A regional museum in western Maryland revisits the work of the early American portraitist Joshua Johnson
On Books – Restless Enterprise: The Art and Life of Eliza Pratt Greatorex by Katherine Manthorne
A biography of the forgotten Hudson River school artist Eliza Pratt Greatorex.
Bluegrass Treasures: A trio of excerpts from Into the Bluegrass: Art and Artistry of Kentucky’s Historic Icons
A trio of excerpts from a new book that celebrates the art of the early decade of the commonwealth of Kentucky.
Mad Scientist (From our Archives)
Eugen Gabritschevsky was born in Moscow, in December of 1893, into a bourgeois, cultured, and highly educated family.
East Meets West
An exhibition explores the affinities between a pair of American artists whose works have each become iconic representations of a region
Seventeenth-century French enameled watches in the Walters Art Gallery (From our Archives)
In his book Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers, F. J. Britten notes that “watches with enamel painting before 1640 are exceedingly rare”
Living with antiques: A California family gathers its history in a coast-to-coast collection of Americana (From our Archives)
You might say that this story begins with a canary-yellow jug.
Living With Antiques: The Kentucky collection of Sharon and Mack Cox (From our Archives)
Step into Sharon and Mack Cox’s house in Richmond, Kentucky, and your eye might land first on the large stone fireplace at the end of their open living room
Homage to Iberia
A broad sampling of the Hispanic Society Museum and Library’s treasures tours the nation.
Nevertheless, she persisted: Commemorating the Nineteenth Amendment
On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote in political elections. The road to suffrage had been a long one.