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Antoine-Louis Barye
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1796–1875) "Tom the Algerian Greyhound", ca. 1889 Bronze 7⅞”H × 14 3/16”W × 4”D 20 cm × 36.04 cm × 10.16 cm. Marks: signed at center front: Gift of Mrs. Nelson L. St. Clair Jr. Photo: Travis Fullerton © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

An Exemplary Personal Collection of Barye Bronzes

Virginia thoroughbred breeder Patricia R. St. Clair has donated her museum-quality collection of 30 Barye…
frank benson

An Important New Book on Frank Benson

I first heard about Benson-aficionado John R. Lewis at Pebble Hill Plantation in Thomasville, Georgia,…
Endless Flats
"Endless Flats"

Catching Up with Eldridge Hardie

I can’t believe a decade has flown by since I first wrote about Eldridge Hardie…
Peggy Watkins, "Honey In The Sun," oil, 12” x 16”, 2005

Sportsman’s Gallery Artists in Residence

Michael Paderewski has invited two “dog artists” as his Artists in Residence – Julie Jeppsen…
Upper West Branch

Catching Up with C.D. Clarke

As avid a sportsman as he is a painter, C.D. Clarke usually plans his seasons…
Adriano Manocchia colors
Colors

Catching Up with Adriano Manocchia

Brooke Chilvers, Sporting Art Columnist for Gray’s magazine, reached out to several of her favorite…
Adriano Manocchia
Invitation for Next Summer

Adriano Manocchia

For Adriano Manocchia’s waterfowling and fly fishing still lifes, such as A Trip Up North…
After the Hunt by Harnett

William H. Harnett

Although the painting After the Hunt may be America’s most well known hunting image, William…
The frame of this E.M. Reilly box lock, manufactured around 1892, has almost full-coverage, finely scrolled engraving. (photography by Terry Wieland)

Artistry, Emotion, and Things That Go Bang

Machined embellishment is not art. [by Terry Wieland] MICHAEL McINTOSH ONCE OBSERVED THAT, when it…

Eldridge Hardie

Texas born artist Eldridge Hardie received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from…