In this piece, Damitz depicts a fanciful view of Norway inspired by writer Bayard Taylor’s travel stories. Damitz was also influenced by Romanticism and Norwegian folk art. While this painting is in conversation with contemporary American art, like…
Landscape attributed to Hudson River school of painting. There are trees in the foreground, a large mountain in the background, a river splits the canvas in half, and there is a person in the foreground. Settlements and boats are small but visible.
Harvey Dunn was an American artist who was known best for his works on prairie life. In contrast, this work depicts a conflict, presumably created over football.
Clare Smith was a printmaker who lived and worked in Galesburg, IL. After raising a family, she decided to go back to school and enrolled at Knox College, earning degrees in Art and French. After graduating she worked at the famous printshop Atelier…
George Rickey was the Artist in Residence at Knox College from 1940-1941. It was then that he completed this painting as a study for the mural The Offer of Education. Though Rickey was considered American he lived in and was educated in Europe. …
This image is part of a larger photo album U.S. Military Railroad Photograph Album, containing 83 mounted photographs. It was created for Daniel Craig McCallum, director all military railroads for the Union army. The photograph was taken after the…
Known for her works influenced by the Surrealist movement, Dorothea Tanning created this pencil drawing on paper in 1953. It is a representation of children walking to school.