
Rediscovering H. C. Westermann
Horace Clifford Westermann is often overlooked in the history of American art. Described as "an artist of genuinely American sensibility unaffected by European esthetics”, Westermann produced works in a variety of media from the 1950s until his death in 1981. Westermann’s work does not fit into one particular movement in the art historical narrative. His oeuvre includes paintings, woodcuts, drawings, and collage, but the artist is best known for his highly-detailed and impecc


Crossing the Threshold: Rembrandt's Painted Portraits
More than any other genre of painting, portraits catch our eyes because they are often looking back at us, drawing the viewer into their pai


100 Years of the Bauhaus
The Bauhaus is considered one of the most important modernist art schools of the 20th century. Drawing from earlier movements such as Art No