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The Layton Art Collection: 1888-2013, Part 2
Last month, I wrote about the first part of the exhibition The Layton Art Collection: 1888-2013. I introduced the great Milwaukee businessman and art patron Frederick Layton, and touched upon the founding of the Layton Art Gallery. The first section … Continue reading
The Layton Art Collection: 1888-2013, Part 1
As you may know from reading Chelsea Kelly’s last blog post, the Milwaukee Art Museum is celebrating its 125th anniversary–-commemorating the big year with three exhibitions. The Layton Art Collection: 1888-2013 is the Chipstone Foundation’s contribution to this great celebration. … Continue reading
From the Chipstone Collection–Presentation Jug
Among the Chipstone Foundation’s fine collection of early English pottery stands an startlingly oversized curiosity: what appears to be a 30-inch ironstone tall milk jug, or pitcher. Adorned with rich copper lustre ornamentation and hand-painted flowers, this monumentally scaled object … Continue reading
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Tagged Chipstone Foundation, Jug, pottery, presentation jug
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Musical Furniture
Based on my title for this blog post you might expect this to be about music boxes, or perhaps creative studio art pieces that sing when you sit on them, or even some sort of game derived from musical chairs. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chipstone Foundation, Christian Elser, Furniture, music and art, musical furniture
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Chipstone’s Resident Biophysicist: Professor Temple Burling, Part 2
The Chipstone Foundation’s previous post introduced you to Temple Burling, our resident biophysicist. This post continues his story as he recounts his experience with a blue and white teabowl in Chipstone’s collection. At the end of my last post, I … Continue reading
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Tagged art, biology, biophysics, Chipstone, history of porcelain, porcelain, science, science and art, tea bowl
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