General interest
Village of Olinda: Focus on nature glosses over slavery’s reality
One of the paintings that interests me most in the Chazen collection is Village of Olinda, Brazil by the Dutch artist Frans Jansz. Post. In […]
Water Carriers Symbolize Spain in American Imagination
In August, the Chazen acquired a number of exciting new artworks. Today, I want to highlight this painting by Robert Frederick Blum. Toledo Water-Carrier was […]
All-American Schreiner was model for Curry’s Forward Pass
It’s football season! John Steuart Curry, UW-Madison’s first artist-in-residence, painted this composition, originally titled Forward Pass, for Abbott Laboratories to use as a magazine cover […]
Napoleon Sarony, America’s first celebrity photographer
Long before you could follow your favorite celebrities on social media, Americans collected photographs of them. Napoleon Sarony became arguably the first celebrity photographer. He […]
Carl G. Hill Lithograph Celebrates Unions
Monday, September 5, 2022, is Labor Day, which recognizes the American labor movement and contributions of America’s workers to the United States. Labor Day became […]
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Stories From Before the First Fifty
The Father of the Elvehjem
Stories From Before the First Fifty Years Art History Professor James Watrous left his mark on the UW campus in myriad ways, as a student, […]
A Different Kind of Border Wall
Stories From Before the First Fifty Years Wisconsin students quickly transformed the construction site of the Elvehjem Art Center into a public commentary on life […]
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