| Interiors of Beacon Hill, Boston |
Autumn/Winter
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Photos by P. Vanderwarker
For the students of American domestic architecture, the streets of Boston's Beacon Hill are an outdoor museum....
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| Into the Woods: Furniture History at Historic Deerfield |
Autumn/Winter
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A new exhibition at Historic Deerfield brings a multidisciplinary perspective to early American furniture....
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| Investing in Art: Guy Rose (1867-1925) |
Autumn/Winter
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One of California's most significant painters, Guy Orland Rose is known for his role in the development of impressionism in his native state....
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| Museum Focus: Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art |
Autumn/Winter 2008
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In May of 1981, Vance Kirkland, a Colorado-based painter known for his alchemic techniques and avant-garde sensibilities, passed away....
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| New Light on Thomas Chambers |
Autumn/Winter
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Discovered in the later 1930s and identified by name in 1942, when the first signed painting emerged, the distinctive marine and landscape paintings of Thomas Chambers inspired pioneering research....
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| Of, By and for the People: The Art of the Presidential Campaign |
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In 1836, after serving two terms as president, Andrew Jackson expressed two regrets: 'I didn't shoot Henry Clay, and I didn't hang John. C. Calhoun....
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| Selections: A Private Collection of American Stoneware |
Autumn/Winter
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While a student in the 1950s at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, David Bronstein lived with a family who dealt in antiques....
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| The John Head Project: Part 1: Documenting His Work |
Autumn/Winter 2008
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For want of documentation, Philadelphia's earliest furniture makers survive in little more than name....
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| The Pyramid Club and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
Autumn/Winter
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In 1937, a group of prominent African-American doctors, lawyers, and businessmen formed the Pyramid Club....
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| Thomas Wilder: Early New England Portrait Painter |
Autumn/Winter
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In 2005 I received a request from Joan Marr, curator at the Historical Society of Windham County, Newfane, Vermont, for information concerning Thomas Wilder....
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