A print from one of the artists in the Tile Club (1877-78), the subject of a presentation by Dr. Stuart Embury.
Stuart P. Embury, a Nebraska alumnus, collector and donor is coming to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to deliver a talk about the Tile Club, a group of artists that formed a club in 1877. The free talk is 3:30 p.m. Oct. 24 in Love Library South, Room 29.
Members of the Tile Club included American artists such as Winslow Homer, J. Alden Weir, Augustus Saint-Gaudens and William Merritt Chase among others. Embury will focus the 10-year history of the club and the rare book they produced in 1886.
Embury is a donor of the University Libraries’ Stuart P. Embury MD Library of American Art. His presentation is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the University Libraries.
For more information, call 402-472-2526.
