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Portrait of Yarrow Mamout (Muhammad Yaro), 1819. Charles Willson Peale, American, 1741 - 1827. Oil on canvas. 24 x 20 inches (61 x 50.8 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art Deaccessions Nine Paintings to Acquire Rare Early 19th Century Portrait of an African American by Charles Willson Peale
Release Date: 24 October 2011
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has acquired the painting Yarrow Mamout, 1819, an exceptionally rare portrait of an African-American by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), one of the most renowned American artists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Depicting an aged man who had been ...

Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) Woman Standing, Holding a Fan, 1878–79. Distemper with metallic paint on canvas. Acquisition in honor of Ruth Carter Stevenson and the 50th Anniversary of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art with funds provided by Anne T. and Robert M. Bass, The Walton Family Foundation, and the Council of the Amon Carter, Museum of American Art Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas 2011.20.

Amon Carter Museum of American Art Announces Major 50th Anniversary Acquisition by Mary Cassatt
Release Date: 24 October 2011
To mark its 50th Anniversary, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces that it has acquired an important painting by Mary Cassatt, Woman Standing, Holding a Fan, created in 1878–79. The work is one of only two known canvases painted by the artist almost entirely in the medium of ...

Platter, earthenware with blue printed design depicting the Arms of the State of Delaware, made by Thomas Mayer, Staffordshire, 1826-30, l.16½ in, w. 13 in. Courtesy Winterthur Museum. Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont. 1958.1847.

Winterthur joins the Transferware Collectors Club and Historic New England in launching Patriotic America, new Online Exhibition
Release Date: 24 October 2011
Winterthur announces the launch of Patriotic America, a free interactive online exhibition. Winterthur, the Transferware Collectors Club, and Historic New England have joined forces to develop this new online exhibition, which will be launched on October 23, 2011. Patriotic America will serve as ...

Bill Traylor, Mule and Plow, c. 1939–42. Poster paint and ink on cardboard. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Collection of Didi and David Barrett ‘71, 2011.64. Photo: Harvard Art Museums, © 2011 President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Harvard Art Museums Receive Gift of Outsider Art from Didi and David Barrett
Release Date: 24 October 2011
The Harvard Art Museums announce a gift of 38 drawings, paintings, and sculpture from Didi and David Barrett’s 20th-century American Collection of Self-Taught, Folk, and Outsider Art. The gift comprises works by 24 American “outsider” artists, mostly from the 1930s through the 1990s. Among ...

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	Gil Elvgren dominates in $3.725+ million Illustration Art event at Heritage Auctions as Fire Belle (Always Ready) brings $191,200 Release Date: 24 October 2011 Howard Chandler Christy’s Nymphs in Summer sells for $179,250, sets record for artist; Alberto Vargas, Jessie Willcox-Smith, Edward Runci all perform well in Oct. 22 New York auction. Gil Elvgren remains the unchallenged champion of American Pin-Up Art, as evidenced by the $191,200 price ... Read more

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