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Scenes from American history, famous Americans, and traditional Christmas images are postage stamp themes frequently employing original artwork. The main references for the list are: National Postal Museum online database "Arago: Philately", [ 1 ] the Colnect Worldwide Stamp Catalog, [ 2 ] and the US Stamp Gallery.
Rockport Waterfront by Anthony Thieme, c. 1930s. Anthony Thieme (20 February 1888 – 6 December 1954) was a landscape and marine painter and a major figure of the Rockport (MA) School of American regional art. He was a contemporary of important Rockport artists Aldro Hibbard, Emil Gruppe, W. Lester Stevens, Antonio Cirino, and Marguerite Pierson.
The Rockport Art Association has a museum collection that includes paintings, graphics and sculpture representing a pictorial history of life and art on Cape Ann and beyond. The RAA is also known to hold several special events, exhibitions, and educational series Such as artist painting demonstrations and plein air workshops, a National Art ...
The Rockport area was called Goose River, but was renamed Rockport in 1852 and separated from Camden in 1891. Its small harbor was an early shipbuilding center, and in the 19th century became an important center of ice harvesting and the extraction of lime .
By the middle of the twentieth century, hundreds of stamp clubs had formed throughout the United States, often affiliated with large organizations, such as the American Philatelic Society or the American Topical Association. Many published their own scholarly articles or journals, while others advertised in the journals of larger philatelic ...
The first such issue was an 8 cents stamp that the Postal Service initially titled "Special Stamp for Someone Special". [56] The stamp was based on a pop art image that Robert Indiana had designed during the 1960s (see "Love" sculpture). [55] [56] The 1973 issue had a printing production of 320 million stamps. [56]
Folk art museums and galleries in Maryland (2 P) Pages in category "Art museums and galleries in Maryland" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
Goucher College Art Galleries: Towson: Baltimore: Central: Art: Silber Art Gallery, Rosenberg Gallery and Corrin Student Gallery [7] Government House: Annapolis: Anne Arundel: Central: Historic house: Home for the governor of Maryland since 1870 Grantsville Community Museum: Grantsville: Garrett: Western: Local history: operated by the Garrett ...