All posts tagged "portrait"
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3.4KRhode IslandSea Captains Carousing in Surinam
What happened in Surinam during the 18th century stayed in Surinam, until a painting called Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam surfaced in...
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6.4K1Arts 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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7.4KArts and LeisureHow John Singleton Copley Painted John Adams’ World
John Singleton Copley painted exquisite portraits of individual New Englanders before the American Revolution. Put his pre-revolutionary paintings together (or visit the...
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7.3K12Arts and LeisureGilbert Stuart Makes George Washington Laugh (and Paints His Portrait)
Early American painter Gilbert Stuart never finished his most famous work, the portrait of George Washington featured on the dollar bill for...
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10.8K2Arts and LeisureThe Heartbreakingly Lovely Art of Ammi Phillips
Ammi Phillips, a masterful folk artist, was forgotten for decades until his work came to light in a Kent, Conn., antique show in 1924....
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4.1KArts and LeisureWinthrop Chandler, Disappointed Limner
When Winthrop Chandler died on July 29, 1790, his obituary in the Massachusetts Spy noted that he “could guide the pencil of...
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