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Collection Spotlight: Antoine Vollon’s “Un Espagnol,” c. 1877-8

by Carol Forman Tabler, PhD

Not a portrait but a study posed by a professional model, this work has now been restored to what is presumed to be Vollon’s original title for it, Un Espagnol…

Fountain Frog Conserved Through Adopt a Work Program

June 4, 2021

Adopt A Work: The Harwood Family The Evelyn Beatrice Longman Youth Eternal fountain was commissioned by founders August and Anna Atkins Heckscher to coincide with the dedication of…

Museum Acquisitions Celebrate Women Artists

The Heckscher Museum of Art will acquire new artwork from two leading women artists: Stella Waitzkin and Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso. “These acquisitions strengthen the Museum’s collection and affirm our commitment…

ADOPT A WORK OF ART: Ira Jean Belmont Painting Adopted by Winifred F. Baim

Care and preservation of the collection is one of the principal responsibilities of a museum. Even in controlled museum environments, objects age. Exposure to light and atmospheric debris can discolor…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: George Romney’s “Portrait of Mrs. St. George and Child”

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator

After a delay of five months, Portrait of Mrs. St. George and Child (1791) has come home to The Heckscher Museum of Art. The George Romney (1734–1802) painting was on…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Emma Stebbins’s “Industry” and “Commerce”

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator

She finally resolved on an exclusive consecration of her talents to art, making it the sole business of her life. She determined to go to Rome … It is probably…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Hans Hokanson’s “Little Gull”

By Emily A. Finan, Curatorial Intern

I am influenced by the volume and the availability of the wood … The wood itself kicks me off, encourages me, speaks back to me. I am in direct confrontation…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Howardena Pindell’s “Relationships (Kandinsky #1)”

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator

In Relationships (Kandinsky #1) (1996), Howardena Pindell blends varied artistic languages to create a multimedia work bursting with energy and meaning. The diamond-shaped acrylic on canvas painting will be a…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Thomas Moran’s “The Woods in Autumn”

By Michael W. Schantz, Ph.D., Executive Director & CEO

The Woods in Autumn (1864) by Thomas Moran (1837-1926) was an instant favorite of mine when I first arrived at the Museum in the Fall of 2010. Indeed, at first…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Fairfield Porter’s “Elizabeth in a Red Chair”

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator

As the wholeness of life eludes control, so the wholeness of art eludes the control of the artist. The realist thinks he knows ahead of time what reality is, and…

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