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The Golden Age of Magic Posters

January 23, 2020 - Eric Colleary

The turn of the twentieth century was a period of innovation, when advances in printing and color lithography coincided with a new golden age in the performance of magic and illusion. This convergence resulted in the most stunning, color-saturated advertisements in the history of magic. [Read more…] about The Golden Age of Magic Posters

Filed Under: Art, Digital Collections, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Harry Houdini, lithography, Magic, posters, Stories to Tell

In the Galleries: Elizabeth Olds’s quest for honest American art

March 15, 2017 - Marissa Kessenich

Elizabeth Olds (American, 1896–1991). Miners. WPA Proof, 1937. 34 x 46.5 cm. Silkscreen and lithography. Art collection, Gift of Dr. Emmett L. and Mary Hudspeth.

Elizabeth Olds (1896–1991) was the first woman visual artist to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1926 to advance her study of portraiture. [Read more…] about In the Galleries: Elizabeth Olds’s quest for honest American art

Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + Events Tagged With: 1939 AD, Elizabeth Olds, Federal Arts Project, Flop House, Great Depression, Guggenheim, José Clemente Orozco, lithography, Omaha World Tribune, Roosevelt, Salvation Army Shelter, satire, social realism, visual art

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