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Dürer's works are among the earliest examples of watercolor painting as we know it today. Features The origins of watercolor painting can be traced as far back as the Prehistoric age, when Paleolithic humans first applied ochre and charcoal pigments in some fluid form to cave walls. The institution holds the world's largest collection of Dürer watercolors, as well as other works on paper by this masterful artist. THE CANTON MUSEUM OF ART For many museums, watercolor paintings represent only a small fraction of their collections, or the works seldom come out of safe-keeping for display. [Extracted from the article]

BMA curator Oliver Shell, who worked directly on the current exhibition, says, "Richard Yarde is a national figure who got stuck in a regional context." CULTURE AND STORY The use of photographs as source material is evident in many of Yarde's portraits, but the photos served as a starting point rather than an end goal to be mimicked. The acclaimed Black artist Richard Yarde (1939-2011) defied that convention in his installation of life-size dance-hall figures, The Savoy (above), presented as a traveling exhibition organized by the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in 1982. [Extracted from the article]