Un mercante teneva un uccello in gabbia. Dovendo recarsi in India, paese originario dell'uccello, gli chiese se desiderava che gli riportasse qualcosa da quel paese. L'uccello chiese di ottenere la sua libertà, ma il mercante gliela negò. Allora lo pregò di recarsi in una certa giungla dell'India e ...
December 13, 2011 – March 18, 2012 American Treasures presents a selection of significant and noteworthy examples of American art and artists from the nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries. On loan from the Butler Institute of American Art, the collection showcases two centuries of American art ...
Few artists embody the “depressed, tortured artist” more than late 19th century impressionist/tonalist/modernist Albert Pinkham Ryder. A life of tragedy and insecurity left their markings on his works…literally. Never being satisfied with his paints, he constantly painted over his works, often while ...