This is the grave of John Everett Millais. Born in 1829 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, Millais mostly grew up rich in Jersey, a place he truly loved. No one says that about New Jersey, so maybe Old Jersey is nicer or at least has less...
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This is the grave of Frank Benson. Born in 1862 in Salem, Massachusetts, Benson grew up wealthy. His father was a cotton broker with a good business, as was so.
This is the grave of Benjamin West. Born in 1738 in Springfield, Pennsylvania, West grew up in modest circumstances. His father ran an inn and did pretty alright, but was.
This is the grave of Frederic Leighton. Born in 1830 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, Leighton grew up in a family of very well off doctors. His grandfather had been the personal doctor to Tsar Alexander I and Tsar Nicholas I in Russia, for example. Which...
This is the grave of Charles Russell. Born in 1864 in St. Louis, Charles Russell was in love with the American West and its mythology at the very time it.
This is the grave, or cool frog urn anyway, of Frida Kahlo. This is not going to be a typical biography of Kahlo. Do we need that? I assume readers.
You people run me ragged, forcing me to travel the world in order to find you fresh content. Well, in order to serve my masters, I was forced to spend last weekend in Montreal. I ended up at the Écomusee du Fier Monde, a neighborhood...
While this might not be as important as gutting Social Security, it's still pretty important. The future of a vast collection of public artwork is in doubt as the Trump.
This is the grave of Andy Warhol. Let's just get it out of the way up front--I really do not like Andy Warhol. I don't like his art, I don't.
This fascinating 1943 film, surprisingly out of MGM, is a great 10 minute introduction in the midcentury American art scene. It focuses on a few painters, some of which don't have huge reputations today, but also include John Sloan, Thomas Hart Benton, and Reginald Marsh....
This is the grave of Jacob Lawrence. Born in Atlantic City in 1917, Lawrence grew up poor. His parents had moved north during the early years of the Great Migration..
This is the grave of Edvard Munch. Born in 1864 in Loten, Norway, near the Swedish border, Munch grew up genteel but poor, the son of a military doctor. His.