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Temple Gold Medal
Joseph E. Temple Fund Gold Medal (defunct) was a prestigious art prize awarded by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts most years from 1883 to 1968. A Temple Medal recognized the best oil painting by an American artist shown in PAFA's annual exhibition. Recipients included James Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, Robert Henri and Edward Hopper. History The medal was named for Philadelphia merchant Joseph E. Temple (1811–1880), a patron of the arts and PAFA Board member, whose bequest of $51,000 funded the awards. Any American artist was welcome to submit works for PAFA's annual exhibitions. Juries in painting and sculpture, composed of PAFA faculty and invited artists, evaluated hundreds (and later thousands) of submissions and chose those for exhibition. The Painters' Jury of Selection also chose the medal winners in painting. An artist could be awarded a Temple medal only once. Sometimes the medal-winning painting was purchased for PAFA's pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glackens Temple Gold Medal Nude 1924
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Museum Of The American Revolution
The Museum of the American Revolution, formerly The American Revolution Center, is a museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania dedicated to telling the story of the American Revolution. The museum was opened to the public on April 19, 2017, the 242nd anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, some of the battles of the American Revolutionary War, on April 19, 1775. The museum is located at 101 South Third St. in Philadelphia, the city that served as the revolutionary capital during America's founding. The site is across the street from the First Bank of the United States and two blocks from Independence Hall, the National Constitution Center, Second Bank of the United States, American Philosophical Society, Carpenters' Hall, and the Liberty Bell. Overview The museum owns a collection of several thousand objects including artwork and sculpture, textiles and weapons, manuscripts, and rare books. Permanent and special exhibition galleries, theaters and large-scale tableaux po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Prevost Grayson
Clifford Prevost Grayson (July 14, 1857 – November 11, 1951) was an American painter and teacher. Biography He was born in Philadelphia, the youngest of the three sons of lawyer and newspaper editor Frederick William Grayson and Mary Mallett Prevost. Grayson graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1878, and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Christian Schussele and Thomas Eakins. He studied further at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Jean-Léon Gérôme. After graduation, he joined the artist colonies at Pont Aven and Concarneau, and opened a studio in Paris. Grayson was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon during the 1880s. *''The Fisherman's Family'' (1885), ex collection: PAFA. Honorable mention: Salon of 1885; Temple Gold Medal, PAFA, 1887 *''Mid-day Dreams'' (1886), ex collection: Corcoran Gallery of Art. $2,000 Purchase Prize, American Art Association, 1886 *''Rainy Day at Pont Aven'' (1892), ex collection: Art Institute of Chic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Earle Coates
Florence Van Leer Nicholson Coates ( Earle; July 1, 1850 – April 6, 1927) was an American poet whose prolific output was published in dozens of literary magazines, some of it set to music. She was mentored by the English poet Matthew Arnold, with whom she maintained a lasting friendship. She was famous for her many nature poems, inspired by the flora and fauna of the Adirondacks, where she and her husband Edward Hornor Coates maintained a summer camp. She was elected poet laureate by the State Federation of Women's Clubs (Pennsylvaina) in 1915. Biography Florence Van Leer Earle was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest daughter of lawyer George Hussey Earle Sr. and his wife, "Fanny" ( Frances Van Leer). She was the granddaughter of noted abolitionist and philanthropist Thomas Earle (American politician), Thomas Earle and a member of the influential Van Leer Family, Van Leer family. She gained fame both at home and abroad for her works of poetry, which were widely publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Hornor Coates
Edward Hornor Coates (November 12, 1846 – December 23, 1921) was an American businessman, financier, and patron of the arts and sciences in Philadelphia. He served as a director of the Mechanics National Bank in 1873, was chairman of the Committee on Instruction at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1883 to 1890, and held the position of Academy president from 1890 to 1906. Early life and education Coates was born on November 12, 1846, in Philadelphia, the son of Joseph Potts Hornor Coates and Eliza Henri Troth, a family of Quakers. He attended Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1864. Career Painter John McLure Hamilton, in a chapter about Coates from his book '' Men I Have Painted'' (1921), describes Coates' tenure at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: The reign of Mr. Coates at the Academy marked the period of its greatest prosperity. Rich endowments were made to the schools, a gallery of national portraiture wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Trost Richards
