| To the Ends of the Earth: Painting the Polar Landscape |
Autumn/Winter
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The polar landscape painting tradition in Western art belongs most appropriately to a period of one hundred years that begins in the 1830s and ends in the 1930s....
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| What's in a Name?: The Science of Wood Identification |
Autumn/Winter
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Microscopic wood anatomy and identification are often used to help authenticate antiques and determine their origin....
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| Informed Collecting: Dealers' Insights |
Late Summer 2008
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Like Thomas Moran, Albert Bierstadt's name is synonymous with the American West. Painting in the late nineteenth century, Bierstadt celebrated America's westward expansion with his grand, naturalistic compositions....
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| Carolina Collects: Exploring the Spirit of Collecting in South Carolina |
Summer/Autumn 2008
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This summer, visitors to the Columbia Museum of Art will be granted a peek into the private collections of South Carolinians across the state....
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| Connected to the Past: Objects from the Collections of the Newport Historical Society |
Summer/Autumn 2008
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Founded in 1639, Newport was the de facto capital of Rhode Island until after the American Revolution....
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| Lifestyle: A Virginia Country Estate |
Summer/Autumn 2008
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A family with a burgeoning Americana collection and severed Virginia roots found a home in rural Greenwood, Virginia....
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| My Father's House: Artist Will Barnet Returns to his New England Roots |
Summer/Autumn 2008
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Between 1990 and 1992, artist and teacher Will Barnet (b. 1911) produced a series of paintings entitled My Father's House, inspired by visits to his sister who was growing old alone in the family home in Beverly, Massachusetts....
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| Recent Acquisitions in the Collection of the Nantucket Historical Association |
Summer/Autumn 2008
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Founded on July 9, 1894, by sons and daughters of the last great Nantucket whaling generation, the Nantucket Historical Assocation began with the express mission to preserve 'all sorts of relics.'...
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| Six Choices for the Sitter: James H. Gillespie (1793-after 1849) |
Summer/Autumn 2008
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In the years before photography became commonplace, itinerant painters earned a living by traveling between the cities and towns of America painting portraits of the populace....
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| Sven Birger Sandzén (1871-1954) |
Summer/Autumn 2008
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Born in Bildsberg, Sweden, landscape painter and printmaker Sven Birger Sandzén (1871-1954) was the son of a rural Lutheran preacher and his wife, an accomplished watercolorist....
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