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Seen But Not Heard: Images of Children in American Art
November 30, 2004
David B. Dearinger curator, paintings, sculpture, Boston Athenaeum

In conjunction with the Fall 2004 exhibition "Seen But Not Heard: Images of Children from the Collection of the Boston Athenaeum", David Dearinger surveys the manner in which children were depicted in 19th and early 20th century American art. Artists such as Winslow Homer, Lily Martin Spencer, George Caleb Bingham, J. G. Brown, Mary Cassatt, and Robert Henri are discussed in this illustrated lecture.

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American Artists | children in art | Drawing | Painting | Art History
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