The important thing is to keep on drawing when you start to paint. Never graduate from drawing.
- John Sloan
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 

 

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Exhibitions
Drawing, Illustration and Comics
Updated 5/18/10
Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera
Nov 7, 2009 - May 31, 2010
Norman Rockwell Museum, MA
Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanant Collection
April 21 - July 4, 2010
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
An Italian Journey: Drawings from the Tobey Collection, Correggio to Tiepolo
May 12 - Aug 15, 2010
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Defining Beauty: Albrecht Dürer at the Morgan
May 14 - Sept 12, 2010
Morgan Library and Museum, NY
Batman: Yesterday and Tomorrow
Jan 30 - June 6, 2010
Cartoon Art Museum, CA
The Pastoral Vision:British Prints, 1800 — Present
May 15 - Aug 15, 2010
Delaware Art Museum, DE
Earth: Fragile Planet
June 4 - July 31, 2010
Society of Illustrators, NY
German Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 to 1900
May 16 - Nov 28, 2010
National Gallery of Art, DC