Collection Archives - The Heckscher Museum of Art

H@H Kids Edition (Episode 10): Tear It Up!

For this week’s Heckscher at Home Kids Edition, we will be learning about artist Lillian Dodson and her piece Earth Skin, which is from the Museum’s permanent collection. Then, Lisa…

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…

Dove/Torr Cottage Featured in Two New Books

May 20, 2020

The Dove/Torr Cottage, the historic studio and home of American artists Helen Torr (1886-1967) and Arthur Dove (1880-1946), is highlighted in two new books published this spring. The Dove/Torr Cottage…

H@H Kids Edition (Episode 9): Abstract Jumble

May 19, 2020

For this week’s Heckscher at Home Kids Edition, we will be learning about artist Risaburo Kimura and his piece Amsterdam, which is from the Museum’s permanent collection. Then, Lisa Sayedi,…

H@H Kids Edition (Episode 8): “Family” Portraits

May 12, 2020

For this week’s Heckscher at Home Kids Edition, we will be learning about artist Fairfield Porter and his painting Elizabeth in a Red Chair, which is from the Museum’s permanent collection,…

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…

H@H Kids Edition (Episode 7): FANtastic Fans

May 5, 2020

For this week’s Heckscher at Home Kids Edition, we will be learning about artist Miriam Schapiro and her piece In the Heat of Winter, which is from the Museum’s permanent…

H@H Kids Edition (Episode 6): Space Ody”Sea” Crayon Resist Painting

April 28, 2020

For this week’s Heckscher at Home Kids Edition, we will be learning about artist Ann McCoy and her piece The Night Sea, which is from the Museum’s permanent collection. Then,…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Photographs by Joe Constantino

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator
and Kerrilyn Blee, Assistant Curator

The Museum’s Curatorial Department is always working to preserve, research, and share our collection. This week, Assistant Curator Kerrilyn Blee recorded an oral history interview with photographer Joe Constantino (b.…

H@H Kids Edition (Episode 5): Mask Masterpiece

April 21, 2020

For this week’s Heckscher at Home Kids Edition, we will be learning about artist Elizabeth Strong-Cuevas and her piece “Jazz”, Lightning I, which is from the Museum’s permanent collection. Then,…

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