Redefining the Hudson River School: Susie Barstow’s First-Ever Biography
During her lifetime, the American landscape artist Susie Barstow (1836-1923) was nationally renowned and commercially successful. So why don’t...
Emily Snow 19 March 2025
During her lifetime, the American landscape artist Susie Barstow (1836-1923) was nationally renowned and commercially successful. So why don’t...
Emily Snow 19 March 2025
The Hudson River School was a movement in American landscape painting being the first independent artistic tradition in the country. It was very...
Alexandra Kiely 19 March 2025
Art has always had the power to communicate all kinds of emotions; some paintings convey a sense of peace and quiet, while others can make us feel...
Arianna Richetti 19 March 2025
If you ask any kid in America who Elizabeth Cady Stanton was, you’ll probably get a silent stare. Mention Pocahontas and the majority will light up...
Cecilia Dancourt 17 March 2025
The American art world in the era of the post-war boom of Abstract Expressionism was definitely male-oriented. That is the reason why Corinne...
Magda Michalska 17 March 2025
Josephine Verstille Hopper (née Nivison, 1883-1968) was not just the wife and muse of one of the most renowned American artists of the 20th century,...
Georgian Manea 12 March 2025
As a Black and Indigenous woman, Edmonia Lewis overcame prejudice and defied societal expectations to become a successful sculptor. Her Death of...
Catriona Miller 11 March 2025
The Peale family was America’s first artistic dynasty. Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) was a prominent American artist and early museum...
Alexandra Kiely 10 March 2025
On December 19, 1930, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Joan Hill was born into an influential family of Creek and Cherokee descent. After dabbling in art...
Abreeza Thomas 10 March 2025
Prudence Heward (1896–1947) was an acclaimed Canadian woman artist who was active during the interwar period. Her work was shown all over the...
Seoyoung (Alyssa) Kim 10 March 2025
Luchita Hurtado (1920–2020) was an artist, photographer, poet, environmentalist, activist, feminist, fashion designer, and so much more over the...
Jennifer S. Musawwir 10 March 2025
A Gentleman’s Table by Claude Raguet Hirst is a mysterious painting that echoes the realism of Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, and Henry Ossawa...
James W Singer 9 March 2025