The Christening of Asa Thompson by Dennis Cusick
1821 / Watercolor / 6 3/4″x7 1/3″ / National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC
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National Native American Heritage Month~ November 1
Iroquois Mythological Giant Hunter Holding Weapons,
with a Deer and Bear under His Belt by David Cusick
c.1827 / Watercolor, brown ink, and brown gouache over graphite on beige paper, laid on canvas
15 1/4”x11 7/8” / New-York Historical Society, NY, NY
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National Arts and Humanities Month~ October 31
Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale by Max Ernst
1924 / Oil with painted wood elements and cut-and-pasted printed paper on wood with wood frame
27 1/2″x22 1/2″x4 1/2″ / Museum of Modern Art, NYC
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National Arts and Humanities Month~ October 26
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things,
but their inward significance.” ~Aristotle
Aristotle with a Bust of Homer by Rembrandt
1653 / Oil on canvas / 56 1/2″x53 3/4″ / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
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National Arts and Humanities Month~ October 23
Books with Fore-Edge Paintings by Cesare Vecellio
16th century / From the Renaissance Library of the Pillone Family,
these particular volumes are now housed at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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National Arts and Humanities Month~ October 22
Portrait of Yaya by James “Yaya” Hough
2015 / Acrylic on parachute cloth / 60″x35 1/2″x6″ / Collection Russell Craig
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November 21, 2019: James ‘Yaya’ Hough Named Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Artist-in-Residence
https://medium.com/philadelphia-justice/james-yaya-hough-named-philadelphia-dao-artist-in-residence-3da490b7ae21
National Arts and Humanities Month~ October 20
FAKE by Wayne White
2017 / Acrylic on Vintage offset lithograph / 21″x26″ / Private collection
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National Arts and Humanities Month~ October 19
Allegory of Hope by Alessandro Turchi
c.1617 / Oil on canvas / 81 1/8″x44″ / Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
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National Arts and Humanities Month~ October 18
Rocky Landscape in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains
by Caspar David Friedrich
1822/1823 / Oil on canvas / 37″x29″ / Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
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National Arts and Humanities Month~ October 17
The Marvelous Sauce by Jehan Georges Vibert
c.1890 / Oil on wood panel / 25 3/16″x31 15/16″ / Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
The Misty Miss Christy 