Framing Art and the Art of the Frame

Ingrid Neuman Conservation Understanding historic frames and how to care for them can be a complicated matter.

American Drawings and Watercolors

Childe Hassam's Woman and Mastiff in the Boston Public Garden and Diamond Cove, Appledore Maureen C. O’Brien Curator Drawing Childe Hassam, a successful young book and magazine illustrator, made his first trip abroad in 1883, disembarking in Great Britain then making a wide sweep through France, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, and Spain.

American Drawings and Watercolors

William Stanley Haseltine's Amalfi Maureen C. O’Brien Curator Drawing William Stanley Haseltine first studied painting in Philadelphia with the German expatriate Paul Weber, who encouraged him to continue his training in Düsseldorf.

"She's a fighter"

Staring back at Morisot Jackie Delamatre A school programs educator describes student encounters with Edouard Manet's Repose.

Hidden Beauty

College Studio Notes Artist Inspired by the European galleries, graphic designer Kelly Walters explores 19th-century notions of exoticism and beauty through the creation of a folded broadsheet poster.

More Is More

The Inimitable Designs of Carlo Bugatti Elizabeth A. Williams Curator An eclectic mix of North African, Moorish, Middle Eastern, and Japanese aesthetics, this desk and table are the original creations of Italian designer Carlo Bugatti.

Memories, Nostalgia, and Moving Forward

India Timpani Studio Notes Teens The RISD Museum was an essential part of my childhood. On weekends and school vacations, I wandered the galleries, old-school Utrecht sketchbook in one hand, pencil in the other, closely followed by my mother just in case I carelessly brushed up against something priceless. As I’ve grown, I’ve felt the Museum growing with me. This ever-evolving place never fails to fascinate me.