Understanding the house means understanding the man who created it, the man who at twenty-seven became acting director of the Wadsworth Atheneum and made the country’s oldest public art museum the most talked about arts institution in the country.
Changing Tastes
When Giacomo Casanova was entertained to “a choice and delicious dinner” by his mistress in Venice in 1753, he exclaimed that “the cook must be French, and she said I was right”
Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 1/8/20–1/14/20
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An Eliphalet Chapin High Chest, Explained, at the Wadsworth Atheneum
“Every part [is] mathematically related to every other part, and visual complexity accumulates step-by-step.”
Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 11/13/19–11/20/19
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Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 11/06/19–11/12/19
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At the Wadsworth: Disquieting art from frightening times
An exhibition at the Wadsworth explores the monstrous aspects of twentieth century politics
Frederic Church in the cradles of Christianity and Western civilization
Preeminent member of the Hudson River school Frederic Edwin Church is the subject of a show currently running at Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
OMG Indeed!
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut, recently celebrated the completion of an eight-year renovation overseen by Susan L. Talbott. Photographs by Allen Phillips (2) The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut. The reinstalled European Art galleries in the renovated Morgan Memorial Building combine paintings and sculpture, as well as decorative arts. Phillips photograph. …
Speaking Through Wood
The Civil War has left its mark on two important pieces of vernacular furniture acquired by the Wadsworth Atheneum Fig. 1. Secretary-bookcase attributed to members of Connecticut’s 16th Infantry, made to honor brothers Wells (1845–1904) and John Bingham (1844 –1862), 1876. Walnut, oak, ebony, poplar, pine, maple, metal, glass, muslin, silk, bone, horn, abalone, and Seth Thomas movement; height 95 1⁄2, …
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