William Glackens was regarded as a modern artist by the standards of his day; the woman he married would have been considered thoroughly modern even by the standards of our own
East Meets West
An exhibition explores the affinities between a pair of American artists whose works have each become iconic representations of a region
Early Pittsburgh Glass-Houses (From our Archives)
While the records now seem to be quite clear, there has been considerable discussion regarding the earliest established glass-house in Pittsburgh
Taking Inventory: Lovable Leos
Get to know a pair of winsome pieces of Pennsylvania pottery at the Met
On Books: Sam Kramer: Jeweler on the Edge
This first retrospective assessment of the bohemian jeweler and self-promoter extraordinaire is late in coming
Stories You Can Wear
All About the Genre of Narrative Jewelry
Video: Re-creating a Colonial-era Pickle Stand
Michelle Erickson shows how in a production of the Museum of the American Revolution
The Work of Lucy M. Lewis, Acoma Pueblo Potter
We found the pot near the bottom of a box at the back of our second storage unit in an industrial area of Kingston, New York
Who was the Burpee-Conant Limner?
America is filled with local history museums, town libraries, and regional art museums containing some of the finest examples of early American portraiture
New light: More squares from Mrs. Miner’s carpet (From our Archives)
Discoveries come in such unexpected ways