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Artist: Thomas Crawford (1813 - 1857)
Nationality: American
Movement: Neoclassicism
Media: Sculpture
Influences:

Biography:
Born in America, Thomas Crawford moved to Rome in 1835 to study with Thorvaldsen. Despite his relocation to Italy, he made frequent visits to the United States and gained a good reputation as a neoclassical sculptor in his native country. In 1855, Crawford began one his most recognized works, Armed Liberty, a bronze statue that rests atop the dome of the Capital in Washington D.C.


Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Genius of Mirth, 1842; this version, 1843 Thomas Crawford (ca. 1813-1857)AmericanMarble; 47 x 20 x
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Thomas Cole - A View of the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains (Crawford Notch) 1839 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Crawford - Adam and Eve 1855 marble Boston Athenaeum American
Museum of Fine Arts -
Thomas Crawford, American, about 1813-1857 Orpheus and Cerberus Italy, (Rome), 1843 Marble 171.45 x 91.44
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Thomas Crawford - The Broken Tambourine c. 1853 marble Chrysler Museum of Art American
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Thomas Crawford - Genius of Mirth 1842 marble The Metropolitan Museum of Art American
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John Collier T. Hamilton Crawford 19th - 20th century
Museum of Fine Arts -
Thomas Crawford, American, about 1813-1857 Venus as Shepherdess Italy, (Rome), about 1840 Marble 59.05 x
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Thomas Crawford, American, about 1813-1857 Charles Sumner Italy, (Rome), 1842 Marble 68.58 x 35.56 x
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Thomas Crawford - Bust of Charles Brooks 1843 marble Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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E. Stetson Crawford Desolation, Ruins of Castillon, Cote d'Azur Etching 1926
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E. Stetson Crawford Navicello, Harbor of Menton (France) Etching 19th - 20th century
J. Paul Getty Museum -
View of Crawford Notch, New Hampshire
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Ralston Crawford - Girders 1949 Gelatin Silver print Norton Museum of Art American
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Ralston Crawford - Nacelles Under Construction 1946 oil on canvas Mead Art Museum, Amherst College American
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Ralston Crawford - Whitestone Bridge 1939 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Ralston Crawford - Wing Fabrications 1946 oil on canvas Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at The University of Oklahoma American
Museum of Fine Arts -
©Yousuf Karsh ; Yousuf Karsh, Canadian (born in Armenia) 1908 Joan Crawford (with poodle) USA,
Museum of Fine Arts -
©Yousuf Karsh ; Yousuf Karsh, Canadian (born in Armenia) 1908 Joan Crawford (hand on hip)
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Harrison Fisher Penelope, on page [59] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher My Sweetheart, on page [79] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher On Her Sunny Way She Goes, on page [91] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher Unidentified, on page [97] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher Unidentified, on page [95] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher Frontispiece , on page [6] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher She Took My Fido, on page [31] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
Museum of Fine Arts -
©Yousuf Karsh ; Yousuf Karsh, Canadian (born in Armenia) 1908 Joan Crawford (hand to head)
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Harrison Fisher Woman Rules, on page [67] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher Amy, Why Turn from My Sight, on page [27] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) Color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1919
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Harrison Fisher Why Pretty Rogue, on page [75] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher In Teacup Times, on page [35] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher A Peppercorn Is Very Small, on page [63] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher There Is a Garden in Her Face, on page [51] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher A Woman's Letter, on page [83] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher Your Dreams Have Never Known a World So Fair, on page [55] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by th
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Harrison Fisher I Care Not Though Her Teeth Are Pearls, on page [43] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artis
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Harrison Fisher She Needs Not Fashion's Narrow Rule, on page 39] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 19
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Harrison Fisher She Displays a Dainty Glove, on page [47] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909 color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher She Sports a Witching Gown, on page [19] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher Who Robbed the Ocean Cave, on page [71] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher Lips that Were Curled for Kisses, on page [23] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher Her Bosom's Like a Frozen Lake, on page [15] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher Her Eyes Were Made to Worship, on page [87] in the book American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) color photoreproduction of painting by the artist 1909
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Harrison Fisher American Beauties by Harrison Fisher with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford (Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1909) Book with 23 color photoreproductionsof paintings and uncounted reproductions of decorated pages with text in vers
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Ralston Crawford - Study for "Whitestone Bridge" c. 1940 pen and ink with wat Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Ralston Crawford - Study for Fortune Magazine c. 1945 pen and ink with wat Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Ralston Crawford - Lights in an Aircraft Plant 1945 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Ralston Crawford - Wharf Objects, Santa Barbara 1948 oil on canvas New Orleans Museum of Art American
