Brooke Chilvers

The Ever-Disappearing Roy M. Mason

I can think of no sadder words for an artist, whether living or dead, in…

Shikar:  Royal Hunts of the Mughal Empire.  In Miniature

Copenhagen is home to several wonderful smaller museums that started as the private collections of…

Qamargah

We refer to the first six of 21 Muslim warrior rulers that dominated large parts…

The Unsinkable Rosa Bonheur

French animalier artist and sculptress Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899) is not the only world-famous artist who…

When Rosa Bonheur Met Buffalo Bill 

That Picasso and Matisse knew each other, were even friends and often rivals, seems plausible…

Five Babes, Five Birds

While my husband recalls his many years hunting lions and buffalo as a professional hunter…

Renaissance Robotic Art – A Mechanical Galleon and Clock

It’s likely my fascination with “automata,” or automatons, dates back to a New York City…

David Shepherd:  And There Were Also Trains

Artist David Shepherd (1931–2017) once said that he was attracted to all things “jumbo,” from…

David Shepherd: Before Elephants, There Were Aircraft

David Shepherd’s is a well-rehearsed life in its telling. The same tales oft repeated and…

Barye Bronzes to Visit the NSL&M in Middleburg, Virginia

by Brooke Chilvers I wish I could say the larger-than-life lions in front of Manhattan’s…

Mayan Jaguar Kings – divided we fall…

With all I’ve learned in life, it seems I never knew that by the time…

William Secord and Dogs in Art

Finally, it’s happening.  We are getting out of town in winter to go birdwatching in…