Tag: Arts & Crafts movement

  • Your Guide to Art Museums in Philadelphia

    Your Guide to Art Museums in Philadelphia

    The nation’s original art capital, Philadelphia is home to some wonderful museums that don’t get enough attention. Here are five of the best.

  • The Historic Grove Park Inn

    The Historic Grove Park Inn

    The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC opened in 1913. It was one of several local health resorts where people often visited for the mountain air.

  • Violet Oakley at the Woodmere Art Museum

    Violet Oakley at the Woodmere Art Museum

    Violet Oakley was a Philadelphia-area painter, illustrator, muralist, and designer. Find out what I learned about her at the Woodmere Art Museum.

  • The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms

    The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms

    A short account of my Christmastime visit to the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms. It was the home of American designer and entrepreneur Gustav Stickley.

  • The Isaac Bell House (My Newport Adventures)

    The Isaac Bell House (My Newport Adventures)

    The Isaac Bell House is very different from anything else I saw in Newport. While the Vanderbilts, Berwinds, and other prominent Newport families looked to the past to imitate Renaissance, Gothic, and Baroque architecture, Isaac Bell looked forward instead. Thanks to his architect Stanford White, his house (completed in 1883) began a new style that’s now called Shingle Style.…

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