I live in a smallish college town in the Blue Ridge Mountains, far from the bustling museum and gallery scenes […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
Arthur B. Davies, Modern Art, and Yoga
I, like many people across the country, have been using YouTube yoga videos to break up my routine and introduce […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
Romare Bearden, Activism, and Art
Recently in the United States there has been a great outpouring of activism, causing many of us to examine our […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
Alexander Pope’s Portrait of Duke and the Long History of Animal Portraiture
During the past months of lockdown, many of us have been spending a lot of time with our beloved pets. […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
Emory Douglas’s Revolutionary Newspaper Art
Over the past weeks, due to the killing of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, America has […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
A Late-Career Silkscreen by Jacob Lawrence
This week I have been immersed in the life and work of Jacob Lawrence, one of the best-known artists of […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
Research Highlights, Part 9: John James Audubon’s Birds of America
I am fortunate to live in a house with big, floor-to-ceiling windows. While researching the CFAM collection I often sit […]
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Research Highlights, Part 8: The Archives of American Art
One of the best resources for those of us who study American art is undoubtedly the Archives of American Art. […]
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Research Highlights, Part 7: New Direction in Andrew Moore’s work
Last week I wrote about research I have been doing on two recent acquisitions in CFAM’s Alfond Collection. This week, […]
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Research Highlights, Part 6: Diving into Contemporary Art
In art history, as in most academic disciplines, we divide ourselves into a dizzying array of subfields, from experts in […]
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Research Highlights, Part 5: Etchings of Modern Life in the CFAM Collection
One of the particular strengths of the CFAM collection I have been delighted to discover is in the medium of […]
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Research Highlights, Part 4: Tibor Pataky, Florida Artist
For me, one of the great pleasures of museum work is getting to know an individual collection. At institutions like […]
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Research Highlights, Part 3: National Visions, Personal Visions: American Landscape Painting
I would like to begin this week’s post on a bit of a personal note. I live in Southwest Virginia, […]
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Research Highlights, Part 2: Artistic Friendship in the Adirondacks
Part 2: A Case of Artistic Friendship: A.F. Tait and J.M. Hart So often we consider artists and their work […]
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Research Highlights, New Insights into the American Art Collection, Part 1: Connoisseurship, or When is a Stuart not a Stuart?
Forward written by: Ena Heller, Bruce A. Beal Director, CFAM We are happy to introduce new insights into the museum’s American […]