. An American, Lungren resided in Paris for a […]
Arts Everyday Living: Celebrating Women’s History–Sarah Miriam Peale, an Early American Artist
A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS Title: Mary Leypold Griffith, 1841 Artist: Sarah Miriam Peale (1800-1885) FAST FACTS: Born in 1800 in Philadelphia, belonging to the Peale […]
Arts Everyday Living: John Singer Sargent–Portrait of a Debutante, Soon to Be a Bride
Title: Miss Grace Woodhouse, 1890 Artist: John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) American master John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) created over 900 portraits during the Gilded Age in the late 19th and early […]
Arts Everyday Living: Summer is Almost Here—On the Beach with an American Impressionist
Title: At the Seaside, ca. 1892 Artist: William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) To learn more about this work of art, click: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10464 In the public domain. […]
Arts Everyday Living: Impressionist Childe Hassm-A New England Island, Where Land & Sea Meet
The West Wind, Isles of Shoals, 1904 Artist: Childe Hassam (1859-1935) Take an ocean journey with American Impressionist Childe Hassam to the Isles of Shoals, just off the coast of […]
Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of a Woman Artist-Flowers of May, Memories of Childhood
Title: May Flowers, 1911 Artist: Louise Cox (1865-1945) May Flowers is by Louise Cox, an American artist whose name may not be as well known. Born in San […]
