All posts tagged "artists colony"
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4.4KArts and LeisureThe Massachusetts Camouflage School that Taught How To Razzle-Dazzle
In 1917, the U.S. government set up a camouflage school for women artists in Marshfield Hills, Mass. About five dozen women artists...
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15.2K2Business and LaborPolly Peabody, The Bohemian Blueblood Who Invented the Bra
Inventing the bra was possibly the least interesting thing Polly Peabody did in her life. Born Mary Phelps Jacob, she was called...
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8.0K3Crime and ScandalMonhegan Murder Mystery: What Did the Artist Know?
In 2013, artist Jamie Wyeth painted a portrait of Rockwell Kent on Monhegan Island with his paintbrush and palette in hand. In...
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9.4K4Arts and LeisureChilde Hassam Paints What He Sees (And Oh, What He Saw)
Childe Hassam liked to paint without his shirt on, and sometimes beat his chest while at work. He was fun, energetic and...
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5.2KArts and LeisureMarian MacDowell Founds the MacDowell Colony
Marian MacDowell was a 50-year-old woman tending a sick husband in 1907 when she founded the New Hampshire institution that nurtured some...
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