Tag: 19th century

  • French Book Art/Livres d’Artistes: Artists and Poets in Dialogue

    5 May-19 August 2006 The New York Public Library ‘Never give into routine; at each step, through books or in a wider context, everything must begin anew, from zero.’1 So Jean Fautrier, Jean Dubuffet and Henri Michaux forewarned after World…

  • Shaping the American Landscape: Church, Homer and Moran

    During the second half of the 19th century, three artists played pivotal roles in shaping how Americans viewed and continue to view their country, its promise and potential as expressed in such natural wonders as Niagara Falls and the Grand…