Tar Beach
Tar Beach Faith Ringgold 1988 Quilt with acrylic on canvas Background Information Faith Ringgold (b. 1930) is an artist from New York City. Raised in Harlem, she worked as a public school teacher and college instructor, and has also written and illustrated children’s books. Tar Beach is a story quilt that shows the fantasies […]
Family Group
Family Group Henry Moore 1948-9 Bronze sculpture Background Information Henry Moore (1898-1986) is an English sculpture and artist known for his semi-abstract bronze sculpture. Family Group was Moore’s first large-scale bronze; before he worked mostly in wood and stone. Casts of Family Group are on grounds of a school in England, the Tate Museum […]
An Iñupiat family from Noatak, Alaska
An Iñupiat family from Noatak, Alaska Edward S. Curtis Photograph 1929 Background Information Edward Curtis (1868-1952) was an American ethnologist and photographer of the American West and Native American people. His black and white photograph features an Iñupiat Inuit family from a traditional hunter-gatherer culture in Northern Alaska. From 1907 to 1930, Curtis created […]
Las Meninas
Las Meninas Diego Velasquez 1656 oil (318 x 276 cm) Background Information In Las Meninas, La Infanta Margarita, the Spanish princess, is surrounded by her governess and ladies in waiting (las meninas) and attendants in Madrid’s Alcazar Palace. At the back wall, there is a mirror where you can see a reflection of her […]