Organized by Western Massachusetts artist Steve Wilda, this exhibition explores the diverse medium of graphite, a versatile art material that is easily accessible to a broad range of audiences. The exhibit includes 62 works on paper by artists renowned for…
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, an academically-trained artist, is best known for his paintings of mythological images and scenes of everyday peasant life. He preferred to work in a precise, finished style rather than the loose, spontaneous brushstrokes made famous by his contemporaries,…
In his self-portrait, Ferdinand Bol shows his respect for his teacher Rembrandt by modeling his painting after Rembrandt's Self Portrait at the Age of 34 (1640). While Bol honors his mentor, he also uses the portrait to indicate his own…
During his career, Monet was especially interested in recording the effects of sunlight at different times of day and throughout the seasons. From 1890 to 1891, the artist created a series of 25 paintings based on the haystacks scattered in…
Severin Roesen was America's most celebrated still life painter in the middle of the 19th century. Born in Germany, Roesen likely began his career as a porcelain painter. By 1848, he had emigrated to the United States, where he established…
This finely carved retable, with a Brussels mark of manufacture on the back, is one of only 35 surviving altarpieces known to be imported from Flanders to Spain, and the single example found in an American collection. The altarpiece was…
The sculptor Elie Nadelman was born in Warsaw. Early in his career he traveled to Paris where he met Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse and had several successful one-person shows. With the outbreak of World War I, Nadelman moved to…
Goswijn van der Weyden was born into an artistic family. Both is mother and father were artists and he was the grandson of the celebrated Rogier van der Weyden, the official painter of the city of Brussels. The artist apprenticed…
Best known for his views of industrial architecture, Sheeler was also attracted to the clean lines and simple, geometric forms of early American and Shaker buildings. Ephrata Cloister is a former 18th century German religious community in eastern Pennsylvania. Founded…
Impressionist artist Edgar Degas is best known for his depictions of ballet dancers. The artist was inspired by ballet rehearsals and fascinated by the movement of dancers. Though his knowledge of human anatomy informed his drawings and paintings, Degas was…