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Screen: "Porcupines" and "Nightmare", Robert Winthrop Chanler, 1914, American Paintings and Sculpture
Gift of Mrs. John Jay Chapman, 1927 Size: 69 1/2 x 48 1/4 in. (175.8 x 122.2 cm) Medium: Oil on wood
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10434
In the last Cooper Hewitt Short Story, we tweeted about birdcages and their passionate collector, Alexander Drake. April’s Short Story—by Stephen Van Dyk, Head Librarian at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Library—confronts birds and beasts not confined to cages, but rather fantastical interiors and the illustrated pages of library books. Margery Masinter, Trustee, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Sue Shutte, Historian at Ringwood Manor Matthew Kennedy, Publishing Associate, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum “Strange beasts and fabulous birds appear at his beck and call,” reported the 1922 publication that accompanied an exhibition of Robert Winthrop Chanler’s work. About his persona, the publication continued, “Chanler, as a personality, has stoutly resisted that process of standardization which renders so many of us mere pitiful examples of quantity production.” And so characterized the fascinating life and boundary-blurring work of this eccentric artist. Robert
Read along as librarian Stephen Van Dyk walks through Chanler's fantastic book collection, which still survives at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's library.
Join us for an evening of cultural events at NISDA's Seaview Farm this Wednesday from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The Silo Art Gallery be having an opening of...
On July 12, 2017, I'll be giving a lecture on Chanler and the Sea to the NISDA: Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts as part of their Cultural Arts Lecture Series. I'll be joined by Marty Hylton and some of the students from University of Florida Historic Preservation Program who have been documenting the Chanler grotto swimming pool ceiling at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Please come if you'll be on the island!
This May, I’ll have the opportunity to talk to the Decorative Arts Society of Cincinnati about Robert Winthrop Chanler’s work. If you’re in the area, please do come! http://decorativeartsociety.org/our-programs.html
This May, I’ll have the opportunity to talk to the Decorative Arts Society of Cincinnati about Robert Winthrop Chanler’s work. If you’re in the area, please do come! http://decorativeartsociety.org/our-programs.html
This May, I’ll have the opportunity to talk to the Decorative Arts Society of Cincinnati about Robert Winthrop Chanler’s work. If you’re in the area, please do come! http://decorativeartsociety.org/our-programs.html
Wint Aldrich and his wife Tracie Rozhon stand on the porch of Rokeby, in Barrytown, June 5, 2016.
This past weekend, It was wonderful to celebrate the book Robert Winthrop Chanler: Discovering the Fantastic at the Chanler family estate at Rokeby in Barrytown, NY. The Poughkeepsie Journal was there taking photographs during the event.
It was wonderful to celebrate the book Robert Winthrop Chanler: Discovering the Fantastic at the Chanler family estate at Rokeby in Barrytown, NY this past weekend. The Poughkeepsie Journal was there taking photographs during the event.
