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Niles Spencer was an American Precisionist School painter who specialized in urban and industrial landscapes.
Read MoreAlfred T. Palmer was known for his Kodachrome photographs of Americans who, during World War II, participated in the war effort. Most photos were in black & white, but he…
Read MoreFrederic Edwin Church is the best-known artist of the Hudson River School of American artists during the 19th century. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1826 and the son…
Read MoreThomas Moran is known for his sweeping paintings of the American West. He was hired by Scribner’s Monthly, a popular magazine at the time, and was sent to Yellowstone in…
Read MorePresident Lyndon B. Johnson once proclaimed Charles Ephraim Burchfield as an “artist to America.” The watercolorist’s landscapes were a love letter to nature and the world he grew up in…
Read MoreGeorge Elmer Browne was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on May 6th, 1871. He studied art in Boston at the Boston Art Museum and Cowles Art School and was trained by…
Read MoreDuring his nearly forty-year career, photographer Michael P. Smith (1937-2008) immersed himself in the larger world of New Orleans’ musical culture. At public events, from music festivals and concerts to…
Read MoreRussell Lee was an American photographer best known for his depression-era work done for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). A bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering led to a job as…
Read MoreDonna Morin was born in Michigan and currently resides in Southern California. She is a painter, printmaker, and collage artist inspired by water, light, and air, which to her, represent…
Read MoreFred Kabotie was a Native American artist who worked in painting, silversmithing, and pottery. He also was an educator, a writer and a curator. Born into the tight-knit Hopi community…
Read MoreTheodore Wores is known for his paintings of Hawai’i and Japan, places that he visited when few Americans had traveled there. ‘The Lei Maker,’ in the permanent collection of the…
Read MoreOscar Edward Berninghaus was one of the founders of the Taos Society of Artists. Born in Saint Louis, he sketched constantly as a child, his father’s lithography business had spawned…
Read MoreMilton Avery is known for the large simplified forms in beautiful colors that described a scene— landscape, portrait, or still life—without focusing on the details. He and his wife, artist…
Read MoreArthur Drooker is a historian with a camera. He has written and directed Emmy Award–winning television documentaries about some of the unique historical sites in the western hemisphere. To capture…
Read MorePhotography has been an abiding passion for Ehrlich since childhood. After many years of taking intra-operative surgical photographs, he began focusing on landscape photography. He has had a life-long infatuation…
Read MoreHarry grew up and lives in Los Angeles. He is a 5th generation Angelino. His ancestors arrived in the 1880’s and helped grow L.A. into a great city. He is…
Read MoreDavid Samuel Robbins is a Seattle based photojournalist, writer, publisher, workshop instructor and expedition leader. He specializes in projects concerning traditional cultures, documentary / street photography and adventure travel. David…
Read MoreDavid Driskell (1931-2020) was one of the most influential American artists of the 20th and 21st century, known for his powerful portrayals of African American people and the impact they…
Read MoreGerald Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1941. Earning his Masters of Fine Arts degree from Howard in 1976, he became a founding member of AfriCOBRA. His work as…
Read MoreCharles Alston (1907-1977) was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and was an African American painter, muralist, sculptor, teacher, and illustrator, who lived and worked in Harlem. After graduating high school…
Read MoreWithout any formal training, Bill Hutson began creating abstract paintings in the early 1960s while he was an assistant to Frank N. Ashley. This apprenticeship was Hutson’s introduction to fine…
Read MoreAfrican American Abstract painter and sculptor Jack Whitten was greatly influenced by the work of artists Willem de Kooning and Romare Howard Bearden and jazz musicians Miles Davis and John…
Read MoreNanette Carter was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1954. After moving to New Jersey, she began to take art classes at the age of six. She attended Oberlin College and…
Read MoreNow based in Brooklyn, Lamerol A. Gatewood was born in Saint Louis, Missouri in 1954. He developed an interest in art while in high school. He attended Lindenwood University in…
Read MoreRobert Morris (born February 9, 1931, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American sculptor, conceptual artist and writer. He is regarded as one of the most prominent theorists of Minimalism along…
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