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Artists and Their Models - Archives of American Art
May 14, 2014 · Artists and Their Models. May 14, 2014 - August 26, 2014. The model has long been essential to the work of the artist. They often serve as artists’ muses—mortals who can sometimes be almost otherworldly in their ability to inspire creativity—yet a talent for holding still is often more important than beauty.
What is Feminist Art? - Archives of American Art
November 26, 2019 - December 31, 2021. Feminist art resists easy definitions. In 1977, feminist activists Ruth Iskin, Lucy Lippard, and Arlene Raven organized an exhibition centered on the question, “What is Feminist Art?”. They invited artists to answer this question on a letter-sized piece of paper. Hundreds of artists responded in the ...
Blog | Conversations Across Collections: Martin Johnson Heade’s ...
Oct 26, 2020 · On August 12, 1863, while the Civil War raged, the Boston Evening Transcript reported that Martin Johnson Heade, “the artist so well known for his landscapes, with rich sunsets and sparkling stretches of ocean, is about to visit Brazil, to paint those winged jewels, the humming birds, in all their variety of life as found beneath the tropics.”.” The newspaper also reported Heade’s ...
Collections | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
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Journal | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
First published in 1960, as the Archives of American Art Bulletin, the Archives of American Art Journal is the longest-running scholarly periodical devoted to the history of art in the United States.This peer-reviewed publication showcases new approaches to and out-of-the-box thinking about primary sources. All contributions must be appropriate for …
Artists of the Harlem Renaissance - Archives of American Art
Feb 17, 2011 · Jacob Lawrence to Romare Bearden, 3 Apr. 1971. Romare Bearden papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Romare Bearden grew up in Harlem, surrounded by the cultural explosion of the 1920s. During the 1930s he studied art, worked as a cartoonist, and was a member of the Harlem Artists Guild. Until his retirement in 1969, Bearden ...
Alma’s Stripes: Finding Fashion in the Alma Thomas papers
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The Archives of American Art is the world’s preeminent and most widely used research center dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to primary sources that document the history of the visual arts in America. Founded in Detroit in 1954 by Edgar P. Richardson, then Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, and Lawrence A ...
Joseph Cornell | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Joseph Cornell created assemblages and collages from evocative objects he found in antique shops and secondhand stores. The deeply romantic artist was drawn to the symbolism found in a wide range of ephemeral materials. He maintained dossiers and portfolios on numerous people and celebrities with whom he felt a special connection (real or ...