Artist Tom Killion was born in Mill Valley, California. The area, Marin County and northern California, was rugged and inspired Killion from an early age to represent those places in his art, mainly by using linoleum and wood prints. He was strongly influenced by the traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e style of Hokusai and Hiroshige. Killion earned… Read more »
Collection
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Great Republic Gold and Silver Mining Company Bond Fifty Pounds Sterling #1537, 1867
Great Republic Gold and Silver Mining Company Bond Fifty Pounds Sterling #1537, 1867 Artist N/A Print, 20 x 17 inches Located on the 3rd floor, faculty hallway This is an original bond from 1867 complete with coupons. The unusualness / significance behind this bond is that it is printed for U.S. mine, but denominated in… Read more »
La Leçon de Lecture
La Leçon de Lecture Marcel Jacque Etching, 20.5 x 17 inches Located on the 3rd floor, faculty hallway
Marcel Jacque
Marcel Jacque (French, 1906-1981) worked closely with the Barbizon school of artists, studying under Theodore Rousseau for several years. The Barbizon school was part of a movement towards Realism which was an effort to depict everyday subjects and situations in high detail, as is visible in the etching, La Leçon de Lecture.
The Butterfly Woos the Blossom, 1975
The Butterfly Woos the Blossom, 1975 Herbert Lewis Fink Print on paper, 24 x 27.5 inches Located on the 3rd floor, faculty hallway
Herbert Lewis Fink
Herbert Lewis Fink (1921-2006) was a painter, printmaker, and educator born in Providence, Rhode Island. Fink studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and earned his BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1949. He later earned his MFA from Yale University. He taught courses at both of his alma maters and also… Read more »
Portrait with Boogums and Moose (the dog), 1980
Portrait with Boogums and Moose (the dog), 1980 Abigail Rorer Lithograph, 17 x 19.5 inches Located on 3rd floor, faculty hallway Note: this item is an artist’s proof
Abigail Rorer
Abigail Rorer (b. 1949) was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania and studied printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design. Following her graduation, Rorer worked as an illustrator for a number of commercial presses and publishing houses, illustrating works for many authors including Henry David Thoreau. In 1989, Rorer founded The Lone Oak Press saying that… Read more »
Untitled Silk Painting (Unknown Artist)
Untitled Silk Painting Artist Unknown Painting on silk, 53.25 x 22.75 inches Located in the 4th floor faculty office area
Wings over Water
Wings over Water Martha Sherman Fabric, applique, 55.25 x 29.5 inches Located on the 4th floor, south hallway