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Ernest Lawson
Ernest Lawson 1873-1939, American landscape painter, b. San Francisco. He studied art in Kansas City, in New York City under Twachtman and J. Alden Weir, and in Paris. On returning to New York he joined the independent artists' group called the Eight . His impressionist landscapes won him many... Read more |
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Mako (city)
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Thomas Wilmer Dewing
Thomas Wilmer Dewing 1851-1938, American painter, b. Boston, Mass. Dewing studied in Paris with the academician Jules Lefebvre. Returning to New York City in 1880, he produced hazy, atmospheric, impressionistic compositions. His paintings are moody and introspective, e.g., The Recitation (1891;... Read more |
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William James Glackens
William James Glackens 1870-1938, American landscape and genre painter and illustrator, b. Philadelphia. An illustrator for Philadelphia and New York City newspapers and magazines for many years, Glackens first exhibited his paintings with the Eight and achieved fame as a brilliant painter of the... Read more |
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Soyer
Soyer three brothers, American painters, emigrated with their family from Russia in 1912. Two were twins, Raphael Soyer, 1899-1987, and Moses Soyer, 1899-1974, b. Borisoglebsk. They settled in New York City making its inhabitants the chief subject of their paintings. They concentrated on the... Read more |
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The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
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A Tale of Two Cities
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Zona Gale
Zona Gale 1874-1938, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Portage, Wis., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1895. After five years (1899-1904) of newspaper work in Milwaukee and New York City, she returned to her home town, determined to win success as a fiction writer. Of her bleak, realistic... Read more |
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Shawnee
Shawnee . 1 City (1990 pop. 37,993), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; founded 1857, inc. 1922. Consumer goods, lumber, honey, concrete, terra cotta, metal products, and machinery are produced, and farm and dairy products are shipped. The city was the original site of the... Read more |
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White Plains
White Plains city (1990 pop. 48,718), seat of Westchester co., SE N.Y., N of New York City; settled by Puritans from Connecticut in 1683; inc. as a village 1866, as a city 1916. The primary employment center for the county, the city has large shopping malls and light industries. The headquarters... Read more |
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A BROAD STROKE OF NORTHWEST ART: PAINTERS FROM REALIST TO IMPRESSIONIST GRACE...
...the realm of words. So she took a few painting classes at the city's Pratt Fine Arts Center, which piqued her interest in landscape...seascapes of that state's coast as created by several prominent American artists. "It was exactly the type of book I was looking for... |
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Frist Center Presents International Symposium in Conjunction With Whistler,...
...and Steer: Impressionists in London from...and Steer: Impressionists in London from...to paintings by Impressionists like Claude Monet...admiration for Realist and Impressionist approaches with...the work of the American ... |
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ART MUSEUM PRESENTS IMPRESSIONIST WORK
...wraps off another American Impressionist painting - Theodore...leading figure in American impressionism...asthma in New York City in 1896, at the...painting blends impressionist techniques with the American ... |
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Americans were Impressionists, too.(THE HOME FORUM)
...England, American Impressionist canvases show...of the French Impressionists' countryside. American Impressionist canvases also...counterparts. Although American Impressionism...French, many Americans cannot ... |
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A GOOD IMPRESSION ; WORK OF IMPRESSIONIST GEORGE RENOUARD IS ALL SWEETNESS...
...George Renouard: American Impressionist" WHEN: Through...wonderful American impressionist George Renouard...League in New York City, where he studied...John Sloan. His impressionist paintings were...other social ... |
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COMMENTARY; Russian art, American dealing; The businessman who founded...
...Soviet-era Russian realist painting that he...with large, mostly Impressionist-style landscapes...typical of Euro-American art in the same...and "Socialist Realist Painting," by...dealers in Russian realist art. During the...Nashville and ... |
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America the Beautiful
...s curator of American arts. "American artists reflected...these upbeat Americans from an earlier...divided into impressionists and realists, Curry points...uplifting vision of American industry informs...of New York ... |
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TRAVEL GUIDE SOUTH CAROLINA
...best mannered" city in the U.S...sample everything the city has to offer. This...especially true for the city's two main art...impressive collection of American art with an emphasis...America's favorite cities, plan a trip to...specializes ... |
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THE CENTURY CLUB LOCAL IMPRESSIONS OF BUFFALO'S HEYDAYS
...outline of the old city emerging. In the...Paris to the Queen City. The style of...bleak art of the American Depression than...examples of solid American impressionism in...in with a late impressionist style that uses...these latter day ... |
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BEST OF THE WEST: Coast to Coast
...Big Sur, and the city of St. Louis. The impressionist and realist paintings capture...exhibition entitled American Indian Artists of...reveal how Native American easel painting began...contemporary Native American artists, ... |