They called her the “sculptor of horrors.”
Figures in a landscape: sculpture in the British garden (From our Archives)
No English country-house garden would be complete without the well-placed statue terminating a vista
Figures in a landscape: sculpture in the British garden
This article was originally published in the 1987 October issue of ANTIQUES. Pl. XIII. At the end of the beech allée at Chatsworth in Derbyshire is a colossal marble bust of William George Spencer Cavendish (1790 – 1858), sixth duke of Devonshire, on a marble column from the Temple of Minerva Sunias in Greece. No English country-house garden would be …
Wild at heart: Rediscovering the sculpture of Anna Hyatt Huntington
Cranes Rising by Huntington, 1934. Bronze; height 45, width 16, depth 22 inches. Art Properties, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University in the City of New York, gift of the artist; photograph by Mark Ostrander, courtesy of the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery. The energy of some art only becomes apparent with the passage of time. Anna …
Double take: A closer look at American bronze sculpture
From The Magazine ANTIQUES November 2006. Bronze sculpture made in the United States between 1845 and 1945 was little studied and largely undervalued until it began to attract interest in the early 1980s. It now continues to gain attention from scholars, museum curators, and collectors. Broadening scholarship has brought recognition to the variety, quality, and importance of this field of American …
Current and coming: The rise of impressionism in Dallas
The Dallas Museum of Art explores the art movement’s revolutionary history.
Current and coming: The art of the Harlem Renaissance in a global context
The Met explores the artistic movement’s international impact through 160 objects.
Old Wine, New Bottle
A collection of historical art and design finds a happy home in a modernist tower, thanks to the ministrations of interior designer Thomas Jayne.
Current and coming: On the waterfront with Matisse
The Saint Louis Art Museum examines the artist’s affinity for water.
Talking antiques: The 70th Winter Show
Exhibitors describe the offerings they will bring to the 70th edition of The Winter Show.