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About the Artist: Born in Milwaukee, WI, Schardt studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then the Art Students League in New York. His works were exhibited at the Federal Gallery and the Municipal Art Gallery. Beginning in the 1935 Schardt began…

Promotional poster created for a May 2026 exhibition, added to OpenValley as artwork for the landing page of a five-part exhibit.

The Life Boat depicts a small wooden boat in stormy waters, nineteen survivors from an unknown disaster. Some passengers look out at the water, others grasp onto each other, and one figure holds an oar. One person pulls another out of the water. The…

A city park in winter appears endless from this low-level, child's point of view. Clusters of excited young people converge upon a sledding hill in the distance, the patterns of their tracks leading us to the destination. Most of Alshets' painting is…

Flash Gordon was a comic-strip hero dating to 1934, created by King Features to compete with the successful Buck Rogers series. It ran until 2003 under various artists, for our purposes including Emanuel (Mac) Raboy between 1948 and his death in…

We’re asked to adopt a perspective almost never accessible to humans: near the top of a tree, at close proximity to parrots. A light wash of cloudy white and blue in the background encloses the birds; their distinctive colors echo those of the tree’s…

Four children encounter each other upon a path in Central Park, the city skyline silhouetted against a colorful sky. Two older—and, judging from their clothing, apparently wealthier—children accept a flower offered by a young girl holding a larger…

It’s possible that the flowers depicted in this still life are wild mountain lilies (Lilium auratum), also called the golden-rayed lily of Japan. Whatever the case, flowers’ size and colorful radials draw our attention inward—which is similar in…

L. Frank Baum's surreal book for children, published to great acclaim in 1900, is advertised in this rare poster. It borrows artwork from the novel's title page, gives it a landscape orientation, and adds a few promotional blurbs. It is included in…