Doing the searches from the exercise had results. There are a lot of examples Paul Revere's silversmith talents and portraits of him and his wife. Looking at 63 works of Sioux artifacts and clothing, it is amazing that so much is saved when the world is so modern and filled with technology. Having the date, type of work, creator and museum held info can lead on a deeper search as to what else the museum holds from that time period.
Looking for Harvey Dunn, a South Dakota artist, was zero finds but we know he painted because the painting hangs in our library. With Norman Rockwell there was six works listed and the museums received them as gifts in 1992 and 1995. I learned a new fact about Rockwell-how the museum received the paintings. I did not realize the large museums did not have to purchase the art displayed.
I looked up the Statue of Liberty and found 18 works, some with political cartoons and some of the statue on the shore. I added 4 to my favorites list and then saved them to a file. I will try to use them on my blog. I have not mastered the art of adding items to a web page, we have not advanced that far in our library. I will try this when we do.
About Me
- Deb G
- I am a maintenance supervisor who is president of the library board at our small town library. I LOVE to read, learn new things, and promote library use, especially with the children during our summer reading program.
1 comment:
Thanks for giving this a try, Deb! We think it has lots of uses for educational purposes, especially for those of us who live far away from major museums. You are welcome to use the images as in the way described by each image. Our favorite South Dakota artists are not included in CAMIO. I guess none of the contributing institutions has their work. I'm excited to know that you have a Harvey Dunn! I've seen the ones at the library in DeSmet and at the museum in Brookings. I hope to see yours one of these days.
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