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Ralston Crawford - 1961-- Number 3 1961 oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum American
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Jeremiah Gurney Portrait of a Man daguerrotype 1850
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Jeremiah Gurney Portrait of a Woman daguerrotype 1850
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Thomas Gainsborough - The Hon. Mrs. Thomas Graham c. 1775-1777 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Thomas Sully - Thomas Alston 1826 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully The Reverend Thomas Stockton oil on canvas 1843
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Thomas Sully - Thomas Handasyd Perkins 1832 oil on canvas Boston Athenaeum American
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Thomas Lupton Thomas Chalmers, D.D, L.L.D, & F.R.S.E. 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Sully - Mrs. Caleb Newbold and Her Son Thomas 1813 oil on canvas The Columbus Museum
Museum of Fine Arts -
Jan Steen, Dutch, 1626-1679 Twelfth-Night Feast 1662 Oil on canvas 131.1 x 164.5 cm (51
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Thomas King Thomas Parr, aged 152 years 18th century
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Hans Holbein the Younger - Sir Thomas More 1527 oil on panel The Frick Collection German
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Thomas Hill Reverend Thomas Starr King oil on canvas 19th - 20th century
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Thomas Cheesman - Thomas Moor Ld. Chancelour (after Hans Holbien) 1812 colored print University of California, Berkeley Art Museum English
J. Paul Getty Museum -
View of a Barn in New Hampshire
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Thomas Cornell Pig Etching 1960
Museum of Fine Arts -
George de Forest Brush, American, 1855-1941 The Thomas Sisters (Margaret Thomas Gardiner and Helen Thomas
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John Wesley Jarvis - Thomas Paine c. 1806-1807 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - Thomas Amory II c. 1770-1772 oil on canvas Corcoran Gallery of Art American
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Pierre-Jean David d'Angers - Thomas Jefferson 1832-1892 bronze National Gallery of Art French
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Gilbert Stuart - Thomas Jefferson c. 1805-07 oil on canvas Bowdoin College Museum of Art American
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Rembrandt Peale - Thomas Sully 1859 oil on canvas board National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - Thomas Greene 1758 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum American
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John Smibert - Mrs. Thomas Bullfinch c. 1734 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John Hesselius - Thomas Chamberlaine 1772-75 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Lady Peel - Sir Thomas Lawrence 1827 oil on canvas The Frick Collection British
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John Neagle - Thomas W. Dyott c. 1836 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Smibert - Mrs. Thomas Bullfinch c. 1734 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - Thomas Jefferson c. 1821 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Arthur Pond - Thomas Gray probably 1731 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Ralph Earl - Thomas Earle 1800 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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William Dunlap - Mrs. Thomas A. Cooper n.d. oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Incredulity of Thomas
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Lydia Field Emmet - Portrait of Thomas Ewing III c. 1932 oil on canvas National Museum of Women in the Arts American
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Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano - The Incredulity of Saint Thomas c. 1502-1504 oil on synthetic pan The National Gallery, London Italian
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John Thomas Smith Topography of London (London: John Thomas Smith, 1810). BOUND WTH: Etchings of Remarkable Beggars, Itinerant Tradersä (London: John Thomas Smith, 1815) book with etchings (two with hand coloring) 1810 - 1815
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Saints Andrew and Thomas before 1627 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Italian
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Carrie Mae Weems - Sea Island Series (Thomas) 1992 Three color photogra Des Moines Art Center American
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George Romney - Mrs. Thomas Scott Jackson c. 1770-1773 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Louis Gauffier - Portrait of Dr. Thomas Penrose 1798 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts French
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Gilbert Stuart - Commodore Thomas Macdonough c. 1815-1818 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Auguste Rodin - Thomas Fortune Ryan 1909-1910 bronze National Gallery of Art French
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Camille Pissarro - Two Women Chatting by the Sea, St. Thomas 1856 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Robert Street - Elizabeth Price Thomas 1834 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Asher B. Durand - Portrait of Thomas Cole c. 1837 oil on canvas The Berkshire Museum American
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Thomas Shotter Boys Huy, on the Meuse Lithograph 1838
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Charles Willson Peale - Mrs. Thomas Elliot (Mary Chew) 1787 oil on canvas Chrysler Museum of Art American
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Jean Antoine Houdon - Armand-Thomas Hue, Marquis de Miromesnil 1777 marble The Frick Collection French
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John Clem Clarke - Copley-- Governor And Mrs. Thomas Mifflin 1969 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Sir William Beechey - Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton 1815-1817 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Hans Holbein the Younger - Portrait of Sir Thomas Le Strange of Hunstanton 1536 oil and tempera on p Kimbell Art Museum German
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Camille Pissarro - A Creek in St. Thomas (Virgin Islands) 1856 oil on academy board National Gallery of Art French

