All posts tagged "American art"
20th century
Painting of the Week: Lyonel Feninger, Sailboats
August 30, 2020Cubism. The word instantly evokes images of Picasso and his figures with multiple noses. However, there...
19th Century
Around the World With a Painter: Frederic Edwin Church’s Travels
June 25, 2020Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) was a true world traveler. In his lifetime,...
19th Century
Negligee Fashion: Top 5 Gorgeous Homewear Outfits in Art
May 8, 2020Due to quarantine, homewear fashion is popular once again. But don’t think that boudoir fashion was...
20th century
The Window and the Pitchfork: The Story Behind Wood’s American Gothic
March 25, 2020Under the blue sky of Iowa, a man and a woman stand solemnly in front of...
Museums And Exhibitions
John Singer Sargent’s Charcoal Portraits at The Morgan Library
October 10, 2019John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal opened at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York...
19th Century
The Hudson River School: Celebrating Nature, American-Style
May 4, 2019The Hudson River School was a uniquely American art movement – the first to develop after...
Abstraction
An Unusual Comparison: Amish Quilts and Modern Art
January 23, 2019Many people would never expect to see an Amish quilt and a painting by an American...
20th century
Dream-like Artworks: Minnie Evans’ Divine Inspiration
August 14, 2018Folk Art, Surrealist, Visionary, Americana, call it what you will. Minnie Evans’ (1892-1987) dream-like artworks speak...
Artists' Stories
Beyond Glass and Interiors – Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Paintings
June 23, 2018Louis Comfort Tiffany was famous for his beautiful stained glass, decorative arts, and interiors. (His father,...
Women Artists
Female Painters of the Hudson River School, Part Two
August 7, 2017Earlier this year, I introduced six female artists of the Hudson River School, an important landscape...
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Edgar Degas and His Most Beautiful Ballerinas
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HERE: Black in Rembrandt’s Time. Rembrandthuis Decolonizes
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Fifty Shades of Dr. Pozzi
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Botero and His Characteristic Chubby Style: Boterism
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Autumn Moon in Japanese Woodblock Prints
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Where Is Van Gogh’s Biggest Art Collection Outside of Amsterdam? In the Kröller-Müller Museum!
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The Louvre Pyramid and 5 Other Art Museums Designed by Ieoh Ming Pei
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Allegories of Autumn – A Top Ten of Sensational Symbolic Artworks
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Painting of the Week: Firs Zhuravlev, A Fashionista Wife
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Famous Autumn Paintings Created by Famous Artists
Female Artists
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Traversing the Unseen: Interview with Multi-Media Artist Sara Osebold
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Frida Kahlo And The Symbolism In Her Art
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The Forgotten Couturier Elsa Schiaparelli: Surrealism, Art and Revolutionary Fashion
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Kyra Nijinsky: Portrait of a Dancer
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“They Are Black Because I’m Not White” Portraits By Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
