Stories
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About "Nina B. Ward: Portrait of Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg"
Hello, Can I send you a photo of a painting to see if you think it is a Nina B Ward? Mitch
Mitch HoustonAbout "Nina B. Ward: Portrait of Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg"
Nina Belle Ward was my Great Aunt. She studied at the New York School of Art, Chase School, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the St. Louis School of Fine Art, and for many years taught art in Kalamazoo and was instrumental in founding the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. In 1914 she won the .
Dana WardAbout "Nina B. Ward: Portrait of Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg"
Hello Dana, As you probably know, there are 3 Nina Belle Ward paintings here at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. You can see them online by going to the following link: http://collection.kiarts.org/view/objects/asimages/search@?t:state:flow=00e2075b-cca4-49dd-aff1-8b7c19fbcd56 We also have high ...
Greg WaskowskyAbout "Maurice Molarsky: Linda"
Maurice Molarsky was born in Kiev in the Ukraine on May 25, 1881. In 1892 he emigrated from England, by way of Hamburg, with his parents Hyman and Fanny Molarsky and his brother Abram. The family settled in Philadelphia and in 1889 Maurice began studying painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of ...
Mona MolarskyAbout "Mildred Bunting Miller : Two Cows in Woods"
Few people know that in 1964, Mildred Bunting Miller left some personal letters to her niece, Virginia Brown. The Bunting letters talk about her early life in Chester Springs and her later life in California. Since Miller's death in 1964, Virginia Brown has put together some of her aunt's personal