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In fact, in perhaps the most unexpected element of all, Darger conceived of two separate endings for his masterpiece: one in which the Vivian Girls are, of course, triumphant, and one where they are brutally defeated by the Glandelinians, who go on to rule the land. Episode Transcripts. Thanks to the diligence of scholars like Marilyn Richardson, Kirsten Pai Buick, and others, she has rightfully reemerged into the public sphere-- and some of those mysteries are beginning to firm up, too. Read the transcript of the ArtCurious Podcast episode #61 here-- "The Coolest Artists You Don't Know: Angelica Kauffman." With her international acclaim and appeal, it made sense that her works would be requested for the biggest events of her day. From what I can tell, the story is about the battle between the evil Glandelinians, who were non-Christian soldiers that tortured children, and the devoted Christian nation known as Abbieannia. Child labor, too, was part of the deal at the Asylum, so add that to the mix, and it’s not surprising to note that Darger tried mightily to escape its walls. Furthermore, Lewis’ mixed racial identity, as well as her gender, were both heavily covered by the press, for a woman of color pursuing a profession in the arts was a novelty in the U.S. during this time period, to say the very least. Eventually, she secured enough funds to finally buy her own house in Golden Square. Look for artsy morsels in your inbox every two weeks when we are in season, and occasionally when we are not. By 1864, she had made her first sale-- a sculpture of a woman’s hand, which she sold for $8; later that year, she enjoyed her first solo art exhibition, which was well-received. People know the names of the artists that they know-- and while that seems a bit obvious, such lists also highlight what many of us don’t know-- a huge treasure trove of talented artists from decades or centuries past that might not be household names, but still have created incredible additions to the story of art. Take, for example, two of her most well-known works of art, marble busts of the star-crossed Native American lovers Hiawatha and Minnehaha. Although historical records will often attribute these works to Angelica alone, it is highly unlikely that she was able to actually complete all them during such a short amount of time-- but even if completed with the additional assistance of spades of apprentices, it’s still an awesome feat, being so highly sought-after in portraiture, history painting, and the decorative arts. It was all the rage during this time for the wealthy and privileged--as well as art students-- to make what was called The Grand Tour, traveling through Europe (but predominantly through Italy and France, with the occasional offshoot into Switzerland, Austria, Germany and/or Holland. In that way, it was not unlike Henry Ossawa Tanner’s experiences at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, as we discussed in the second episode of our current season. There are images of torture, of murder, of epic battles and daring misadventures, and at no point is it a foregone conclusion that the Vivian Girls, nor any other do-gooders, would win. Slowly but surely, Kauffman saving her hard-earned money, with the intention of using the funds to support not only her family, but also her eventual return to Italy. Born in Chur, Switzerland,  in October 1741, Kauffman was, to say the least, a child prodigy - not only was she an immensely talented painter, but also a multi-linguist, with fluency in at least German, French, Italian, and English, and was a promising musician with a potential future as an opera singer. What about if you made an amazing, 15,000-page graphic novel, building an imaginary visual world for no one but yourself? Our theme music is by Alex Davis at alexdavismusic.com, our logo is by Dave Rainey at daveraineydesign.com, and social media help is by Emily Crockett. Placed on cheap butcher paper, these illustrations were then glued together to form large panels to tell a segment of his story, laid out like a storyboard and sometimes reaching up to 12 feet tall. For someone who kept to himself so much during his lifetime, it’s certainly hard to draw many super-direct connections. ArtCurious Podcast. One English patron in particular, a woman known as Lady Wentworth, made an immense impact on Angelica’s career. Think art history is boring? So together, the artists moved to the eternal city, and just as she always had, Angelica Kauffman was met with a booming clientele comprised of visitors, art galleries, and reigning monarchs. Not a whole lot is known about Darger’s time at the Illinois Asylum for Children with Feeble Minds, but you can imagine that it wasn’t super great. Throughout In the Realm of the Unreal we see curious compositions that illustrate an array of violence, including violence towards innocent children--many of whom are depicted in various states of undress and with hints of mixed gender ideations. Not much is known about his earliest years except that when Henry was just four years old, his mother died of a severe fever and infection after giving birth to Henry’s little sister, a girl whose name is unknown to us, and even to Henry Darger himself, because Darger’s father, Henry Senior, felt unable to care for both of his children in the wake of his wife’s death. For several years her unhappiness is reflected in faulty, even feverish, painting.”