June 2015
Biography: Frederick Childe Hassam
Childe Hassam was born on October 17, 1859, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston that was then still semi-rural. He…
The Gloriette in Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace
Walking towards the Gloriette, this is the right side of the structure. *** The largest and probably best-known gloriette is in…
Inspiration: “Pikkusisloaan Ruokkiva Poika,” by Helena Schjerfbeck
In Paris, Schjerfbeck painted with Helena Westermarck, then left to study with Léon Bonnat at Mme Trélat de Vigny’s studio. In 1881 she…
Biography: George Romney
George Romney, born on December 15, 1734, in Beckside, Dalton-in-Furness, England, was a leading portrait painter of the 18th-century British art…
State of Georgia: The History of its Art
Long before the arrival of Europeans, the land that would become Georgia was home to a succession of thriving cultures whose…
