By Sadie Childers
I visited the High Museum of Art in Atlanta over winter break and there were a lot of really cool pieces that I wanted to research! So if you haven’t gone to the museum of art, are a regular visitor, or are thinking about going, I hoped you might enjoy seeing a couple of my favorite pieces and reading some information on them! :)
Still Life of Roses
Artist/Maker: Anna Eliza Hardy Date:1880–1895
Anna Eliza Hardy ( born January 26,1839– died December 15,1934) was a painter in a 19th century school of painters in Bangor, Maine. She was the daughter of Jeremiah Pearson Hardy, who was a famous portrait painter in Bangor. Hardy was especially known for her floral paintings, of which The Roses is one of the most well-known.
Washington Bridge, Harlem River
Artist/Maker Ernest Lawson Date ca. 1915
Ernest Lawson (born March 22, 1873 – died December 18, 1939) was a Canadian-American painter. Though Lawson was primarily a landscape painter, he also painted a small number of realistic urban scenes. Though considered an American Impressionist, Lawsons paintings are something between Impressionism and realism.
The Sea from Capri
Artist/Maker: William Stanley Date: Haseltine 1875
William Stanley Haseltine ( born June 11, 1835 – died February 3, 1900) was an American painter. He was born in Philadelphia to John Haseltine, a successful businessman, and Elizabeth Shinn Haseltine, a beginner landscape painter. Haseltine studied at Harvard University, where he received a degree in 1854.
Woodland Stream, An Idyll
Artist/Maker: Robert S. Duncanson Date: ca. 1865
Robert Seldon Duncanson ( born 1821 – died December 21, 1872) was a nineteenth century American artist of European and African ancestry known mostly for his landscape paintings. Duncanson created amazing landscape paintings!
If you want to see these art pieces and more you should go to the High Museum of Art! It is open every day except Monday and they have homeschool days, too.Thanks for reading!