Daniel Chester French attained prominence as the leading American monumental sculptor of the early twentieth century.
Louis (1876–82), Philadelphia (1878–82), and Boston (1880–85).
Chicago, 1904—Santa Barbara, 1981, and Chicago, 1905—Santa Barbara, 1987
Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1996. Du Plessix, Francine.
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He is co-curating an exhibition on Henri Rousseau with the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
By 1850, the prospect of bronze casting in the United States had taken on added symbolism—a medium that reflected America’s growing confidence and ambition as a world power while at the same time proclaiming its artistic independence from European sculptural models and materials.
Amoroux, John Williams, and Henry-Bonnard in New York, and Robert Wood in Philadelphia
Famed for his sensual nudes and charming scenes of pretty women, Auguste Renoir was a far more complex and thoughtful painter than generally assumed.
sculptural nudes in a vague landscape culminated in Renoir’s Large Bathers now at the Philadelphia
The Painting: In 1873, the great opera baritone Jean-Baptiste Faure commissioned from Degas a picture depicting ballerinas of the Opera ballet corps at an examination or dance class (Pantazzi 1988)
An essence drawing of Perrot (Philadelphia Museum of Art), notably with the more
Explore this gracious Stair Hall designed by the newly formed New York City architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White for the Buffalo home of Erzelia Stetson Metcalfe.
1886) Colonial Revival movement The Centennial International Exposition, held in Philadelphia
Rafael Ferrer Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Ferrer 83 the artist, Philadelphia
Mihrab (Prayer Niche)This prayer niche, or mihrab, was originally an architectural element in a theological school (madrasa) in the city of Isfahan. An inscription in the courtyard of this former school, now known as Madrasa Imami, is dated to the year A
Shipped to Philadelphia and stored in the University Museum there, it also spent
