Maud Hunt Squire: Illustrator, Painter, Printmaker The daughter of a musician, Maud Hunt Squire was born in Ohio in 1873. She was second in her class at the Art Academy…
September is National Sewing Month, so our collection spotlight shines on "Singing and Mending" by Robert Gwathmey. The artist, a white male, depicted rural life in the South in order…
To contrast the color lithographs on view in our exhibition of French posters, we're highlighting lithographs from the museum collection in August for our collection spotlight. This vibrant work-on-paper is…
Can a photograph capture a personality? Lisette Model’s "Lower East Side (woman), New York" is on her stoop in mid-sentence, gesturing to the passersby below. Model found inspiration on the…
In June 2020, our collection spotlight explores permanent collection photography. As June is Pride Month, our first selection is a work by American photographer Chad States. What do you first…
Things are not as they seem in the charming print, "Limed Blossoms." Contemporary artist Walton Ford pays homage to John James Audubon’s artistic style, but he also makes a critical…
Marion Greenwood, a social realist artist who worked in various mediums, is best known for her murals and work in Mexico. Ever breaking barriers, she was the first woman to…
Observe the passing months and seasons in the work of Jane E. Goldman. Cut flowers in glass vases and native plants frame each setting of her intricate prints. Patterned shadows…
Everything from squashed aluminum cans to plastic packaging finds its way into the work of Janet Nolan (B.V.A., 1968). As a young girl in Montgomery, Alabama she absorbed the aesthetic…
Nancy Grossman, a New York City native, created this life-size etching, "Apollo the Healer," in 1995. The Olympian god is associated with medicine and healing, and in this piece, the…