Minnehaha Falls and Romantic Landscape Painting in America

Originally known as Brown’s Falls, Minnehaha Falls became famous in the mid nineteenth-century. Inspired by the poetry and art of the first explorers to Minnesota, artists from the east toured the Mississippi River. It acquired national, even world, fame thanks to the...

Minnesota Natives and Immigrant Artists

Early Minnesota Artists Minnesota Natives and Immigrant Artists The humble beginnings of art in Minnesota involved interactions between several particular groupings of people. This was apparent in why individuals came to the area, where they stayed, and what they...

Artist Allan Houser and the Start of Experimental Indigenous Art

Artist Allan Houser and the Start of Experimental Indigenous Art The Studio was the first Native American painting program (1932), held at the Santa Fe Indian School, New Mexico. The class did not discuss art theory, art history, and modern art movements. Prior to the...

Milton Avery: Simple Subjects in Complex Colors

Milton Avery Simple Subjects in Complex Colors Thought of as the American Matisse, Milton Avery built a legacy that was recognized during his life by other artists and the modern art community. Why then did he not acquire much profit from his work, and why was his...

The Rapid Painting Agility of Emile Gruppé

Emile Gruppe The Rapid Agility of Painter Emile Gruppe Emile Gruppé is highly respected by critics, honored and prolific as a plein air painter and the son of Charles Paul Gruppé. He is well-known for Impressionistic paintings of the landscape and marine scenes of New...

Preserving Art: Art Restoration and Conservation in Minnesota

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Preserving Art Art Restoration and Conservation in Minnesota Embracing the knowledge and practices of both art and science, conservationists meticulously work to recover art to an original or near-original state. Conservation...

Charles Biederman

Charles Biederman: The Structure of Nature in Non-Literal Art In the tradition of painting, artists had recorded or imitated the beauty of nature upon canvas and board. With the invention of photography, the physical world could become an image in a near instant....

Hugh Kappel and the New Center of the Art World

Artist Hugh Kappel American Expressionism Have you ever heard of the artist Hugh Kappel? Unless you have made a visit to the Hiro gallery, you may not be familiar with his work, justifiably for the sake of his absence in surveys of art history. As New York was gaining...

Minneapolis Through the Art of Alexis Jean Fournier

The Art of Alexis Jean Fournier Minneapolis residents are have come to love the iconic Stone Arch Bridge overlooking the St. Anthony Falls, drive past Lowry Hill and relax on their stroll around Lake Harriet. These landmarks have been enjoyed by...