All posts tagged "artists colony"
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7.9K1Arts 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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20.9K3Business 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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12.6K3Crime and ScandalMonhegan Murder Mystery: What Did Rockwell Kent Know?
In 2013, Jamie Wyeth’s new portrait of Rockwell Kent on Monhegan Island, paintbrush and palette in hand, was exhibited at the Brandywine...
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14.7K4Arts 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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9.5KArts 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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