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Ilus W. Davis served as the mayor of Kansas City from 1963 to 1971. He was one of the first students to attend the city's university, which would late...

As documented in the historical account from the Missouri Valley Special Collections at the Kansas City Public Library, The town of Westport, in 1838...

This print depicts the Lewis and Clark Expedition heading out on their journey west. There are three boats in view with the foremost occupied by Lewis...

"The County Election" was an oil painting created by Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham in 1852. This work depicts the civilian experience of democr...

This original print is 41 out of a series of 50, signed at dated by Henri-George Adam in 1956. Seven rectangular fields arrange to comprise an angula...

Christiaan Karel Appel, born April 25th, 1921, was a multi disciplined Dutch artist. Appel was a talented painter, sculptor, and poet. Appel began p...

Tomikichiro Tokuriki was known for integrating two printmaking movements in Japan known as shin hanga and sōsaku hanga. Shin hanga were prints that de...

Sidney J. Hurwitz, born 1932, is an American artist known for bold lines, heavy outlines and splotches of color within his work. The landscape, "Skyl...

This print evokes the feelings associated with with the sunset in its yellow background and the shadows that come in the black trailing splotches. The...

Enrique Sanchez, born 1938, is a well known Latin American artist. Sanchez who is noted for his Postwar and Contemporary paintings is additionally re...