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…
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…
In 1887, when he was 16 years old, Lyonel Feininger left his birthplace in New York City to study music in Germany. Within a year, however, he decided to become an artist. He studied at the Berlin Academy and in…
"I am west again and it is as fine as I remembered it, maybe finer, for me it is the only place," O'Keeffe wrote on her initial visit to New Mexico in 1929. She returned to the Taos region every…
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…