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Cover of 'Outside the Ordinary'

Outside the Ordinary
Contemporary Art in Glass, Wood, and Ceramics from the Wolf Collection
Edited by Amy Miller Dehan

Outside the Ordinary introduces audiences to sixty–seven masterworks selected from the Nancy and David Wolf Collection, carefully documented and photographed in full color.

Cover of 'Bessie Potter Vonnoh'

Bessie Potter Vonnoh
Sculptor of Women
By Julie Aronson

In the Gilded Age, when most sculptors aspired to produce monuxadments, Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872–1955) made significant contributions to small bronze sculpture and garden statuary designed for the embellishment of the home. Her work commanded admiration for her fluid and suggestive modeling, graceful lines, and sculptural form. In 1904 Bessie Potter Vonnoh won the gold medal for sculpture at the St.

Cover of 'Edna Boies Hopkins'

Edna Boies Hopkins
Strong in Character, Colorful in Expression
By Dominique H. Vasseur

Edna Boies Hopkins (1872u2009–1937) is known for her floral woodblock prints that range from Japanese-inspired stylizations to boldly colored and progressively modernist works. In her brief career, Hopkins produced seventy-four known woodblock prints, including figurative work and landscapes as well as floral compositions. This catalogue illustrates all of Hopkins’s known prints, related drawings, and studies.

Cover of 'Rookwood and the American Indian'

Rookwood and the American Indian
Masterpieces of American Art Pottery from the James J. Gardner Collection
By Anita J. Ellis and Susan Labry Meyn
· Foreword by George P. Horse Capture

Rookwood and the American Indian blends anthropology with art history to reveal the relationships between the white settlers and the Native Americans in general, between Cincinnati and the American Indian in particular, and ultimately between Rookwood artists and their Indian friends.

Cover of 'The Cincinnati Wing'

The Cincinnati Wing
The Story of Art in the Queen City
By Julie Aronson

On May 10, 2003, the Cincinnati Art Museum will celebrate the opening of the Cincinnati Wing: eighteen thousand square feet of handsomely renovated gallery space devoted to the museum’s renowned collections of painting, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, and metalwork by Cincinnati artists. The museum is the first in the country to reinterpret its American art collections with a regional emphasis, fostering civic pride and drawing attention to the achievements of the city’s artists.In