Shorts

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Shorts “Pennsylvania Regionalism: The Turn of the Century,” on view at the Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, through Saturday, October 30 [1999], presents a survey of impressionism and realism spanning the period from 1870 to the 1930s. The exhibit features landscapes, still lifes, and portraits by twenty-four Pennsylvania artists, among them Edward W. Redfield, Daniel Garber,...
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The Perfect Ten

Posted by on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on The Perfect Ten The chief obstacle to a woman’s success is that she can never have a wife. Just reflect what a wife does for an artist: Darns the stockings; Keeps his house; Writes his letters; Visits for his benefit; Wards off intruders; Is personally suggestive of beautiful pictures; Is always an encouraging and partial critic … It is exceedingly difficult to be an artist without this time saving...
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Sculpture by Harriet Whitney Frishuth

Posted by on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Sculpture by Harriet Whitney Frishuth A native of Philadelphia, Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980) earned an enviable niche in early twentieth-century art circles with her sensitive, lithe sculptures of the female form in extended poses. Not long after her parents Louise Otto Berens and Frank Beroni Frishmuth separated, the young Frishmuth and her older two sisters sailed with their mother to Europe, where the girls attended...
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