Steven Nelson considers how artist Simone Leigh has created a body of work unapologetically for Black women.
In April 2019 Simone Leigh installed Brick House, on the High Line, an elevated park
Millard Tawes Fine Arts Center, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park,
Charles John Howard, 17th earl of Suffolk [1804-1876], Charlton Park, Wiltshire,
Franklin Kelly is recognized nationally and internationally for his accomplishments as an art historian, museum professional, and university professor. Kelly has wide-ranging knowledge of the history of art and is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on American art of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.
Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland, College Park
Around the turn of the 17th century, a number of Flemish painters presented sumptuous tabletop still lifes to delight the viewer, and none surpassed Osias Beert. The carefully crafted objects and expensive delicacies that he depicted celebrate a world of abundance and beauty in a style that shows off Beert’s mastery of textural effects and realistic detail.
University Park, 2020: 142.
In June 1871, Thomas Moran, a gifted young artist working in Philadelphia, boarded a train that would take him to the far reaches of the western frontier and change the course of his career. Just a few months earlier he had been asked to illustrate a magazine article describing a wondrous region in Wyoming called Yellowstone—rumored to contain steam-spewing geysers, boiling hot springs, and bubbling mud pots.
the Congressional decision to set the region aside as America’s first national park
In 1648 a contemporary writer noted that Willem Claesz Heda was a specialist in breakfast and banquet still lifes, painting „fruit, and all kinds of knick-knacks.“ At first sight, Heda’s largest known still-life painting appears to welcome the viewer to a sumptuous feast. Yet pewter plates teeter precariously over the table’s edge, while a translucent goblet and a silver tazza have toppled over, indicating that the feast has already been enjoyed.
Ph.D. diss., Dept. of Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland, College Park
2008.115.644 More details about Arch of Steel Close Modal Gathering Brush, Central Park
Peter Paul Rubens lived and studied in Italy between 1600 and 1609, absorbing the country’s cultural riches and artistic heritage. During a stay in Genoa in 1606, he painted the portrait of Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria.
University Park, 2020: 17, color wrapper.
Washington, 1957, not included in cat. 1959 Early American Paintings, Sokoliki Park
