He was a part of the folk revival emanating from Greenwich Village, mixing melodic songs and satire. Then he became infatuated with the uilleann pipes.
âA Modern Artist: The Commercial Art of Rachael Robinson Elmer,â which explores the career of Rachael Robinson Elmer (1878-1919) and her early 20th-century success as a professional illustrator, is now on display at Rokeby Museum, 4334 US Route 7, Ferrisburgh, through Oct. 24.
Exhibiting artistic talent at an early age, Elmer was a first trained by her parents and then, as a teenager, enrolled in a correspondence course to further her skills. She studied at Goddard College and at the Art Students League of New York.
During that time, she began her career as an illustrator, producing drawings for her fatherâs books and works for periodicals such as Forest and Stream and The Youth Companion. Until her death in 1919, she built a career producing commercial art for major publishers across the United States. From childrenâs books and advertisements to her popular postcard series, Elmer was a modern artist navigating the expanding profession of commercial art.
In 1981, glass artist Josh Simpson threw a few teaspoons of cobalt, copper, silver and zinc into a crucible of molten glass, and came out with an explosion of swirling reds, blues and greens that closely resembled a NASA photograph of the Crab Nebula,.
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