“The following year, the heroes of the day were children. David was asked to paint Joseph Bara, the drummer who chose to die rather than shout ‘Vive le roi!’, and the young Provençal Agricol Viala. Of these two projects, one unfinished...
“The following year, the heroes of the day were children. David was asked to paint Joseph Bara, the drummer who chose to die rather than shout ‘Vive le roi!’, and the young Provençal Agricol Viala. Of these two projects, one unfinished...
Art and photography; Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows), 1863-1931. Little Colonel series; Pewee Valley (Ky.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works; Photograph albums; Portrait photographs; Tableaux; Upper class families--Kentucky--Pewee...
431 items by pioneering woman photographer Kate Matthews, of Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Best known for her photographs depicting characters in the Little Colonel series of children's books written by her friend and neighbor Annie Fellows Johnston,...
Women; Men; Spouses; Couples; Heads (Anatomy); Hairstyles; Eyes; Marriage; Relations between the sexes; Crying; Mental states; Pain
"An obsessive self-portraitist, Kahlo reveled in her distinctive features - heavy, continuous eyebrows, piercing gaze, shadowy mustache, small but ripe, cherry-red mouth, massive dark hair braided like a halo in the traditional Mexican style....
Student counselors; Problem youth--Education; Academic achievement
"If this generation of youth is lost, much of the hope for an economically, socially and technologically strong nation will also be lost." - Kuykendall, 1992 When youths become convinced that they will not be able to make it in mainstream...
"School gardens are not intended to create gardeners or farmers but to afford the growing boy or girl an opportunity for many aided developments." In the school garden the children are taught by one who can inspire them with a love not...
Paintings; Acrylic paintings; History; Political issues; Apartheid; Imperialism; Social classes; War; War casualties; Graves; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Crosses; Cemeteries; Monuments & memorials; Soldiers; Military personnel; Military...
"Terry Atkinson, like David Hockney, came from a working-class background in Yorkshire, England. However, his affiliations when he eventually moved to London were with Conceptualism rather than Pop. Whilst Conceptualism had been international...
Paintings; Acrylic paintings; History; Political issues; Apartheid; Imperialism; Social classes; War; War casualties; Graves; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Crosses; Cemeteries; Monuments & memorials; Soldiers; Vacations; Photographs;...
"Terry Atkinson, like David Hockney, came from a working-class background in Yorkshire, England. However, his affiliations when he eventually moved to London were with Conceptualism rather than Pop. Whilst Conceptualism had been international...
Diagrams; Drawings; Paintings; Acrylic paintings; History; Political issues; Apartheid; Imperialism; Social classes; War; War casualties; Graves; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Cemeteries; Monuments & memorials; Soldiers; Military personnel;...
"Terry Atkinson, like David Hockney, came from a working-class background in Yorkshire, England. However, his affiliations when he eventually moved to London were with Conceptualism rather than Pop. Whilst Conceptualism had been international...
"This is the painting Dali took to show Freud in London. It belonged formerly to Edward James." (Caption); "At Zürs […] Dali embarked on a new experiment: the composition, in French, of a 'paranoaic' poem, The Myth of Narcissus,...
"Where Do We Come From? offers a flowing composition divided into three main figure groupings set in a jungle clearing with the sea in the background. In the center a Polynesian Eve, reminiscent of Botticelli's Giuliano de' Medici in the...
"Where Do We Come From? offers a flowing composition divided into three main figure groupings set in a jungle clearing with the sea in the background. In the center a Polynesian Eve, reminiscent of Botticelli's Giuliano de' Medici in the...
"With its somewhat distant-looking quality and distinctive crown of olive leaves, this statue is most likely a memorial portrait. Although the head and body originally came from two separate statues, they are chronologically consistent. The...
A booth at the Kentucky State Fair displays information about the Department of Labor. A table and three chairs sit in front of the display. From the display, "Dept. of Labor, Edward F. Seiller. Chief. Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and...
Boys; People with disabilities; Men; Women; Log cabins
A boy dressed up with a tie walks on crutches outside a log cabin, while an old man and old woman look on from the doorway. The boy is probably Lora Thacker of Raccoon Hollow [Harlan County], Kentucky, who had been unable to stand upright until he...
A boy wearing a hospital gown sits on an iron hospital bed typing on a typewriter. A nurse, holding a glass, watches him. The boy is probably Lora Thacker of Raccoon Hollow [Harlan County], Kentucky, who had been unable to stand upright until he...
Boys; Men; Women; People with disabilities; Log cabins
A boy wearing a tie and pants with holes in the knees walks on crutches outside a log cabin, while an old man and old woman look on from the doorway. The boy is probably Lora Thacker of Raccoon Hollow [Harlan County], Kentucky, who had been unable...
A boy, in overalls and a hat, plays a tune bow outside a log cabin. A little girl stands in the doorway behind him. The stick on a tune bow is bent slightly and holds a wire fastened tight at both ends. It sounds similar to a Jew's harp....
Boys; Girls; Baskets; Bonnets; Costumes--United States; Stringed instruments; Mandolins; Guitars; Fences; American Folk Song Festival
A boy, wearing overalls with a straw hat on his knee, plays guitar while leaning on a split-rail fence with a basket at his feet. A girl, standing next to him, plays mandolin while wearing a calico dress with a bonnet hung on her arm. They are...
