Free Music – Download Audio – Explorations – George Catlin… This is Mary Tillotson. And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. A new exhibit of paintings is being shown at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. Today, we tell about the man who painted them. His […]
Upload Music – Listen Audio – Biography – Edward Weston_ 1… I’m Mary Tillotson. And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program,PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about the American photographer Edward Weston. Edward Weston is one of the most recognized of all American photographers. He is probably most responsible for helping people […]
Upload Music – Upload Audio – Biography – Edward Hopper_ 1… I’m Shirley Griffith. And I’m Doug Johnson with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about artist Edward Hopper. He painted normal objects and people in interesting and mysterious ways. In June of two thousand-six, visitors entered the redesigned Smithsonian American […]
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