{"id":13508,"date":"2025-12-11T14:18:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/arthistory\/?page_id=13508"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:33:32","slug":"friends-of-art-history-foah","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/arthistory\/about\/friends-of-art-history-foah\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of Art History (FOAH)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"alignright uwm-c-img--right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/arthistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2014\/08\/maher1.jpg\" alt=\"Karel Appel, Deux Amies, 1971\" class=\"wp-image-1825\" \/><figcaption>Image: Karel Appel, Deux Amies, 1971<br>Acrylic on canvas<br>Gift of Virginia Jones Maher and J. 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