Loving landscape and pure, bright colors as I do, naturally I am absolutely crazy about the landscapes of Pierre Bonnard. He has been variously called Neo-Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and the Na ...
Read MoreMarcel Duchamp matured as an artist during one of the most exciting periods in Western art history. Paris was one of the undisputed leaders in avant-garde experiments in art which had repercussions th ...
Read MoreLike many of the countries colonized by the Spanish during the 1400s and 1500s, Puerto Rico has had a rich artistic culture. Spanish culture overran the native Taino culture, and established an artist ...
Read MoreOut of nine children, Ellen Day Hale was the only daughter of the noted orator and author Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909). She came from a family filled with notable figures. Her great ...
Read MoreIt probably does not need saying by now, but the last week has been quite cold in New England. I thought it might be interesting to see how artists visually interpret the idea of “cold.”&n ...
Read MorePierre Prins is one of the finest, if not the finest, pastel artists of any of the Impressionists, or any other artists in late 1800s France. He is sometimes called “the forgotten Impressionist& ...
Read MoreWhat better way to anticipate summer than to see sun-drenched paintings from the south of France? Whenever the subject of Pointillism comes up in art history books, there are usually only two major ar ...
Read MoreAs a fiend for color in painting, it will come as no surprise that I absolutely worship the work of Abstract Expressionist painter Joan Mitchell. It’s very confusing to me—no, it’s i ...
Read MoreSince I’m always a sucker for American Impressionism, I’ve chosen one of my favorites for the closing week of August: Julian Alden Weir. His birthday is the 30th of August, so let’s ...
Read MoreAlthough I guess technically August is the last full month of summer, once August rolls around New Englanders are prone to saying, “well, summer’s over!” The only way an art historia ...
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