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The structures depicted here are in all likelihood those of the Theron Higgins Mill located alongside the Little River in Worthington, MA. They’re rendered in a somewhat telescopic view so as to compress a nearly impossible number of scenic elements:…

The pleasing daisies in a vase at center may give this painting its name, so artfully have they been created and arranged. If so, their status as humble field flowers plays against the ornate, patterned background and checkerboard table. Beautifully…

Coca Cola advertisement mural painted in Kilgore, Texas.

Orange soda pastic bottle floating in a body of water.

A photograph of Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau (1848-1915) posing during wintertime outside his Saranac Lake Sanatorium.

We see at close range a female of Odocoileus virginianus, also known as white-tailed deer. Their range encompasses most of the United States, and they are the most numerous of that family here. Karlan’s painting depends less upon its anatomical…

A man sits on a tree stump playing a brass tuba. Dirt and emptiness surround him except for a couple of trees in the distant background. A variety of flowers, birds, and butterflies bring color to the acrylic painting and life to the world around…

A line of children lay in a row receiving treatment for tuberculosis. They are horizontal and outside, which was a part of the Brehmer method of treatment.

A striking composition is achieved with very few objects: the painting’s eponymous vase, a few flowers and blooming limbs, a goldfish bowl, and two paintings. Carefully outlined shapes play against a scattering of colors applied thickly—even…