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Julien Hudson, 1811-1844 American. Creole Boy With A Moth, 1835, oil on canvas, courtesy of a private collection; photo courtesy of Fodera Fine Art Conservation, Ltd. First Retrospective of Early African American Artist Julien Hudson at Worcester Art Museum
ArtfixDaily Staff - December 14th, 2011 03:11
A groundbreaking exhibition opened Dec. 9 at the Worcester Art Museum entitled “In Search of Julien Hudson: Free Artist of Color in Pre-Civil War New Orleans.” Julien Hudson (1811-1844) is the second-earliest documented portrait painter of African descent to work in the United States. Little-known today, Hudson died an untimely, somewhat mysterious death, and only fragments of his oeuvre survive to tell his story.

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Star Spangled Banner Quilt
The recently-launched AmericanaWeek.com website that bills itself as the "Gateway to Americana Week in New York" yesterday launched a 12-part series celebrating American art and the ...
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Attributed to Duncan Phyfe, Card Table, ca. 1820. Rosewood and satinwood veneers, mahogany, gilded gesso and vert antique, gilded brass; secondary woods: yellow poplar, white pine. 29 x 36 x 17–3/8 in. The Brant Foundation, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut. Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York
December 20, 2011 - May 6, 2012
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York
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NYC20 SET TO DEBUT WITH FORTY 1stdibs DEALERS APRIL 12-15 2012, AT TENT AT LINCOLN CENTER, DAMROSCH PARK ON NEW YORK'S UPPER WEST SIDE DOLPHIN PROMOTIONS TO PRESENT INAUGURAL NEW YORK 20th CENTURY ART AND DESIGN FAIR (NYC20); 1stdibs TO SPONSOR
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1stdibs and Dolphin Promotions will join forces to present the inaugural New York 20th Century Art and Design Fair (NYC20), which opens on April 12-15, 2012, at the Tent at Lincoln Center in Damrosch Park, on New York's Upper West Side, it was announced by Rosemary Krieger, president of Dolphin ...

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