As artists like Georges Seurat and Claude Monet were capturing the refinement of European gardens in quick brushstrokes, so did American Impressionists like Childe Hassam and William Merritt Chase turn to the cultivated landscapes around them for inspiration.
William Merritt Chase
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Thrills, Fantasy, and Nightmares in 150 Years of Art Inspired by Coney Island
Coney Island has a history as dizzying as any of the roller coasters, carousels, sideshows, and other frenetic attractions that have operated on its piece of Brooklyn shore.
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A Guide to the 19th-Century Artists’ Graves of New York City
Cemeteries are like indexes of a city’s history, listing the names of its deceased from famous to forgotten in an endless litany.
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New York’s Little-Known Collection of American Artist Palettes
Started in 1871 as an artist sketch club, the Salmagundi Club continues to operate out of the last surviving lower Fifth Avenue brownstone in Manhattan.
