Artist: William Collins (1788 - 1847)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
William Collins was taught by Morland. He specialized in landscapes and genre scenes. He was also a close friend to Wilkie, after whom he named his oldest son.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Charles Allston Collins - Wilkie Collins (1853) 1853 oil on panel The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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William Faithorne Portrait of Samuel Collins engraving 17th century
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Thomas Gainsborough - Portrait of Mrs. Collins c. 1770-1775 Oil on canvas Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami English
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Dailliard Huipil cotton 1970 - 1980
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R.J. Horner Skirt [cotton?] 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Skirt cotton? 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Huipil cotton 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Skirt cotton 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Huipil cotton 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Huipil cotton 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Skirt cotton 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Huipil cotton 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Skirt cotton? 1970 - 1980
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait of a Man Samuel Collins (British, 1735?–1768)Ivory; Oval, 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.
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William Collins - The Reluctant Departure 1815 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Dailliard Huipil cotton? and wool 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Skirt (posahvancos) cotton? 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Shawl (rebozo) cotton 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Headpiece (rodete) red wool 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Man's shirt cotton 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Skirt wool and cotton 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Skirt (enrdeo) wool 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Huipil cotton? and silk 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Sash (pretina) silk 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Skirt (enredo) cotton 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Shawl (rebozo) cotton? 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Man's pants cotton 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Huipil cotton and rayon? 1970 - 1980
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Samuel Walters - Jenny Lind Departing Liverpool aboard the Collins 1850 oil on canvas Peabody Essex Museum English
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George Howard (1773-1848), Lord Morpeth Richard Collins (British, 1755-1831)Ivory; Oval, 2 x 1 5/8 in.
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Dailliard Headdress (tlacoyatl) black wool 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Skirt (tzek) cotton and wool 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Huipil cotton circa late 19th century
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Dailliard Belt maroon, with purple border stripe wool 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Magic bracelet or necklace? (rosario) tin, wool, and cotton 1970 - 1980
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K.A. Abrokwah Necklace glass and painted beads & buttons on string 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Blouse pink, yellow, blue and green around neck cotton 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Hair cords (cordones) red with black borders cotton and wool 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Belt (foja) red with black dots on gold wool and cotton 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Five hair cords (rodete or petob) green with tasseled ends wool 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Necklace blue adn red bands and geometric pattern beads strung on cotton 1970 - 1980
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Dailliard Belt (cenidor) black stripes on red with braided tie of red, black and white wool 1970 - 1980
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K.A. Abrokwah Necklace (papelillo beads) glass beads strung on cotton (11 strands) 1970 - 1980
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James Collins The South Prospect of Hatfield House etching 18th century
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Dailliard Belt (soyate) half straw, half red with red, yellow black and white border wool, cotton and straw 1970 - 1980
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Cecil Collins - Night 1932 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Mary Susan Collins - Primrose 1929 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Burgess Collins - A Panic That Can Still Come Upon Me: Salvages II 1963-72 oil on canvas over o Des Moines Art Center American
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Ruth Collins, American Sampler United States, Rhode Island, late 18th century Linen plain weave embroidered
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Samuel William Reynolds, Senior William, Youngest Son of Lord William Russell Mezzotint 18th - 19th century
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William Faithorne The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) Book with 9 etchings with engraving 1662
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William Henry Watt William Lourdsworth 19th century
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William Page - Mrs. William Page 1860-61 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Arthur William Devis - The Hon. William Monson and His Wife, Ann Debonnaire c. 1786 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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Attributed to Master of Alkmaar, Dutch, active about 1504-1540 Christ Before Pilate and Christ as
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William Nicholson London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) book with color plates 1898
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Marked by William Williamson II, free 1740 Engraved by Daniel Pomarede, worked 1744-1761 Punch Bowl
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William Page - Colonel William Leete Stone 1839 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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William Nicholson An Almanac of Twelve Sports (London: William Heinemann, 1898) book with color plates 1898
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William Bagdatopoulos - Dr. William Henry Holmes 1929 oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum American
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William Nicholson The Tower, third plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson Hammersmith, fifth plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson Kensington, second plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson Any Bar, twelfth plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Merritt Chase - Portrait of President William Waugh Smith 1907 oil on canvas The Maier Museum of Art American
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Alphonse Nichol-Michel Mandevare Male figure Earthenware 1200 - 1400
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Adriaen Pynacker William of Orange (William III) Commemorative Plate polychrome tin - glazed earthenware 1690
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William Hancock Wilke William Andrew Clark, Jr. Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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William Nicholson The Horse Guards, first plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson Any Corner, eleventh plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson Rotten Row, sixth plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson The City, ninth plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Faithorne Hot to Guide Your Needles..., plate 4 opposite page 12 in the book The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) etching with engraving 1662
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William Faithorne Hot to Choose Your Needles..., plate 3 opposite page 10 in te book The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) etching with engraving 1662
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William Faithorne How to Dry or Harden the Varnish..., plate 2 opposite page 9 in the book The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) etching with engraving 1662
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William Faithorne How to Use the Oval Points..., plate 5 opposite page 15 in the book The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) etching with engraving 1662
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Center for Fine Art Photography: Call for Artists: Intimate Floral - Photography
Submission by slides and CD images. Details and entry at: www.c4fap.org. Deadline: March 19. Additionally, entries are being accepted for The Essence of Self Portraiture exhibition. Deadline May 2. The...
