All posts tagged "portrait"
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1.5KRhode 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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5.1K1Arts 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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6.0KArts 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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9.2K2Arts 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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6.7K5Arts and LeisureJohn Singer Sargent Paints the Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
John Singer Sargent may have tried to say something about a friend’s family when he created the painting The Daughters of Edward...
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