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September Contemplated with Claude Monet (1840-1926 France)

Thursday, September 3, 2026 | Karl Cole

You might know I would use any excuse to show a Monet. This may be one Monet with which you are not familiar, but it is a wonderful prefiguration of his rapidly developing Impressionist style and pale ...

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Late Summer Color: Theodore Robinson (1852-1896 US)

Monday, August 24, 2026 | Karl Cole

This is certainly one of the most French-Impression-like Theodore Robinson paintings that I can show you. He certainly mastered Monet’s “broken color” technique. No wonder he’s ...

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August is for artist Augustus Vincent Tack (1870-1949 US)

Monday, August 3, 2026 | Karl Cole

I would use any excuse to show you the paintings of Augustus Vincent Tack, so I’ll go by his name. If you will pardon my pun, his paintings are very august. I have never been able to decide if I ...

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Artist Birthday: Lovis Corinth (1858-1925 Germany)

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 | Karl Cole

Lovis Corinth was an important transitional painter between the Romanticism and Symbolism movements of the late 1800s, and Expressionism of the early 1900s.  ...

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July Interpreted by Larry Rivers (1923-2002 US)

Monday, July 13, 2026 | Karl Cole

Did you ever look at a work of art and something in the work evokes vivid feelings about an event in your own life, or just a general feeling you get when you visit a certain country or place? Well, m ...

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Heat Equals Warm Colors: Art by Karel Appel (1921-2006 Netherlands)

Monday, July 6, 2026 | Karl Cole

What with the warm weather we experienced recently, the steaminess put me in mind of how works of art can reflect warmth or coolness, or in terms of the latest weather: Heat. Just look at this fiery l ...

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Happy Summer: Art by Edward Potthast (1857-1927 US)

Monday, June 29, 2026 | Karl Cole

I’m not sure I’d want to loll around on a beach in street clothes, but, there is definitely something very relaxing about spending a day at the beach! And there is something very soothing ...

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Artist Birthday: Arturo Herrera (US, born 1959 Venezuela)

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 | Karl Cole

Arturo Herrera’s work includes collage, works on paper, sculpture, relief, wall painting, photography, and felt wall hangings. His work taps into the viewer’s unconscious—often inter ...

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Artist Birthday: Gabriele Münter (1877-1962 Germany)

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 | Karl Cole

Gabriele Münter was one of numerous women artists associated with German Expressionism. For some time she was a companion of pioneer abstractionist Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944). There is nothing ...

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Artist Birthday: Frank Stella (1936-2024 US)

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | Karl Cole

The paintings, sculptures and installations of Frank Stella have defied a single stylistic designation throughout his career. He among the many artists who established their mature artistic vision in ...

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