From slightly above a table, we look down upon a vase of trumpet lilies playing in all directions, their green foliage lush. A dark background adds dramatic contrast the white lilies. Next to the vase is a figure wearing a helmet or headress with a…
In 2008 this painting, loaned for exhibition at the Mills Mansion, Mt. Morris, was stolen and has yet to be recovered. The digital image shown here has been scanned from a photographic print. Although the location of this bridge is not known—there…
Myers, Jerome. (1867-1940) Born in Petersburg, VA, and traveling to New York City at age eighteen, Myers knew poverty at first hand. He took art classes when he was able at the Art Students League and Cooper Union, but was largely self-taught and…
Kadulin, Vladimir Fedorovich (1884-1957) Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Kadulin attended art schools in Moscow and Kiev, then turned to a career as a cartoonist for one of Petrograd’s leading newspapers. Postcard versions of his cartoons became very…
Kadulin, Vladimir Fedorovich (1884-1957) Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Kadulin attended art schools in Moscow and Kiev, then turned to a career as a cartoonist for one of Petrograd’s leading newspapers. Postcard versions of his cartoons became very…
Some elements of this watercolor are abstract and patterned: the green leaves at left, the tablecloth, wallpaper background, and even the vase’s outline. Other elements, however, show careful attention to modeling and texture, like the orange. Palter…