. He experimented with drawing, collage, collage, copying, tracing, and overlay, among other methods of creation, to bring his thoughts to life. ArtCurious is designed for everyone: art fans and newbies. Henry Joseph Darger was born April 12, 1892 in Chicago, Illinois, to father Henry Darger Sr. and mother Rosa Fullman. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the boughs of a tree, make a fire to roast it, and eat it in the open air, is the greatest of all luxuries. But I understand this question a lot, because for many, working in an artistic field or an artistic institution makes the most sense if you, yourself, are an artist. What is known, though, is that she was born free in the town of Greenbush, New York, a black woman not born into an enslaved family in the U.S. in the years preceding the Civil War. Intrigued by his perceived talent, appearance, and supposed cultural literacy, she fell for him and the two hastily wed in secret. But her heart was in Rome, the location she called her “spiritual home.” And happy wife equals a happy life, right? She still experienced quite a significant amount of racial prejudice post-trial, and was even accused of stealing art supplies from her art department. But, as Gold points out, the knowledge that Cleopatra, though not typically portrayed as a black African, was indeed from the continent of Africa-- the connection between what Gold calls the “potential expectation of Cleopatra’s blackness” and Edmonia’s own heritage and experiences of racism was the ever-present subtext. The ArtCurious Podcast is also fiscally sponsored by VAE Raleigh, a 501c3 nonprofit creativity incubator. Disposing of Darger’s items wouldn’t be just throwing away junk-- it would have been the dismissal of a man’s entire body of work, a sincere and innovative reflection of his unique views of the world-- its rights and wrongs, its struggles and pain, its joys and triumphs. Exploring the unexpected, the slightly odd, and the strangely wonderful in Art History Now, a little bit of backstory: Cornelia was a real woman, a virtuous and cultured woman who lived during the 2nd century B.C.E. Some have extrapolated that the abuses detailed in his writings--both physical and sexual abuse--probably stemmed from this time period. Similarly, after her move to Europe and the abolition of slavery in the U.S.,  transitioned out of African-American and abolitionist portrayals and, like Henry Ossawa Tanner would later do in Paris, she transitioned instead towards creating religious sculptures, something she would have clearly witnessed in a Catholic country like Italy. That’s the Henry Darger, the custodian, that most people knew of him during his lifetime. But as a woman of partial African-American heritage, she was careful not to allude directly to the emancipation of slaves, nor to any possibly touchy subjects that might infuriate a still-seething, post-Civil War country. And like many art movements, this one began in direct opposition to the movement that came before it-- in this case, the flowery, decorative, and excessively ornamental Baroque and Rococo styles of art. She paid critical attention to what was happening around her, and strategized smartly so that her works would appeal to the wants and needs of certain patrons. If your patron thinks you need to move to London to make it big, then that’s what you do, right? Yeesh. Angelica began painting at an early age - and if you’ve listened to ArtCurious in the past, then you probably already know who taught her to paint:  her father, Joseph Johann Kauffman, was the first to train her, and although he himself was rather limited both talent and success, he played an instrumental role in her artistic development because it was he who truly exposed her to the arts. At that moment, Lewis--supposedly lacking a sophisticated vocabulary to describe her understanding of what a sculpture was, reportedly cried, quote, “Oh, how I would love to make a man in stone!” Unquote. Though ultra-secretive in his everyday life, at home he was expansive, concocting drawings and stories that exist in tens of thousands of pages. Orland became sure that he was sitting on the long-lost, forgotten Edmonia Lewis masterpiece. And his process was fascinating. During the first few months of her stay, she lived in Lady Wentworth’s home, located in central London. Frank Orland’s hunch was right. Darger was an “outsider artist” before the term--for a self-taught, un-art-educated individual-- hit the mainstream, and even before “outsider” art became popular or cool. The answer is no, I’m not an artist, at least not in the traditional “I paint pastel landscapes” or “I make clay pots” kind of way.

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