Bringing the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art to You
Engage with the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art by exploring their collection through background information and reflection questions.
Laocoön: Time and Space
A special video series featuring Director, Joe Becherer To receive the collection in your inbox, join the Raclin Murphy Museum’s mailing list.
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All The Boys
Considered one of the most influential Contemporary American artists, Carrie Mae Weems is a photographer and video installation artist who examines family relationships, sexism,...
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Absolution Under Fire
In his painting Absolution Under Fire, Paul Henry Wood commemorated a singular and historic event that occurred on July 2, 1863, during the three-day Civil War battle at...
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Joan of Arc Praying
Marie Christine Caroline Adélaïde Françoise Léopoldine d’Orléans was the third daughter of Louis Philippe I, King of France. The princess’s artistic talents were...
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Virgin of the Guadalupe: Legacy and Love
Insights from Joe Becherer, the Director of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, discusses images of the Virgin of the Guadalupe in the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art.
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Poetry and Prose
A special video series featuring Director, Joe Becherer To receive the collection in your inbox, join the Raclin Murphy Museum’s mailing list.
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A Taste of Africa
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Butterfly Nose Ornament
The Moche lived across a large region of modern-day Peru from 200 - 900 CE. Unlike many ancient civilizations who unified under one ruling system of government, the Moche people...
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David in Prayer
Natalia Goncharova was a major figure in multiple early 20th-century Russian Modern art movements. She was a controversial, unique, and well-known person in Moscow and Saint...
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Dr. Kraushaar, President of Goucher College
W. Eugene Smith's passion for photography started when he was just nine years old. His mother, a photographer herself, gave him a camera and even developed his photos in her...
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Builders, 1974
Jacob Lawrence was an American painter and printmaker known for his works exploring and celebrating African American life, past and present. As a teenager, Lawrence moved with his...
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Circumferences
Victor Higgins was born in Shelbyville, Indiana in 1884. At only 15 years old, using allowance money that he had saved up for years and against his parent's wishes, Higgins left...
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