Ceramics of Compassion: Palazzo Tursi’s Genoese Maiolica
REVIEW: FALL 2021 STUDY TRIP ABROAD
Asian Exports and Influences Abound on the North Shore
REVIEW: FALL 2021 SYMPOSIUM
“Borderlands” at The Huntington
REVIEW: SPECIAL PROGRAM
December 4, 2021
The Arts & Crafts Experiment of Rose Valley
BY SUE A. KEILBAUGH
In 1901, William Lightfoot Price brought together a group of prosperous Philadelphia free thinkers who enjoyed debating current philosophies of reform with the more informal company of his partners, friends, and relatives whose interests lay primarily in aesthetic matters. The consequence was the start of Price’s experimental utopian community based on the Arts & Crafts Movement.
A Place That I Think You’ll Like
BY JULIE SIGLIN
The story begins with a magnificent cherry tree. Wharton Esherick (1887–1970), an artist often considered the father of the Studio Furniture movement, was recently married and searching for a home in which to start his family. While exploring properties for sale in the Paoli, PA, area with his realtor, the agent said, “I’ll show you a place that I think you’ll like.”
American Classicism and Frederick Douglass’s Sculpture Collection
BY ELIZABETH S. HUMPHREY
Some of the sculptures contained in Douglass’s collection were Greco-Roman mythological figures such as Clytie, Mercury, and Psyche. However, Douglass’s ownership of a Diana of Versailles bust and a miniature version of The Greek Slave carry special significance.
Grinling Gibbons 300: Carving a Place in History
BY HANNAH PHILLIP
The Grinling Gibbons Society was formed in 2020 to masterplan the tercentenary festival Grinling Gibbons 300: Carving a Place in History (August 2021–August 2022).
Delicately Carved, Seductively Glazed: Gifts from the Fire Opens at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
BY JULIANA FAGUA ARIAS
Gifts from the Fire highlights the extraordinary diversity and impressive accomplishments of American potteries and ceramicists working from the late 19th century to World War II.
