Italian-American Achille Onofri, was an acrobat and contortionist who had met trapeze artist Millie Cook in Havana, married her, and then moved to Philadelphia with..... Read More about 19th Century American Prison Art, possibly of African-American Slaves or Sharecroppers, by an...
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Monograph on Harlem Renaissance artist Archibald J. Motley, Jr. (1891–1981). A native of New Orleans, Motley grew up in Chicago and studied at The Art..... Read More about Archibald J. Motley Jr. [Inscribed and Signed by the Author
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The Arts and Crafts utopian art community Byrdcliffe was founded in 1902 near Woodstock, New York. The principal founders were Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead and his..... Read More about Byrdcliffe Art Colony Archive, c. Late 19th–Early 20th Century
Charles Bridges (1794–1869), theologian and prolific religious author. Here writing to George Richard Corner (1801–1863), antiquary; notifying Corner that Bridges is sending an etching, a...... Read More about 1855 Autograph Letter Signed by Rev. Charles Bridges (1794–1869), transmitting etching by Mary...
Visual survey of the collection of African American art collected over 25 years by entertainer William H. “Bill” Cosby, Jr. and his wife Camille O...... Read More about The Other Side of Color, African American Art in the Collection of Camille O. and William H....
An important survey of African-American art with exhaustive text to accompany 147 plates, 32 in full color and 115 in black and white, all illustrating..... Read More about Two Centuries of Black American Art
Profusely illustrated, an important exhibition catalog on Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first black American artist to attain international distinction. Born in Pennsylvania, Tanner is known..... Read More about Henry Ossawa Tanner
Archive of completed and working copy manuscripts of 13 novels and 7 short stories by American architect and artist, Donald Morris Kirkpatrick (1887–1966). Whereas Kirkpatrick..... Read More about C.1930–1945 Archive of 35 Typed Manuscripts for Novels and Short Stories by Donald M....
After both women painters graduated from Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute, Zulma Steele and Edna M. Walker removed in 1903 to Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead’s Bydcliffe Colony in..... Read More about Eighteen Stencils with Two Signed Drawings attributed to Edna M. Walker, Byrdcliffe Colony Artisan
Survey of American Black artists who came of age during the civil rights era of the 1960s. With chapters devoted to individual artists such as..... Read More about Black Artists of the New Generation. [Inscribed to the widow of Harlem Renaissance painter Palmer...
Friendly letter, over two full pages from Francis Job Short, about etchings thanking the recipient (a “Mr. White”) for the gift of a book and..... Read More about 1888 Autograph Letter Signed by Francis Job Short, English Engraver
Inscribed and signed on the half-title page by the book’s subject, renowned Pennsylvania artist Andrew Wyeth: “Ann dear, I think this book is the best..... Read More about Wyeth People. [Signed by Andrew Wyeth to His Sister Ann Wyeth
Attractive copy of a scarce art pamphlet, a late 19th century German-American imprint from Cincinnati Ohio. This particular example is inscribed by the author; it..... Read More about Albrecht Dürer, Der deutsche Grossmeister der Kunst
A profile by a high school student body of the African-American artist Horace Pippin, local to the students school district in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The..... Read More about Horace Pippin. The Artist and His Work
Autograph letter signed from British landscape painter Hugh William Williams (1773–1829) concerning an unspecified proposed publication to be sold by subscription. Williams here writes to..... Read More about 1810 Autograph Letter Signed by Hugh William Williams (1773–1829), Landscape Painter
Biography and study of the works of artist Robert S. Duncanson (1821–1872), African American landscape painter, part of the second generation of the Hudson Valley..... Read More about Robert S. Duncanson: 19th Century Black Romantic Painter
An interesting letter from 1825 written by James Stark (1794–1859), a Norwich-born British painter, the son of a Scottish dyer; here beginning his career ascent..... Read More about 1825 Autograph Letter Signed from James Stark, English Landscape Painter to George Cooke, Engraver
Letter transmitting “Ross’ miniature [painting] of the Duchess of Buccleuch” in lieu of “the Drawing of Miss Liddell” and requesting that the likeness be copied..... Read More about 1842 Autograph Letter Signed by Engraver John Scott concerning Paintings by Sir William Charles...
1799 letter of introduction addressed to American historical painter and portraitist Ralph Earle (1751–1801) seeking his trial tuition of a young artist “…long enough to..... Read More about 1799 ALS to American Historical Painter and Portraitist Ralph Earle seeking His Tuition of Young...
Monograph on self-taught African American artist Horace Pippin (1888–1946), illustrated with numerous color plates. Includes a chronology of the artist, an exhibition history of his..... Read More about I Tell My Heart, The Art of Horace Pippin
First edition of this first biographical study of Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first black American artist to attain international distinction. Born in Pennsylvania, Tanner is..... Read More about Henry Ossawa Tanner, American Artist
World War I poems by English poet Alfred Noyes, finely printed and bound, published by the Book Committee of the Art War Relief in New..... Read More about The Avenue of the Allies and Victory [Zelia Hoffman; her copy
Arts and Crafts-era iridescent glass roundel made by artist Parke Edwards (1892–1975), c.1920, probably made at Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. Parke Emerson Edwards studied “with renowned..... Read More about American Artist Parke E. Edwards:] Iridescent Glass Roundel, c. 1920, probably made at Bryn Athyn
Three autograph letters signed sent to 19th century English artist, antiquary, and wood engraver Frederich William Fairholt. Each letter refers specifically to Fairholt’s work as..... Read More about Incoming Correspondence to Frederick William Fairholt (1813–1866), English Artist and Wood...
Two letters by Richard Rothwell concerning the exhibition of his paintings in Dublin and Brussels. Richard Rothwell (1800–1868) was an Anglo-Irish portrait and genre painter..... Read More about 1853 Two Autograph Letters Signed by Richard Rothwell, Anglo-Irish Portrait and Genre Painter
