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Water Tower

Date: 07 1987
Description: "This workman is painting 'Theresa' on the water tower."
Photograph

Madison Art Guild

Date: 01 07 1957
Description: Cath Morgan working on a crayon and watercolor portrait during a Madison Art Guild painting session.
Photograph

Madison Art Guild

Date: 01 07 1957
Description: Madison Art Guild oil painters participate in a workshop at Doris Brobst's home at 211 Lathrop Street. Sitting: Virginia Oosterhous. Standing: Kathleen Cla...
Photograph

Publicity Still with May Emory and Edgar Kennedy

Date: 1916
Description: In this publicity still for "Ambrose's Cup of Woe," Edgar Kennedy plays an artist in black velvet jacket and beret who sits contemplating his painting with...
Photograph

Man Standing Atop Truck Trailer with Big Cat Mural

Date: 1975
Description: View of a man in a red jacket holding paint brushes and a palette while standing atop a truck trailer. The side of the trailer is painted with a mural of f...
Photograph

Truck Trailer with Mural of Endangered Animals

Date: 1975
Description: Three men are looking at a trailer with a woman posing on roof holding a paintbrush to a painted mural. One of the men is Ricardo Alonzo, muralist and dire...
Photograph

John Eustice, Designer of China Patterns

Date: 04 28 1958
Description: John Eustice poses with a display of his china patterns. A graduate of University of Wisconsin and New York State College of Ceramics, John specializes in ...
Historical Essay

Catlin, George (1796-1872)

Artist and Author
Biography of author and artist George Catlin, who painted Indians.
Historical Essay

O'Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986)

Legendary Artist
Biography of artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
Historical Essay

George Pollard's Palette

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Used by the artist George Pollard of Kenosha, Wisconsin, as a 'scrapbook' of his distinguished career. (Museum object #2007.108.1)
Historical Essay

Watercolor Farm Scene by Paul Seifert

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Landscape view of the Martin Luetscher II farmstead, Honey Creek Township, Wisconsin, c. 1875 (Museum object #2005.182.1)
Historical Essay

George Washington Portrait by Thomas Sully

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Copy of Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington painted by Thomas Sully, 1854. (Museum object #1942.506)
Historical Essay

Fairchild Portrait by John Singer Sargent

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Portrait of Lucius Fairchild by John Singer Sargent, 1887. (Museum object #1942.305)
Poster

"Painters Painting"

Date: 1973
Description: Poster advertising a screening of Emile de Antonio's 1973 documentary film "Painters Painting," about the New York art scene. The screening was at the Hopk...
Photograph

Madison Public Library Art Display

Date: 09 21 1959
Description: Lloyd Zimmerman hangs one of his pictures as part of a display at the Madison Public Library featuring the artwork of thirteen pupils in the Irene Buck Sum...
Photograph

Madison Public Library Art Display

Date: 09 21 1959
Description: Edith Johnson, left, and June Anderson preparing to hang their pictures as part of a display at the Madison Public Library, featuring the artwork of thirte...
Photograph

May Allison in a scene still for "Are All Men Alike?"

Date: 1920
Description: Theodora "Teddy" Hayden (played by May Allison) works on an oil painting with palette in hand in a scene still for the 1920 Metro silent film "Are All Men ...
Photograph

Earle Williams, Rex Ingram, and Lillian Walker in a scene still.

Date: 1913
Description: The actors Earle Williams, Rex Ingram, and Lillian Walker pose in a scene still from Vitagraph's "The Artist's Great Madonna." The scene is an artist's stu...
Photograph

Scene still with Elmer Clifton, Miriam Cooper, Jennie Lee, and Vester Pegg.

Date: 1915
Description: In this scene still for "The Artist's Wife," the young artist Adair (played by Elmer Clifton) is seated and holds a sketch or document in his hands. His mo...
Photograph

Elmer Clifton, Vester Pegg, and Miriam Cooper in a Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: The young painter Adair (played by Elmer Clifton) stands by his easel holding his brush and palette. He is dressed in standard artist's garb: smock, floppy...

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