November 8, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Cataloging, Digital Collections, Research + TeachingDigitized access to Frank Reaugh art collection allows viewers to peer beneath the frames A new digitization project provides unprecedented access to the entire Frank Reaugh art collection at the Ransom Center. A one-year, grant-funded project to digitize, catalog, and process the collection is complete, and the collection is accessible via the Center’s new digital collections website. The online resource includes images of the… read more
November 4, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsRansom Center’s Nuremberg Chronicle on view at the Blanton Museum A copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle from the Ransom Center’s collections is on view at The University of Texas at Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art as part of the exhibition Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475–1540. The exhibition, organized by the National Gallery of Art in Washington with… read more
October 31, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Authors, Books + ManuscriptsWilliam Makepeace Thackeray’s chorus of witches Although best known for his 1848 novel Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray was not always a writer. After college and a brief stint studying law, he moved to Paris to try his hand as a painter. Gambling and unsuccessful business ventures decimated his inherited fortune, however, and Thackeray was forced… read more
