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ODD BEAUTY: The Techno-Eccentric World of Steampunk
I only knew Art Donovan by reputation. I’d followed with enthusiasm an art exhibition that he had curated in Oxford years earlier. His own body of work as a distinguished light designer and artisan captured my attention and held it in the intervening years. So it was rather a surprise to be contacted out of the blue by Art and his wife, Leslie. They were planning a new show at the and invited me…
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“The jurascope is a variation of the mid-90s timescope project and was developed for the permanent exhibition at the Berlin Museum of natural History. Five such media telescopes bridge the gap between the dinosaur skeletons on show and the original appearance of these animals and their natural environment in the jurassic period.” More info on Joachim Sauter’s page
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Find yourself a warm spot in the sun and enjoy a well deserved nap. Happy National Napping Day!
“Untitled (Cat on a Chair),” around 1925–31, by László Moholy-Nagy
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Wanda Gág, who was born on this day in 1893, is publicly on record as a feminist and standard bearer for the “New Woman”—a twentieth-century ideal emphasizing autonomy and individuality. Here she presents an image of herself engaged in the act of drawing this very work.
“Self-Portrait in Dresser Mirror: Cream Hill,” 1930, by Wanda Gág
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Fern Isabel Coppedge was an Impressionist painter who studied at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art & Design) before moving to New Hope, Pennsylvania, in 1929. She was one of the few women artists associated with the Pennsylvania Impressionist group and became well-known for her paintings of Bucks County landscapes, winter scenes, and marine subjects. This particular work depicts the harbor in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where she spent many summers. Although undated, the work’s imaginative color scheme suggests that Coppedge painted it fairly late in her career.
“Drying Sails, Gloucester” date unknown, by Fern Isabel Coppedge
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Happy International Women’s Day! We can’t think of a better moment to join the National Museum of Women in the Arts in their effort to highlight the imbalance in gender representation in the arts. Can you name 5 Women Artists? Follow along this month as we share more of the amazing work by women artists in our collection. And visit these five artists and more in our galleries during your next visit.
“A Message in Nestle Water Bottles from Shea Cobb, Amber Hasan, Macana Roxie and LaToya Ruby Frazier at Sussex Drive and West Pierson Road, Flint MI,” 2017, by LaToya Ruby Frazier. "Portrait of Cecil Kent Drinker,“ 1891, by Cecilia Beaux. ”Epsilon,“ 1972, by Lynda Benglis © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. ”notation in x, y, z,“ 2015, by Tanya Goel © Tanya Goel. ”Two-Tiered Food Box (Picnic Box) with Design of Pinks and Bellflowers,“ around 2000, by Keiko Mori.
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Otani Chie created the abstract shapes on this textile with a wax-resist (rōzome) technique. She first covered select areas of the cotton fabric’s surface with molten wax to prevent them from absorbing dye. Then she dipped the piece in a dye vat and repeated the process to create each colored form.
See this textile in our installation “Kōgei: Art Craft Japan.”
“Pleasure in Land and Sea,” 1995, by Otani Chie © Otani Chie
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Doris Caesar once said, “I try to be emotional, and yet get away from reality.” Characteristic of her expressive work, this figure is elongated and gaunt. The surface of the piece is covered with marks left by the artist’s hands as she worked the clay that would later be cast in bronze. With her slumped posture, drooping shoulders, and downturned facial features, the widow’s body appears to convey the emotional weight of her grief.
See this sculpture in our newest installation “Elegy: Lament in the 20th Century.”
“The Widow,” around 1930–50, by Doris Caesar
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Philadelphia-born Sarah Dodson studied in the city before moving to France and England, where she developed her talent for imaginative historical figure painting. In this picture she references the famous honey that the beekeepers of ancient Athens produced in the Hymettus mountains. Visit this portrait in our American galleries.
“Honey of the Hymettus,” 1891, by Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson (On loan from the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ph.D. Foundation)
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Auguste Rodin’s belief in the expressive power of every aspect of human anatomy led to some of his most radical experiments, like this sculpture of two right hands. With their fingertips about to touch, these hands suggest a partnership or solidarity between two individuals. See this sculpture and more on view in “Rodin’s Hands” at the Rodin Museum.
“The Cathedral,” modeled 1908 by Auguste Rodin; cast 1925 by Alexis Rudier
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who was born on this day in 1848, was recognized at the turn of the century as the country’s finest sculptor and “Diana” is arguably his best-known work. See this goddess reign over our Great Stair Hall when you visit the museum.
Photo by Elizabeth Leitzell. “Diana, 1892–93, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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Happy Women’s History Month! We’ll be celebrating all month long by sharing some of the amazing work in our collection and on view by women artists.
First up is American Modernist Georgia O’Keeffe. After moving to New York City in 1918, O’Keeffe began spending summers at Alfred Stieglitz’s family home on Lake George in upstate New York. “From the Lake No. 3” is one of her most abstract paintings inspired by those surroundings. She embraced the colors of the region, evoking a sense of the place without depicting its literal qualities. See this painting on view in our American galleries.
“From the Lake No. 3,” 1924, by Georgia O’Keeffe
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