The American Folk Art Museumさんのイラストまとめ

It's #NationalTattooDay! Did you know NYC is considered the birthplace of modern tattooing in America? It's where artist Martin Hildebrandt set up the first professional shop in the mid-19th century. Check out our newly digitized 19th-century flash book at https://t.co/i7jyZkVe9A

Samuel Steinberger was one of many Jewish immigrants who poured into New York's ports from Eastern Europe as oppression mounted in the 1880s. He made this quilt with remnants of satin and velvet from his tailoring business. See it in Made in New York City→https://t.co/WfVHfTlz5M

In his autobiography, Mr. Dial Is A Man Looking For Something, artist Thornton Dial wrote, "My art is the evidence of my freedom." Read the full text via @SoulsGrownDeep at → https://t.co/WunXLq5g60

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of #ChildrensBookWeek, the nation’s longest-running literacy initiative, with Fables across Time: Kalila and Dimna, animal fables that originated in India more than two thousand years ago, available in the museum shop! https://t.co/NIdZCYbvz0

To create his visually compelling works, Henry Darger borrowed from popular-media sources to overcome his lack of formal drawing skills. Did you know @FolkArtMuseum is the single largest public repository of his work? See more at → https://t.co/eC4P5MpnXY Image © Kiyoko Lerner.

“Create and be recognized” commanded a sign in Eugene Von Bruenchenhein's basement studio, and he attempted to do just that through a wide range of expressions including poetry, photography, drawing, painting, ceramics, and sculpture. Explore his work → https://t.co/6f7Zh37PgM

The @nytimes calls Charting the Divine Plan: The Art of Orra White Hitchcock (1796–1863) a "ravishing exhibition of botanical and geological illustration from the first decades of the United States." See it again or for the first time at → https://t.co/346MhrlXAi

One of the most significant self-taught artists of the 20th century, #HenryDarger created nearly 300 watercolor and collage paintings. @FolkArtMuseum is home to the single largest public repository of his work. Explore the collection online at → https://t.co/7FirQkFWI4

For many years after the artist came to public recognition, it was assumed that the locales he depicted were a product of a prodigious imagination, even though he claimed to have traveled to each site. Find out why at → https://t.co/unoWU2qe2j

"The works illustrate Hitchcock’s deep knowledge of the natural sciences, her telling eye for detail, her ability to visually communicate abstract and complex ideas and her exceptional talent as an artist." – @TheBeeAntiques on Orra White Hitchcock https://t.co/JskshpFzmq