Some People Called Him Maurice
Thursday May 31, 2012
When illustrator Maurice Sendak died earlier this month, another light from my childhood ... well, mine and many millions of others ... was extinguished. I can honestly say that I ... Read More
Died in the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Thursday May 31, 2012
Memorial Day means cemetery visits and, occasionally, a question with an easily-found answer. For example, the next time you are visiting an older cemetery you may notice that many of ... Read More
Guess the Artist
Monday May 28, 2012
Your clues this week are:
You know this artist's name, but it is not Hiroshige (歌川 広重), Kuniyoshi (歌川 国芳), or Hokusai (葛飾 北斎).
This is in the ukiyo-e style, ... Read More
Guess the Artist
Monday May 21, 2012
Your clues this week are:
The artist was American, active in the 19th-century, and did not initially train to be a painter.
Although best known today for pictures of water ... Read More
Guess the Artist
Monday May 14, 2012
Your clues this week are:
The artist was an American, but wasn't born in the United States of America.
A prolific painter and contributor to the gene pool, the artist ... Read More
Happy Us Day, Mothers
Sunday May 13, 2012
Guess the Artist
Monday May 7, 2012
Your clues this week are:
The Hispano-American Baroque artist was born in colonial Alto Perú, in a town named "lake-open plain" if one uses the regional variant of Quechua. However, ... Read More