Site Gallery: Transporting Skies: New Work by Susan Collins
Visitors to Site Gallery, Sheffield may find themselves beamed to Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance, and vice versa. The work makes it possible for visitors to both galleries to become active participants in the realisation of the work, embodied as liv...
Cape Cod Museum of Fine Arts: Experiment and Mastery: Jan Collins Selman
>a href=http://www.jancollinsselman.com>Jan Collins Selmans Expressionistic landscape paintings have won her a place in the permanent collections of three Massachusetts museums: Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Duxbury Art Museum Complex, and Prov...
Center for Fine Art Photography: Call for Artists: 2005 International Exhibition
Awards include:
$2,000 to Best of Show &
Cover of ShowCaseTM December Issue
Solo Show Award
Director's Award
Selected works by 10 - 15 artists will be
included in ShowCase Publication
Inclusion in the 2005 Exhib...
Galerie Sollertis: Hannah Collins: InnerViews
"This exhibiton will exhibit some of my recent images which are concerned with the temporal nature of our relationship to inner space, both mental and physical and its ability to reflect and question surrounding physical and social structures. All...
University of Essex Art Gallery: Gorgeously Repulsive: Charlotte Bernstein, Simon Collins, Angela Edmonds, Daniel Lehan, Prudence Emma Staite, Kate Sully
Artist Prudence Emma Staite who recently created works for the Dali Universe, will craft a site-specific chocolate room that can be interacted with and consumed. Angela Edmondsí recreates her humorous 1994 work Sweet Tooth - a chocolate cak...
First Street Gallery: Perception and Memory: Mary K. Connelly
Photographs of the artist's parents are referenced in the compositions epitomizing the mixed messages of the post-World War II era and the promise of the American Dream.  Below the surface appearance of happiness and prosperity lie the darker trut...
Center for Fine Art Photography: Call for Artists: On the Road
Awards include: Solo Show
Best of Show
Director's Selection
Monetary - up to $1,500
Inclusion in the Center's Online Gallery for 12 months
Inclusion in the Center's annual Artists' ShowCase Collection CD, distributed...
Irish Museum of Modern Art: The Unblinking Eye: Lens-based Art from the Collection
The Unblinking Eye comprises approximately 40 works, and draws on a wide range of practices, all of which incorporate the camera to make artworks of great diversity and technique.  Works range from photoworks which document performances by artists...
Center for Fine Art Photography: Call for Artists: On the Road
Awards include: 1) $1,000 in awards, 2) Best of Show, 3) Feature Artist in the February 2006 issue of Artists' ShowCase, 4) the selected works of approximately eight additional exhibitors will also be included in the print edition of Artists' Show...
Cafe Gallery Project: Story Telling Narrative Paintings by Debbie Lee
It seemed already the vision of an undying child, endowed with an awkward grace that was utterly compelling. Could she hold onto that raw creativity even in mature adulthoodNULL
- Timothy Hyman Debbie Lee graduated with a first class...
Royal College of Art: The 20th Century British Art Fair
It is the only fair to cover British art from 1900 to the present day and for five days, under one roof, art lovers can enjoy and marvel at the talent and diversity of painting, sculpture, photography and ceramics which incorporate 20th Century Briti...
Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center: Apple TART: Virtual Tart meets the Big Apple Sponsored by Visual Arts League
Through having their work on the Virtual TART site they have hit the world. Dale Copeland has packed some of everyones artwork into 4 big suitcases and brought it to New York. Complete with photos of the a...
Bell-Roberts Art Gallery: Guy Tillim: Departure -  Photographic Exhibition and Book Launch
His photographs also formed the basis of the exhibition and book Amulets and Dreams: War Youth and Changing Africa (Pretoria) 2002 which was exhibited at the launch of African Union, Durban, July 2002. More recently he was selected, among 100 phot...
