Still Life with Fish and Snails
Recognized by historians as the greatest seventeenth-century Dutch master of fish still lifes, Abraham Van Beyeren aided in supplying the apparent high demand for such paintings. The fishing industry was an integral part of Dutch life, so much… Read More
Berkshire Morning
Born of Greek immigrant parents, Theodoros Stamos was awarded a scholarship to study sculpture at the American Artist’s School in New York. He switched his pursuits to painting in 1939 but never studied it formally. He ran a… Read More
Lady in Red
George Henry Hall, who trained briefly with Eastman Johnson in New York, executed a large body of work in Seville, Spain, establishing a unique niche as one of the first American painters to work in that country. His… Read More
Mt. Chocorua
Sanford Robinson Gifford, a member of the Hudson River School of landscape painting of the 19th century, is characterized as a Luminist painter. He was most concerned with the effects of atmospheric light in his paintings, which were… Read More
Still Life
William Merritt Chase championed the formation of distinctly realistic American art as well as the teaching of it. Known as an enthusiastic and energetic instructor, Chase taught many future artists such as Edward Hopper, Joseph Stella, Charles Demuth… Read More