William Trost Richards (November 14, 1833 – November 8, 1905) was an American landscape artist. He was associated with both the Hudson River School and the American Pre-Raphaelite movement. Early life and education Richards was born on November 14, 1833, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1846 and 1847, he attended the local Central High School. Between 1850 and 1855, he studied part-time with the Germans, German artist Paul Weber (artist), Paul Weber, while working as designer and illustrator of ornamental metalwork. Career Richards's first public exhibit was part of an exhibition in New Bedford, Massachusetts, organized by artist Albert Bierstadt in 1858. In 1862, he was elected honorary member of the National Academy of Design and was elected as an Academician in 1871. In 1863, he became a member of the Association for the Advancement of Truth in Art. In 1866, he departed for Europe for one year. Upon his return and for the following six years, he spent the summers on the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is an art museum in Richmond, Virginia, United States, which opened in 1936. The museum is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Private donations, endowments, and funds are used for the support of specific programs and all acquisition of artwork, as well as additional general support. Considered among the List of largest art museums, largest art museums in North America for area of exhibition space, the VMFA's comprehensive art collection includes African art, American art, British sporting art, Fabergé, and Himalayan art. One of the first museums in the Southern United States, American South to be operated by state funds, VMFA offers free admission, except for special exhibits. The VMFA, together with the adjacent Virginia Historical Society, anchors the Museum District, Richmond, Virginia, Museum District of Richmond, an area of the city known also as "West of the Boulevard". The museum includes the Leslie Cheek Theater, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearce Peines De Coeur
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Pearce may refer to: Places *Pearce, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb *Division of Pearce, an electoral division in Western Australia *Pearce, Arizona, United States, an unincorporated community *RAAF Base Pearce, the main Royal Australian Air Force air base in Western Australia *RCAF Station Pearce, a Second World War training base in Alberta, Canada People and fictional characters *Pearce (given name) *Pearce (surname) See also * J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas *Pearse (other) *Pierce (other) *Peirce (other) Peirce may refer to: * Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914), American philosopher, founder of pragmatism Schools * Peirce College, Philadelphia, formerly known as Peirce College of Business, Peirce Junior College and Peirce School of Business Admi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Sprague Pearce
Charles Sprague Pearce (13 October 1851 – 18 May 1914) was an American artist. Biography Pearce was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1873 he became a pupil of Léon Bonnat in Paris, and after 1885 he lived in Paris and at Auvers-sur-Oise. He painted Egyptian and Algerian scenes, French peasants, and portraits, and also decorative work, notably for the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress at Washington. He received medals at the Paris Salon and elsewhere, and was made ''Chevalier'' of the French Legion of Honor, decorated with the Order of Leopold, Belgium, the Order of the Red Eagle, Prussia, and the Order of the Dannebrog, Denmark. Works Among his best-known paintings are ''The Decapitation of St John the Baptist'' (1881); ''Prayer'' (1884), ''The Return of the Flock'', and ''Meditation''. Pearce was also among those who knew and painted the Capri Capri ( , ; ) is an island located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrento Peninsula, on the south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hill (American Painter)
Thomas Hill (September 11, 1829 – June 30, 1908) was an American artist of the 19th century. He produced many fine paintings of the Californian landscape, in particular of the Yosemite Valley, as well as the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Biography Thomas Hill was born in Birmingham, England on September 11, 1829. His younger brother, Edward Hill, also became a successful landscape painter. At the age of 15, he emigrated to the United States with his family; they settled in Taunton, Massachusetts. In 1851, he married Charlotte Elizabeth Hawkes; they had nine children (one of them, Anne Mary "Nancy" Hill, mothered the painter Norman Rockwell). At the age of 24, Hill attended evening classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) and studied under American painter Peter Frederick Rothermel (1812–1895). During his years as a student, Hill traveled to the White Mountains in New Hampshire as early as 1854 and sketched alongside members of the Hudson Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Portrait Gallery (United States)
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded in 1962 and opened in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of American artists, politicians, scientists, inventors, activists, and performers who have contributed to the nation's history, development, and culture. Along with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the museum is housed in the historic Old Patent Office Building. History Founding of the museum The first portrait gallery in the United States was Charles Willson Peale's ''American Pantheon'', also known as ''Peale's Collection of Portraits of American Patriots'', established in 1796. It closed after two years. In 1859, the National Portrait Gallery, London, National Portrait Gallery in London opened, but few Americans took notice.Thompson, Bob. "Who Gets Into the National Portrait Gallery, and Why?" ''Washington Post''. June 13, 1999. The idea of a federally owned national portr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
