By 1906, when Charles Lang Freer officially donated his collection to the Smithsonian, the fifty-two-year-old retired railroad industrialist had acquired thousands of objects from many parts of the globe. Although he began as a...
For more information on the published version, visit Victorian Society in America's Website., Lee, Elizabeth. The Electrified Goddess: Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Stanford White and Diana at Madison Square Garden. Nineteenth...
Earenfight, Phillip, et al. Elsewhere: Todd Arsenault, Andrew Bale, Anthony Cervino, Ward Davenny, Barbara Diduk. Carlisle, PA: The Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, 2014., Introduction: While the Dickinson studio art...
One of the more talented artists to adopt Impressionism's loose brushwork and bright palette in early 20th-century America was Henry Ryan MacGinnis (1875-1962). Painted en plein air , his landscapes depict a variety of settings...
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Trout Gallery, March 2 - April 14, 2018 Senior Exhibit, Art and Art History Department, Associate Prof. Elizabeth Lee, Dickinson College The art historical methods exhibition is by its very...
In 1901, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens proclaimed in a letter to Will Low, “Health-is the thing!” Though recently diagnosed with intestinal cancer, Saint-Gaudens was revitalized by recreational sports, having realized...
Like everyone else, artists have been challenged by new conditions and routines since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many have had to adjust what they make as well as how and where they work, coming up with innovative ways...
The subject of female purity constituted a dominant theme for American artists in the late nineteenth century. Artists such as Abbott Handerson Thayer, Edmund Tarbell, Thomas Dewing and others depicted women—whether in domestic...
