Chromatopia The Guiding Hand more than one-third are the

more than one-third are the result of the ambitious efforts of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to interview surviving ex-slaves during the 1930s

The vibrant dragonfly design draws its inspiration from an iconic lamp screen created by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) around 1910

homely paintings with accessible and aspirational appeal

from his participation in the Impressionist salons of 1870s Paris to his final days in the Pacific

Tiffany glass

Chromatopia The Guiding Hand more than one-third are theThis origin story of historys most vivid color pigments is perfect for artists, history buffs, science lovers, and design fanatics. Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic color and used it to create the famous blue crown of Queen Nefertiti? Or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? In the Roman Empire, hundreds of thousands of snails had to be sacrificed to produce a single ounce of dye. Throughout history,