Archives of American Art

Martin Johnson Heade, Black-eared Fairy, ca. 1863-1864, oil on canvas, 12 1/4 x 10 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.89. Photography by Dwight Primiano.

Conversations Across Collections: Martin Johnson Heade’s Notebook on Hummingbirds

November 5th, 2020, 7:45AM

/ BY Liza Kirwin

Poultney Bigelow. Sketch by Poultney Bigelow for Edith Weir (detail), 1884 April 18. Weir family papers. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

A Hudson River School Legacy: The Weir Family Papers Now Fully Digitized

September 15th, 2020, 9:11AM

/ BY Stephanie Ashley

Emilio Sanchez with children in Puerto Rico, 1964. Emilio Sanchez papers, 1922-2012. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

How Painter Emilio Sanchez Used Travel Snapshots As Aesthetic Experimentation

August 27th, 2020, 7:58AM

/ BY Patricia Ortega-Miranda

Photograph of George Tooker, 198-? / unidentified photographer. George Tooker papers, circa 1851-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: George Tooker Papers

February 28th, 2020, 4:01PM

/ BY Josh T. Franco

Photograph of Charles Caryl Coleman's

Charles Caryl Coleman Rediscovered

September 12th, 2019, 4:55PM

/ BY Adrienne Baxter Bell

Portrait of Henry Ossawa Tanner with a palette, circa 1935 / unidentified photographer. Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s-1978, bulk 1890-1937. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

How a Photograph Solved an Art Mystery

November 9th, 2018, 11:48AM

/ BY Jeffrey Richmond-Moll

Photograph of Alma Thomas at Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition opening (detail), 1972 / unidentified photographer. Alma Thomas papers, circa 1894-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Alma's Stripes: How An Artist Found Abstraction in Her Work and Her Fashion

September 21st, 2018, 12:52PM

/ BY Kelly Quinn

Entry for December 12, 1941, Toku Shimomura Diary, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

How Superman and His Grandmother's Diary Inspired Roger Shimomura

May 11th, 2018, 1:32PM

/ BY Kevin Kim

Mock Up for mural, 1994. Juan Sánchez papers, 1977-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian

Acquisitions: Juan Sánchez Papers

May 3rd, 2018, 2:46PM

/ BY Josh T. Franco

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