19th Century Archive
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The technical brilliance and self-expression of William Merritt Chase
Posted on June 22, 2016A century after his death, the breadth and richness of American painter William Merritt Chase’s career are celebrated in a beautifully illustrated book, William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master, by Elsa […] -
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The European Migrant Crisis of 1789
Posted on May 26, 2016Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell and her splendid new book Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette will be honored with the Millia Davenport Publication Award tomorrow, Friday, May 27th at […] -
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Munch: Van Gogh
Posted on May 11, 2016“During his short life, Van Gogh did not allow his flame to go out. Fire and embers were his brushes during the few years of his life, whist he burned […] -
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Cover Story: Design, Content, and The American School
Posted on April 6, 2016Susan Rather– For a long time, I felt quite sure that the jacket for my book The American School: Artists and Status in the Late Colonial and Early National Era […] -
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Aubrey Beardsley, Oscar Wilde and Salome
Posted on March 16, 2016Linda Gertner Zatlin– Artistic Collaboration The association of Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) and Oscar Wilde (1864-1900) on the English edition and drawings for Wilde’s play Salome was arguably the most significant […] -
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Art + Science: Jennifer Raab on Frederic Church
Posted on January 20, 2016Jennifer Raab — Years ago, standing in front of Frederic Edwin Church’s The Heart of the Andes (1859) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, I wondered, why is this painting […] -
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American landscape painting, from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic
Posted on August 5, 2015Peter John Brownlee– Picturing the Americas: Landscape Painting from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic culminates nearly five years of collaboration and cross-cultural exchange. Featuring essays by 48 scholars from […] -
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Between Realism and Impressionism: On Gustave Caillebotte by Marnin Young
Posted on July 21, 2015Gustave Caillebotte has always occupied a divided place in the history of art. Although he exhibited almost exclusively at the Impressionist exhibits in the late 1870s and early 1880s, he […] -
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Edward J. Sullivan on Francisco Oller and Caribbean Art
Posted on October 21, 2014Today we’re very pleased to share some words from eminent scholar Edward J. Sullivan, author of, most recently, From San Juan to Paris and Back: Francisco Oller and Caribbean Art […] -
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John Singer Sargent: The Complete Paintings
Posted on September 26, 2014From our London colleagues— Yale’s series of books cataloguing the complete paintings of John Singer Sargent nears completion with the release of the penultimate volume. The project has been a magnificent endeavor […]