Private Investigation, Art-History Style

Margaret North College Intern Margaret North finds that every successful treasure hunt has a moment of shining glory.

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. The sheaf of European subjects he brought back became the basis for an exhibition of his watercolors at Boston’s Williams & Everett Gallery in 1884.Hassam showed 67 watercolors of European subjects in the 1884 exhibition Water Colors by Hassam, held at Williams & Everett Gallery, Boston.

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.Haseltine attended the University of Pennsylvania for two years, then transferred to Harvard College in 1852. Upon graduation from Harvard, he wrote: “I have always entertained a great longing for any thing connected with the fine arts. I have already painted several original pictures & intend going to Düsseldorf to prosecute the study of art as a profession.” Harvard College, Class Book, 13 July 1854, p.

"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.