You will hear about a fascinating artist – J. C. Leyendecker- who’s illustrations epitomized the lifestyles of America in the early 20th century. Note: this will be a PG rated episode. His commercial art – primarily in magazines, became an iconic art style from the 1900’s through the 1930’s. You...

Maxfield Parrish is one of the most iconic artist of the Golden Age of Illustration. He was most well known for his calendar covers in the 1920’s and 1930’s. These would been seen across America’s homes at the time, and often the calendar artwork would be saved and framed, after...

This is the 1st episode about the Terezin concentration camp. (2nd episode below, Women of Terezin). This episode is an in depth story of Viktor Ullman, a composer and music critic, at Terezin (1941-1945). You will learn about Ullman and some of the other accomplished artists – who lived under...

Otto Antoine – was a German Impressionist painter and a distant relative of mine.  Antoine’s life intersected with many key parts of artistic and political history – having connections with Kaiser Wilhelm II – prior to WWI, as a court painter. And later having some interactions with 3rd Reich in...

This is the 2nd episode on Amalia Kussner, the famed miniature portrait artist of the Gilded Age. We will discuss her professional and personal life after 1900. Very little is published about this time, however we’ll detail that she was still quite active and continued to be “the” sought after...

Amalia Kussner was a miniature portrait artist and a “darling” of the Gilded Age – the age when the American Industrialists and their families where effectively the royalty of America. She painted many of those families and as part of their extended social circles – was introduced to the crowned...