Object of the Week: Large Storage Jar, by David MacDonald
Object of the Week: Large Storage Jar, by David MacDonald Posted on: 2018-10-31 10:56:53 Share: Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, David MacDonald (b. 1945) first experimented with ceramics in the late 1960s at the Hampton...
Object of the Week: The Peaceable Kingdom, by Edward Hicks
Object of the Week: The Peaceable Kingdom, by Edward Hicks Posted on: 2018-09-26 11:38:29 Share: Originally trained as a coach painter, Quaker minister Edward Hicks is best remembered for his iconic series of Peaceable Kingdom...
Object of the Week: Nun, by Robert Vickrey
Object of the Week: Nun, by Robert Vickrey Posted on: 2018-09-19 15:53:22 Share: Robert Vickrey (1926-2011) began his studies at Wesleyan University, and then transferred to Yale University, where he earned a bachelor of art’s...
Object of the Week: Richards Portrait of George Washington, by Gilbert Stuart
Object of the Week: Richards Portrait of George Washington, by Gilbert Stuart Posted on: 2018-09-12 14:59:52 Share: Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), considered one of America’s most accomplished portraitists, painted over one thousand portraits over the course...
Object of the Week: For $109, by Edward Kienholz
Object of the Week: For $109, by Edward Kienholz Posted on: 2018-07-09 14:35:01 Share: Edward Kienholz (1927-1994) was an American installation artist, sculptor, and early pioneer of assemblage art. Born in Fairfield, Washington, Kienholz grew...
Object of the Week: Ceramic Tiles, made by Trent Tile Company
Object of the Week: Ceramic Tiles, made by Trent Tile Company Posted on: 2018-09-04 14:30:38 Share: Trent Tile Company was one of several tile manufacturers located in Trenton, New Jersey in the late nineteenth and...
Object of the Week: Mother and Child, by Charles Hawthorne
Object of the Week: Mother and Child, by Charles Hawthorne Posted on: 2018-08-28 12:03:22 Share: Charles Hawthorne (1872-1930) grew up in Richmond, Maine, and moved to New York City in 1890 at the age of...
Object of the Week: Rainy Day in New York, by George Luks
Object of the Week: Rainy Day in New York, by George Luks Posted on: 2018-08-06 09:10:59 Share: Born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania to German immigrant parents, George Luks (1867-1933) was exposed to art at an early...
Object of the Week: Ceramic Tiles, made by Moravian Pottery and Tile Works
Object of the Week: Ceramic Tiles, made by Moravian Pottery and Tile Works Posted on: 2018-07-16 14:49:27 Share: Henry Chapman Mercer established Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in 1898 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Mercer originally studied...
Object of the Week: The Black Teapot, by Jonas Lie
Object of the Week: The Black Teapot, by Jonas Lie Posted on: 2018-07-02 14:45:43 Share: Jonas Lie (1880-1940) expressed an early interest in painting and from the age of twelve took art lessons first in...
Object of the Week: East Side, by Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill
Object of the Week: East Side, by Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill Posted on: 2018-07-30 15:24:41 Share: Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill (1874-1929) was born into a wealthy and prominent Philadelphian family, descended from one of the...
Object of the Week: Portrait of Mrs. Thomas F. Cooke, by Cecilia Beaux
Object of the Week: Portrait of Mrs. Thomas F. Cooke, by Cecilia Beaux Posted on: 2018-06-27 14:46:05 Share: In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) established a reputation as one of...