Bolton Museum and Art Gallery: Celebrating Boxes: An Amazing Array of Beautifully Made Boxes
Exquisite workmanship is only a starting point as the designers let you into their world, sharing their thoughts, desires and aspirations. From the lasting appeal of the classically designed jewellery box to the modern wooden hinged chest, the wid...
Schumacher Gallery, Capital University: African-American Artists of Central Ohio
The exhibit is co-curated by David Barker and includes artwork by Ron Anderson, Talle Bamazi, Garner Chapman, Larry Collins, Ed Colston, Jenita Landerum-Bittles, Bruce Robinson, Melissa Smith, Pheoris West, and Beverly Whiteside. “African-...
Collins Gallery: Designs Drawings & Processes: John K Clark, Glasspainter
Little however, is ever revealed about the techniques and processes involved and this is a unique opportunity to examine the evolution of some of the most technically complex stained glass ever created.
Center for Fine Art Photography: Call for Artists: Two Exhibitions - Landscapes of Desire - Intimate Floral
1 - Submissions Due February 2, 2005 Landscapes of Desire - Call for Entries - Awards include $1,500 Best of Show, a Solo Exhibition, Guaranteed Purchase Award. Submission by slides and CD images. Details and entry at www.c4fap.org. Also, en...
Cambridge Galleries: Translinear: 12 Canadian Artists
The concise premise of the exhibition is that painting has a particular visual language and that paintings exist to generate a state of awareness or understanding on the part of the viewer which is not limited by context, time or place. By bringin...
Center of Contemporary Art: 'The Middle Way: Christchurch Meets Bangkok, Bangkok Meets Christchurch
'The Middle Way' in Thai Buddhist terms means: "Travelling the middle way, refuting the extremes and having tolerance for others" and for New Zealand/European artists this could mean, finding 'a type of middle ground'. The Thai artists invol...
National Portrait Gallery: Gemma Levine: Portrait Photographer 25 years
Politics is represented by Baroness Thatcher and Tony Blair, Philosophy by Sir Isiah Berlin, Art by Elizabeth Frink, David Hockney and Henry Moore, Theatre by Dame Judi Dench, Sir John Gielgud and Sir Nigel Hawthorne. Other si...
Miami Modernism: Miami Modernism
For more information or to order Gala Preview Tickets call (248) 334-9660 or (305) 861-0108, or email: jcaussin@aol.com As the review of last year's show in Antiques and the Arts Weekly put it, MIAMI MODERNISM is a boffo production!...
Springfield Museum of Art: Ohio Art League 93rd Annual Spring Juried Exhibition: Ohio's Premiere Contemporary Artists
The Ohio Art League exhibition will include work in any visual medium, traditional to non-traditional. Seven artists will be recognized with awards of merit, ranging from $50 to $1000, including a purchase award for the permanent collection of the...
Contemporary Arts Center: Somewhere Better Than This Place: Alternative Social Experience in the Spaces of Contemporary Art
Such recognized contemporary artists as Vanessa Beecroft, Janet Cardiff and Yinka Shonibare will be featured alongside established and emerging artists from the Americas, Cuba, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The largest exhibition presented in ...
Tullie House Museum and Art Services: Stranger than Fiction: Photographs, Video and Film by Artists Living in Britian
Jananne Al-Ani explores Western perceptions of women in the Middle East; Zineb Sedira's triptych of life sized veiled figures confounds common prejudices about veiled women. The self is a readily available subject for art investigating identity...
Victoria and Albert Museum: Seeing Things: Photographing Objects 1850-2001
It features many of the greatest practitioners of photography, including Julia Margaret Cameron, Eugene Atget, Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Eggleston, Helen Chadwick as well as prominent younger photographers. Natural Things ...
PS1 Contemporary Art Center: Uniform: Order and Disorder
The artists: Adel Abdessemed, Matthew Barney, Vanessa Beecroft, Lina Bertucci, Joseph Beuys, Alighiero Boetti, Chris Burden, Maurizio Ca...
Tullie House Museum and Art Services: Celebrating Boxes: Art Boxes from Around the World
The idea of an international box exhibition had been a seed in the back of Peter Lloyd’s mind for a long time, and grew out of a strong sense of curiosity about what was happening elsewhere. Box-makers are fairly thin on the ground in Britai...
Colville Place Gallery: Kerry John Andrews
As an inter-disciplinary digital artist and composer, Andrews current practice is focused upon constructing work that has no single medium, but transfers ideas across forms and languages, creating pieces that reside outside their physical forms...
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum: Chair Show 4 and Sitting Pretty: Contemporary Wisconsin Chairs
In honor of this most affable and universal of furniture pieces, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, presents The Chair Show 4 and Sitting Pretty: Contemporary Wisconsin Chairs from February 2 – April 7, 2002. The exhibitions feature the ...

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