14Jul2020

National Culinary Arts Month~ July 14

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Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

1880–81 / Oil on canvas / 69 1/10″x51 1/4″ / The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

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14Jul2020

National Park & Recreation Month~ July 14

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Lieutenant Colonel Charles Young: First Black U.S. National Park Superintendent

1916 / Photograph from glass negative / Various collections, including the
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH

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13Jul2020

National Culinary Arts Month~ July 13

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Game Pie Dish by Minton’s Pottery and Porcelain Factory

1877 / Lead-glazed earthenware / 7 3/4″x15 5/8″x11 3/4″ / Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN

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13Jul2020

National Park & Recreation Month~ July 13

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Enos Abijah Mills: Father of Rocky Mountain National Park

Photograph from Denver Public Library Special Collections & Archives

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12Jul2020

National Culinary Arts Month~ July 12

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The Twelfth Month: Making Mochi Cakes by Utagawa Kunisada
(Third Panel of Triptych)

1854 / Polychrome woodblock triptych / 14 15/16″x30 1/8″
Various collections, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

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12Jul2020

National Park & Recreation Month~ July 12

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Zion Valley by Thomas Moran

c.1900 / Watercolor on paper / 8 7/16″x5 7/8″
Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Tulsa, OK

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11Jul2020

National Culinary Arts Month~ July 11

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Woman Baking Pancakes by Adriaan de Lelie

Between 1790 and 1810 / Oil on panel / 20 3/5″x16 1/2″ / Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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11Jul2020

National Park & Recreation Month~ July 11

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A Yellowstone Geyser
by Grafton Tyler Brown

1887 / Oil on canvas / 28″x11″
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

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10Jul2020

National Culinary Arts Month~ July 10

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Ebisu God Cooking a Red Snapper by Kitagawa Utamaro

18th century / Woodblock print; ink and color on paper / 14 15/16″x10 3/8″
Various collections, including Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

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10Jul2020

National Park & Recreation Month~ July 10

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Lower Falls of the Yellowstone by John Henry Twachtman

c.1895 / Oil on canvas / 30″x30″
Promised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

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