In a career that spanned half a century, Caroline Durieux made her mark as a master of lithography, creating prints that chronicled the beauty and absurdity of academia, New Orleans’s famed Carnival s
As one of Currier & Ives’s leading artists, Frances ("Fanny") Bond Palmer (1812–1876) was a major lithographer whose prints found their way into homes, schools, barns, tav
Invented in the late eighteenth century, lithography introduced a new process and new opportunities for the creation and circulation of printed images. Artists, printers, and publishers embraced the n
Forest Hill boasts one of the largestnursery industries in the country, despite its tiny population. In the earlydays, the community was a summer retreat for plantation owners. The lumberindustry roll
Another instalment of the highly acclaimed "Design" series, this time looking at contemporary designer David Gentleman (b.1930). David's early training engraving designs on small boxwood blocks ensure
“Tamarind has been an informed energy, not an institution: an active expression of a yearning for creative freedom and excellence.—June Wayne, founderEagerly awaited by artists and
Founded in 1960, Tamarind Institute has had a major influence on art-making in the late twentieth century. Tamarind's mission, based on the vision of founding director June Wayne--and her 1959 proposa
