Digest184
Teapot
Wilhelm Wagenfeld was a German industrial designer, writer, and educator. A Bauhaus-trained artist, Wagenfeld became one of the most influential designers of the twentieth...
Read Article
..wind-deer and the honey-grass…
Pfaff’s work ranges across disciplines—from painting to printmaking to sculpture to installation—but is perhaps best described as painting in space. Manipulating materials...
Read Article
Maquette for Wing Generator
Richard Hunt developed an interest in art from an early age. From seventh grade on, he attended the Junior School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Hunt then went on to study there...
Read Article
In Celebration of Fathers from the Snite Museum of Art
The Snite Museum of Art curates a gallery In Celebration of Fathers.
Read Article
Driftwood in a Cave
Jack B. Yeats is celebrated as one of Ireland’s great modern painters. Born in London in 1871, he and his family were enmeshed in the Irish literary and artistic revival...
Read Article
Wood-fired stoneware
Peter Voulkos grew up in Bozeman, Montana. He attended Montana State College to study art in the late 1940s on the G.I. Bill after WWII. He began studying painting, but when he...
Read Article
Chelsea Hans Salone Botanical Soup Plate
The Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, the first major porcelain factory in England, was established in the early 1740s and operated independently until 1770 when it merged with Derby...
Read Article
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,...
Read Article
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...
Read Article
Virgin of the Guadalupe: Legacy and Love
Insights from Joe Becherer, the Director of the Snite Museum of Art, discusses images of the Virgin of the Guadalupe in the Snite Museum of Art.
watch video
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...
Read Article
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...
Read Article