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British Museum And Local: There was a growing interest in recording custom and manners, particularly those that were becoming obsolete. Sir Benjamin Stone, a member of the British Parliament, devoted his fortune to producing an extensive photographic survey of the folk festivals in his country and the life of the English peasantry. He appealed to amateurs to conduct photographic surveys of their home areas—historic buildings, landscapes, ceremonies, the life of the people. In 1897 he founded the National Photographic Record Association with the goal of depositing prinn the British Museum and local libraries.
The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City organize local and national competitions in water colors. The International Water Color Exhibition Biennials are held at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, and similar shows are held in the Art Institute, Chicago, 111., and other major museums.
Consult Whitney Museum of American Art, A History of American Watercolor Painting, catalogue, with introduction by Alan Burroughs (New York 1942); Goodrich, Lloyd, American Watercolor and Winslow Homer (New York 1945). General histories of American painting, such as Edgar Preston Richardson's Painting in America (New York 1956), mention specialists in water-color painting. For current developments, consult catalogues published by the museums.
The University of Wisconsin at Green Bay and the Northeast Wisconsin Technical Institute are in the city. Points of interest include Tank Cottage (1776,); the Old Fort Howard Dispensary (1816); Hazlewood (1837), the house where the Wisconsin state constitution was drafted; the Brown County Historical Society; the Neville Public Museum, with outstanding collections in local history; and the National Railroad Museum. |
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