James Glisson

Verso

Posted on Oct. 18, 2017
The exhibition “Frederick Hammersley: To Paint without Thinking” runs from Oct. 21, 2017, to Jan. 22, 2018, in the Susan and Stephen Chandler Wing of the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American…
Posted on Nov. 24, 2015
Benton Murdoch Spruance, Traffic Control, 1936, lithograph on woven paper, 9 × 14 3/8 in. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds provided by Russel I.…
Posted on Aug. 30, 2012
Roger Medearis, Still Life with Green Chair, 1950, tempera on board. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Elizabeth Medearis. Paints are composed of pigments,…

Frontiers

Posted on Oct. 15, 2019

Henry and Arabella Huntington looked to the future by safeguarding the pastAlfonso C. Gomez, Henry E. Huntington’s longtime valet, sat for an interview in 1959, more than three decades after his employer’s death.

Posted on Oct. 1, 2017

Don't expect a garden variety flower from a modernist painterA rose is a rose is a rose, but what a rose can mean in different contexts is staggeringly varied. Take the red rose. A token of romantic affection, it is also the flower of the City of Pasadena and its world-famous Rose Parade.

Posted on May. 12, 2016

The painter's computer-generated drawings were groundbreaking and playfulBorn in Salt Lake City, Utah, Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009) studied at Chouinard Art Institute (now CalArts)

Posted on May. 21, 2015

African-American Art at The HuntingtonThe Huntington continues to fill in gaps in its collecting areas, most recently by homing in on works by African-American artists.