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Susan Kathleen Hartung Susan Kathleen Hartung
Hartung, Susan KathleenPersonalBorn in Ann Arbor, MI. Education: School of Visual Arts (New York, NY), B.F.A. (illustration), 1990.AddressesHome—Brooklyn, MI. E-mail—mailbox@susanhartung.com.CareerIllustrator of children's books, 1993—. Has worked in advertising, design, and photography. Picture... Read more
Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution research and education center, at Washington, D.C.; founded 1846 under the terms of the will of James Smithson of London, who in 1829 bequeathed his fortune to the United States to create an establishment for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The... Read more
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Elizabethtown Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown city (1990 pop. 18,167), seat of Hardin co., central Ky.; inc. 1797. Originally developed as a trade center for agriculture, whiskey, and tobacco, the city now manufactures a variety of products. Points of interest include an old church (1789); the Lincoln Heritage House, built by... Read more
Tate Gallery Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery London, originally the National Gallery of British Art. The original building (in Millbank on the former site of Millbank Prison), with a collection of 65 modern British paintings, was given by Sir Henry Tate and was opened in 1897. It was extended by another gift of Tate's in 1899,... Read more
National Gallery National Gallery
National Gallery London, one of the permanent national art collections of Great Britain, est. 1824. The nucleus of museum was the 38-picture collection of the late English banker John Julius Angerstein, which was purchased by the House of Commons; it was initially displayed at Angerstein's former... Read more
Robert Walker Robert Walker
Robert Walker d. 1658?, English painter, a follower of Van Dyck and favorite portraitist of Oliver Cromwell. His portraits of Cromwell and his family and followers are convincing studies of Puritan temperament. Examples are in the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Metropolitan Museum.... Read more
Rijksmuseum Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The Dutch national art collection. Its origins go back to a National Art Gallery opened in 1800 in the Huis ten Bosch, a 17th-century palace on the outskirts of The Hague. At this time Holland was under French rule and the creation of such a museum was typical of the... Read more
Kunsthistorisches Museum Kunsthistorisches Museum
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Museum of painting, sculpture, and decorative arts (the title means ‘Art History Museum’) based on the accumulation of treasures by members of the imperial Habsburg dynasty from the 16th century onwards. The imperial collections were first opened to... Read more
Giovanni Battista Moroni Giovanni Battista Moroni
Giovanni Battista Moroni , c.1525-1578, Italian portrait painter of the Brescian school; pupil of Il Moretto. Surpassing his teacher in the ability to capture the expression of the model, Moroni excelled in portraying with tasteful intimacy the aristocratic men and women of his day. He depicted them... Read more

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