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Author’s Talk—The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Rev
DATE: Tuesday 7/21/26 TIME: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Historian Zara Anishanslin discusses her new book that highlights three remarkable artists devoted to the pursuit of liberty. The American Revolution was not only fought in the colonies with muskets and bayonets. On both sides of the Atlantic, artists armed with paint, canvas, and wax played an integral role in forging revolutionary ideals. Drawing from her new book, Dr. Anishanslin charts the intertwined lives of three such figures who dared to defy the British monarchy—Robert Edge Pine, Prince Demah, and Patience Wright—and who boldly risked their reputations and their lives to declare independence.