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (23)
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Orlando Museum of Art: Woman with Flowers: A Gift from Diebenkorn
According to the museum’s director, Marena Grant Morrisey, “We are elated to add ‘Woman With Flowers’ to the new galleries that showcase the museum’s contemporary art collection. The Orlando Museum of Art has never received such a valuable paint...

SLO Arts Gallery, Frame Works: James A. Crawford: New Photographic
Crawford's interest in art began in high school and further developed at Orange Coast College where he majored in Architecture and minored in History and Art. In 1966 while in Viet Nam he purchased his first 35mm camera and with limited time, he w...

Changing Room: Call for Artists: Summer Group Show 2003 - Souvenirs/Mementoes
Work submitted may take any form in relation to visual art. For more information and details on how to submit work please send an A5 SAE to: The Changing Room
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Museum of the City of New York: Adrian's Camelot: Work by a Legendary American Designer
Given to the Museum in 1961 by Adrian's widow Janet Gaynor, the drawings on display in Adrian's Camelot, which exemplify his confident style, have never before appeared together in one focused exhibition. As Adrian's final project, these desi...

Albright Knox Art Gallery: 0044 Contemporary Irish Artists in Britain
Whether the artists concerns specifically focus on ...

Crawford Municipal Art Gallery: 0044 Contemporary Irish Artists in Britain
The artists are: Kathy Prendergast, Daphne Wright, Paul Seawright, Andre Stitt, Cecily Brennan, John Carson, Anne Carlisle, Maud Cotter, Liadin Cooke, John Gibbons, Frances Hegarty, Siobhan Hapaska, Andrew Kearney, Mo Whit...

Tacoma Art Museum: Unseen Hurrell: Classics and Rediscovered Photographs from the Collections of the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
In this exhibition of black-and-white photographs, we can see his publicity stills as a skillful adaptation combining ...

Tullie House Museum and Art Services: Celebrating Boxes: Art Boxes from Around the World
The idea of an international box exhibition had been a seed in the back of Peter Lloyd’s mind for a long time, and grew out of a strong sense of curiosity about what was happening elsewhere. Box-makers are fairly thin on the ground in Britai...

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Adrian: American Glamour
Drawn from the Museum's Costume Institute, The Brooklyn Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others, the exhibition will present a comprehen...

University of South Australia, Art Museum: Home is Where the Heart Is
These issues are at the heart of contemporary Australia's continuing quest to renegotiate its relationship with its past and with the place we all call 'home'.

The exhibition and historical material presented in the catalogue show that Austr...
Global Cafe: DnA Factory Present the Fluffer Show
The fluffer show is a showcase for not only their current crop of installations but also amassing some of their showbiz chums each to take a little turn in music and spectacle. This is a multi disciplined, multi national hum dinger hot doggie c...

Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection
The exhibition was organized by The Art Museum, Princeton University. The exhibition was made possible by the Publications ...

Bolton Museum and Art Gallery: Celebrating Boxes: An Amazing Array of Beautifully Made Boxes
Exquisite workmanship is only a starting point as the designers let you into their world, sharing their thoughts, desires and aspirations. From the lasting appeal of the classically designed jewellery box to the modern wooden hinged chest, the wid...

Crafts Council Gallery: Pattern Crazy: Curated by Carol McNicoll and Jacqui Poncelet
Pattern Crazy features the work of over 30 UK artists and testifies to the sheer vitality and diversity of the work being made using pattern.  The exhibition celebrates the  resurgence of interest in pattern and also highlights the progressive thi...

NSA Gallery: Imagination Lab Student Showcase
All industries, globally, are in need of multi-skilled conceptual thinkers, who can solve problems across many disciplines; individuals who are not afraid of breaking boundaries, thinking outside the box, challenging conventional approaches to cre...

Lola Gallery: Swank: Co-Curated by Hilary Hedden, Elwyn Crawford and Louise Rice
These framed blotter sheets, some dating back as far as the early 70s, are festooned with incredibly unique psychedelic and pop culture images that are a testament to the subculture of LSD, from Alice in Wonderland to irresistible Piggy featured a...

FOUR: Borderline: Paul McKinley, Robert Carr and Sufjan Stephens.
Robert's work to date has involved making objects from elemental building blocks, structured by a geometrical logic. He has focused his work on the use of visual rhythms, patterns and symmetries, on the effects of scale on perception, and on ...

Photofusion Photography Centre: Erich Lessing: People Known and Unknown
The post-war period of the 1950s saw the growth of the professional photographer in search of a story. While many stories were arranged by editors who gave exact instructions on how a feature should be illustrated, many photographers, including Le...

Telfair Museum of Art: Scenes of American Life: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Edward Hopper, probably the most well known artist in the exhibition, is the quintessential realist painter. In ...

Irish Museum of Modern Art: Multimedia Maps: Artists in Schools
Multimedia Maps is the result of a three-year project initiated and run by Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership. The project placed artists in school communities in the border counties in Ireland to investigate the use of new technologies as tools for...

Gerald Peters Gallery: Cast and Carved: American Sculpture 1850-1950
Over 60 artists will be featured in the exhibition including Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Frederic Remington, Paul Manship and Isamu Noguchi. Works on view range in size from tabletop to monumental, and are composed of a variety of materials, includin...

Art and Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI): State of the Art: Digital Prints, a panel discussion in conjunction with the opening reception of DIGITAL'2000
State of the Art: Digital Prints will examine important technical aspects that artists should know about creating long-lasting digital prints with Henry Wilhelm announcing surprising results of his recent testing that will revolutionize fine ...

Museum of Modern Art: Fame After Photography
The exhibition was conceived, in part, as a response to recent events involving photography. The explosion of gossip columns, magazines, and tabloid television programs covering the famous and the notorious has created new venues for...

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