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Category Archives: Art
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
Posted in Art, Curatorial
Tagged Chipstone Foundation, Christian Elser, Furniture, music and art, musical furniture
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From the Collection–German Renaissance Mirror
Late last year, the Milwaukee Art Museum acquired a truly one-of-a-kind object: a Renaissance mirror that is on display in Gallery #2. Created around 1600 in the metalworking center of Augsburg, Germany, it demonstrates the technical skill and fantastic design … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Curatorial
Tagged German Renaissance, McElheny, mirror history, mirrors, mirrors in art
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Frank Lloyd Wright in Color
The museum’s archives contain a small but delightful collection of film and videotapes, detailing all sorts of subjects–from small films produced by the museum for various projects and exhibitions over the course of its history, to an odd yet enchanting … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Behind the Scenes, Library/Archives
Tagged architecture, archives, film archives, film stills, Frank Lloyd Wright, library
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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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From the Collection– “Meissen in Winter” by Ernst Ferdinand Oehme
Speaking of the holidays, one of my favorite paintings in the Museum Collection is Meissen in Winter by German artist Ernst Ferdinand Oehme. Oehme (pronounced EHR-ma) shows us a snowy street in the German town, with the church tower silhouetted … Continue reading
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Tagged Caspar David Friedrich, Christmas, Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, European art, genre, German Art, Holidays, painting, Romanticism
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