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John Warner Barber’s Engravings Chronicle Connecticut History

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    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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Lillian Hoban: Beloved Illustrator of “I Can Read” Books

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George Laurence Nelson: Artist of Kent’s Seven Hearths

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The Road to Busytown: Richard Scarry’s Life in Fairfield County

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Discovering the Mysterious Identity of the “Kent Limner”

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Charles Ethan Porter, Portrait of a 19th-Century African American Painter

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John Frederick Kensett Illuminates the 19th-Century Landscape

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Laura Wheeler Waring: Renowned African American Portrait Artist and Educator

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A Metal Giant in Wilton

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Florence Griswold’s Home: A Story of Perseverance and Community

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Anson Dickinson: Milton’s Painter of Portrait Miniatures

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A Photographer with a Painter’s Eye: The Story of Nelson Augustus Moore

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Julian Alden Weir: The “Heart” of American Impressionism

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Breaking the Mold: Tradition and Innovation in the Work of Elbert Weinberg

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Edith Watson: Camera Artist

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Frances Laughlin Wadsworth: Sculpting the Past

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Connecticut and American Impressionism

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Samuel Waldo Born – Today in History: April 6

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Jim Flora Captures 20th-Century Pop Culture

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Thomas W. Nason, the Poet Engraver of New England

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Drawing (on) the Connecticut Landscape: Benjamin Hutchins Coe Teaches Americans the Democratic Art

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A Celebrated Artist and a Meaningful Space – Today in History: October 20

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Calder’s Stegosaurus Dedicated – Today in History: October 10

Mariann Wolcott and Ralph Earl – Opposites Come Together and Make History

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Evelyn Beatrice Longman Commemorates the Working Class

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Art Young, Radical Cartoonist

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Prudence Punderson, Ordinary Woman, Extraordinary Artist: Needlework in Connecticut

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Ralph Earl: Portrait of an Early American Artist

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Herbert Abrams Immortalizes the Nation’s Leaders

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A World in Motion: Artist and Sculptor Alexander Calder

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Drawn to Superheroes

An Artist’s Life in Hartford: The Early Career of Dwight Tryon

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Stevan Dohanos Captures Connecticut Life

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A Connecticut Painter Finds His Voice through Colonial Folk Art

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An Artist and Her Books: Amelia Watson, 1856–1934

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Connecticut Transforms Aaron Draper Shattuck

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Ellis Ruley: Art that Celebrated Life

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The Kewpies Buy A House in Westport

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Calder in Connecticut: World-Famous Artist Called Roxbury Home

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Painter, Muralist, Sculptor Sol LeWitt born – Today in History: September 9

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Roger Tory Peterson Dies – Today in History: July 28

Weir Farm the Result of a Trade – Who Knew?

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Instruction by Mail: The Famous Artists School

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Bridgeport’s Walt Kelly, Creator of Pogo

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James Abbott McNeil Whistler’s Life in Pomfret

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Artist Louis Paul Dessar Dies – Today in History: February 14

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The Decorative Arts of Connecticut

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Artist Roger Tory Peterson, a Champion for the Natural World

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The Art of Life and Death in Colonial Bolton

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