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  • Flying Fish

    Peacock tiles by William De Morgan and Co., c. 1888-97, The Fitzwilliam Museum,  University of Cambridge, UK. William De Morgan was closely associated with William Morris the British Arts and Crafts movement, like Morris,…

  • Influence from Afar

    Chinese Wallpaper design, 18th century, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Chinese produced wallpapers that were made for export, primarily to Europe in the 18th century as part of the movement known as Chinoiserie, in…

  • Patchwork

    The Boulders by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, c. 1923-26, Hunterian Art Gallery, U of Glasgow. This C.R. Mackintosh watercolor was done after he had arrived in the south of France on the  Mediterranean coast where…

  • Tchotchke Domination

    Meissen Figure Group, artist Johann JoachimKändler, c. 1745-50, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Meissen porcelain was named after the town where porcelain began to be manufactured in 1710. The key to the success of…

  • Color and Pattern

    Conditions for Water by Karen Kunc, 2012. I have always been a fan of Nebraska print maker Karen Kunc. I first became acquainted with Kunc’s work while a curatorial intern at the Joslyn Art…

  • Change

    Newburyport Marshes: Approaching Storm by Martin Johnson Heade,c.1871. Heade’s paintings of landscapes, flowers, birds and nature improve upon their subjects by making every detail stand out. The small elements are just as important as…

  • Childhood Memories

    How My Mother’s Embroidered Apron Unfolds in My Life, 1944 by Arshile Gorky, Seattle Art Museum. Gorky was an Abstract Expressionist artist who immigrated from Van, Armenia and created a Russian background for himself…

  • Happy Mother’s Day

    The Cradle, 1872 by Berthe Morisot, Musee d’Orsay, Paris. Morisot was the great-granddaughter of Jean-Honore Fragonard and studied art under her bother-in-law Edouard Manet and later Pierre Auguste Renoir. She exhibited at almost all…

  • For Mother

    Maman by Louise Bourgeois ,1999 (cast 2001) Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain At first glance it may seem that by entitling this piece Maman (Mother in French) that Louise Bourgeois was not fond of her…