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Letters Reveal Beauford Delaney and Palmer Hayden’s Lifelong Friendship
handwritten letter in blue ink and cursive from an artist to his brother

Letters Reveal Beauford Delaney and Palmer Hayden’s Lifelong Friendship

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Digitized Artist Letters Reveal Maxfield Parrish’s Self-Doubt (and More)
letter written by maxfield parrish

Digitized Artist Letters Reveal Maxfield Parrish’s Self-Doubt (and More)

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Learn about the museum’s newly digitized Artist Letters and Manuscripts collection.

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Rare Books and Artist Letters Inspired by In American Waters
image of a kiosk of rare books inspired by In American Waters; image of a kiosk of rare books inspired by In American Waters; found in the Crystal Bridges Library collection

Rare Books and Artist Letters Inspired by In American Waters

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Library Displays Pop Art Materials
Roy Lichtenstein, Popeye

Library Displays Pop Art Materials

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Now through July 31, 2017, Crystal Bridges is hosting a focus exhibition on the work of Roy Lichtenstein. The exhibition, featuring five works from the artist’ early career in the…
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Borders and Books: Crystal Bridges Library display illuminates the history of the US-Mexico boundary
1827 map of Mexico, Upper California, and Texas

Borders and Books: Crystal Bridges Library display illuminates the history of the US-Mexico boundary

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Mexico and the United States have a long paradoxical history together, characterized by territorial exchange and war, but also cooperation and peace. Following the theme of Border Cantos, the Crystal…
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Dance in Crystal Bridges Rare Books
An etching by Troy Kinney, from his book The Etchings of Troy Kinney, 1929.

Dance in Crystal Bridges Rare Books

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Now through January 16, 2017, Crystal Bridges is hosting the Art of American Dance, a traveling exhibition that explores the interaction between dance and visual art.  In today's post, Jon…
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A Wyeth Family Reunion in Crystal Bridges' Galleries
Tree lined creek way leading to glass building

A Wyeth Family Reunion in Crystal Bridges' Galleries

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"In 1911, the publishing house of Charles Scribner's Sons engaged Wyeth to illustrate Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, his first commission in Scribner's popular series of classic stories. The 17 paintings…
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Scholarship at Crystal Bridges: A Tyson Scholar's Perspective
Amy Torbert, Tyson Scholar

Scholarship at Crystal Bridges: A Tyson Scholar's Perspective

Art & Collection Library Nature & Outdoor

Tyson Scholar Amy Torbert is a little more than half way through her nine-month research residency at Crystal Bridges. For today’s post, she takes time off from her dissertation to offer an…

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Everett Shinn
Everett Shinn, A French Music Hall

Everett Shinn

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Today is the birthday of Everett Shinn (1876 – 1953), a member of the Ashcan School of painting spearheaded by Robert Henri. Shinn is best known for his paintings of…
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An Introduction to Crystal Bridges' Archives
Valerie Sallis

An Introduction to Crystal Bridges' Archives

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Today is National Ask an Archivist Day!  So we thought we’d ask Crystal Bridges’ Archivist and Cataloger, Valerie Sallis, to provide some information about archives in general and the growing Crystal…

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Cleaning the Fish
Samuel Kilbourne, After: January 2014

Cleaning the Fish

Art & Collection Exhibitions Library Nature & Outdoor

Fish Stories is a temporary exhibition featuring 20 color prints from Game Fishes of the United States, 1879 -1880, illustrated by Samuel A. Kilbourne (1836-1881), which is in the collection of the…

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Haggadahs for Passover from the Museum Library
A Passover Haggadah 

Haggadahs for Passover from the Museum Library

Art & Collection Library
Saturday, April 4, begins the celebration of Passover.  We encourage your to visit the Museum Library and view one of the several Haggadahs including one of the most stunning modern…
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Josef Albers
Josef Albers

Josef Albers

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Interaction of Color includes a number of color plates that demonstrate the points Albers makes in his lessons.  He also encouraged students to collect swatches of colored paper to experiment…

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Library Periodicals
The Art Newspaper (cover)

Library Periodicals

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Working at Crystal Bridges, it is indeed a privilege to be surrounded by such natural beauty and great works of art.  Every day, we are given the opportunity to learn…

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John James Audubon, Part 1
John James Audubon

John James Audubon, Part 1

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In September, Crystal Bridges will exhibit an oil painting by John James Audubon, created in 1826 while the artist was in Edinburgh, Scotland.  The painting depicts a family of wild…
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Asher B. Durand's "Kindred Spirits"
Two men standing on bluff in the mountains over looking a creek at the bottom of a ravine.

Asher B. Durand's "Kindred Spirits"

Art & Collection Library

Durand was among the co-founders of the New York Drawing Association (later the National Academy of Design), and served as president of the institution for 16 years, beginning in 1845.…

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The Portfolios of Frank Lloyd Wright
Sijistan House for John Nesbit

The Portfolios of Frank Lloyd Wright

Architecture Library Volunteer Spotlight

Today’s post is brought to you by guest blogger Kirk Dandridge, Jr., MD.  Kirk is a retired surgeon and a current architecture buff and volunteer in Crystal Bridges’ Library.  In…

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Celebrating Holiday Illustrations
The Illuminated Christian Year

Celebrating Holiday Illustrations

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I am often surprised to run across lovely illustrations of the holiday season in books and other Crystal Bridges’ library materials.  On the other hand, it really isn’t that unusual…

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Karl Bodmer’s Adventures During the 1833/34 Upper-Missouri Expedition, Part I
Karl Bodmer The Steamer Yellow Stone on the 19th April 1833

Karl Bodmer’s Adventures During the 1833/34 Upper-Missouri Expedition, Part I

Art & Collection Exhibitions Library

Part I:  The Trip Out One of the most recent changes in Crystal Bridges’ Early Nineteenth-Century Gallery is the new exhibition of Karl Bodmer’s hand-colored aquatint prints. While the previous…

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Birds, Part IV: Young Birds in the Crystal Bridges Library
The Hen. The Child's Illustrated Book of Natural History.

Birds, Part IV: Young Birds in the Crystal Bridges Library

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Another truly charming genre in our nineteenth-century American color plate collection is children’s books. Bird, mammal, and reptile illustrations in children’s books were a method of natural history instruction. For…
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