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Supreme Court Justice Portrait

Date: 04 27 1950
Description: Noted Chicago artist Christian Abrahamson holds a palette and paintbrushes as he stands next to a portrait of the retired chief justice of the Wisconsin Su...
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Two Painters Paint Side of Building

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: Two painters sit on an elevated, wooden plank suspended between two ladders. They are painting the side of the "County Power and Light Co" building. The bu...
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Robert Rauschenberg Making a Print

Date: 1951
Description: Robert Rauschenberg makes cyanotype art by shining a light over a nude female model who is lying on photosensitive blueprint paper. The print was to be use...
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Madison Art Association

Date: 10 01 1950
Description: Artist Francis Chapin is shown standing beside his oil painting "House of Dogs, Mexico" which the Madison Art Association displayed at the Madison Free Lib...
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16th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art

Date: 11 06 1950
Description: The Madison Art Association's 16th annual Wisconsin Salon of Art opened at the Memorial Union with a traditional preview reception. Members of the Union ga...
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Madison Artists' Show Winner Santos Zingale and His Winning Painting

Date: 02 18 1951
Description: Santos Zingale of the University of Wisconsin art department faculty stands beside his painting, "Variations on a Theme", which won the $100 Award of Excel...
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Pottery of Aaron Bohrod and F. Carlton Hall

Date: 03 20 1951
Description: F. Carlton Ball (left), University of Wisconsin Assistant Professor of Art, and Aaron Bohrod, University of Wisconsin Artist in Residence, pose for a portr...
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Easter Seal Sales Help the Handicapped

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Edward Meier painting artistic floral plaques, a skill Mr. Meier learned through the Homecraft training service provided by the district rehabilitation off...
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Paul A. Seifert

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Description: Oval quarter-length portrait of Paul A. Seifert. Born June 11, 1846 and died August 18, 1921. A folk artist, Paul Seifert painted a number of Wisconsin far...
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Paul A. Seifert

Date: 06 1908
Description: Paul A. Seifert, and unidentified woman seated indoors. He lived in Richland Center, now known as Gotham, Wisconsin. He was a taxidermist and curio collect...
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Four Painters Posing Outdoors

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Description: A portrait of four men posing standing in two pairs in front of a building. Each pair of men have their arms around each others shoulders, and all the men ...
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Les Bentley

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Description: Portrait of artist, Lester Bentley, wearing an apron and sitting in his studio holding a brush, a pipe and a painters palette.
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Barn Painting

Date: 09 25 1980
Description: Pastoral panoramic painting on the side of a barn. Two people on scaffolding can be seen working on the mural at right. A silo juts above the barn. There i...
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Studio of Panorama Artist

Date: 1900
Description: Friedrich Wilhelm Heine at work in his studio. An unidentified woman paints at an easel. Many paintings and sketches surround them. Heine was the Superviso...
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Painters in Workshop

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Description: Painters posed standing in a workshop near a wagon frame. The man on the left has a pipe in his mouth.
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Henry Gratiot

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Description: Front and back views of a miniature portrait of Henry Gratiot (1789-1836), a prominent figure in southwestern Wisconsin during the lead mining era. Gratiot...
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Water Tower

Date: 07 1987
Description: "This workman is painting 'Theresa' on the water tower."
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Man Standing Atop Truck Trailer with Big Cat Mural

Date: 1975
Description: View of a man in a red jacket holding paint brushes and a palette while standing atop a truck trailer. The side of the trailer is painted with a mural of f...
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Truck Trailer with Mural of Endangered Animals

Date: 1975
Description: Three men are looking at a trailer with a woman posing on roof holding a paintbrush to a painted mural. One of the men is Ricardo Alonzo, muralist and dire...
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John Eustice, Designer of China Patterns

Date: 04 28 1958
Description: John Eustice poses with a display of his china patterns. A graduate of University of Wisconsin and New York State College of Ceramics, John specializes in ...

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