Widely regarded as one of the most important American painters of the twentieth century, Alice Neel is internationally recognized for her contributions to Abstract Expressionism, especially her perceptive portraiture. Neel (1900-1984) was a portrait painter at a time when this was traditionally the [...]

The history of woodcuts goes back more than a thousand years. Working carefully and with great precision, the woodcut artist carves a mirror image of a design on wood or other suitable material. The design is then inked and pressed against paper. The technique allows the artist to create an almost u[...]

The Adventures of Robin Hood is an 1891 novel by the American writer J. Walker McSpadden. Consisting of a series of episodes in the story of the English outlaw Robin Hood and his band, the novel compiles traditional material into a coherent narrative in a colorful, invented "old English" idiom tha[...]