Art History
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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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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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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Untitled Scorch Work (Figure)
In 2017, the Snite Museum of Art hosted an exhibition of Cole's work entitled Making Everything Out of Anything: Prints, Drawings, and Sculptures by Willie Cole. The exhibiton...
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Black Indian, Buffalo Soldiers
Chicago, IL painter and sculptor Bernard Williams creates works in multiple media that strive to "address our connections and disconnections within a turbulent human history"...
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Images of the Virgin and Child In Celebration of Mother’s Day and the Month of May
The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art curates a gallery with Images of the Virgin and Child In Celebration of Mother’s Day and the Month of May. Read the reflection from Joseph...
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Spring
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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Dessert Plate with a Scene from the Fable of the Wolf and the Stork
This dessert plate, and the set it is a part of, was produced by the Sèvres Manufactory. Founded in 1740 in Vincennes, France, the porcelain manufactory was moved to Sèvres,...
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Four Rectangles Oblique
This sculpture was created by George Rickey, an American artist from South Bend, Indiana known for his kinetic or moving sculptures. Coming from a family of mechanical engineers...
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