Dec 20
1. “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”- Walt Whitman Walt Whitman’s poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” was first published in the second edition of Leaves of Grass in 1856. Originally, this poem was titled “Sun-Down Poem.” In 1860, this poem was revised and renamed “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” in order to better reflect the poem’s main focus (Nelson). Written …
Nov 21
Jeff Koons is a contemporary artist known for blending together a wide array of styles and mediums. Koons was born in 1955 in York, Pennsylvania. His love of art began at a young age. When he was just eight years old, he began painting replicas of Old Master paintings, selling them at his …
Nov 04
Reginald Marsh was a painter who captured the darker side of life in New York City in the 1930s and 1940s. He was born on March 14, 1898 in Paris, France (“Reginald Marsh, American Artist”). Both of his parents were American artists and it was clear from a young age that Marsh shared their …
