Artist Birthday: Frank Duveneck
At the same time Impressionism was developing in France, a parallel movement was blossoming among American ex-patriate artists in Germany and Italy. Frank Duveneck was a pioneer in this style call ...
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Artist Birthday: Juan Sánchez Cotán
Juan Sánchez Cotán was a Spanish Baroque painter who helped popularize the still life genre in Spanish Baroque painting. Spanish Renaissance and Baroque art were greatly influenced by th ...
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Celebrating Rembrandt's Birthday
As one of the most remarkable talents of the Dutch Golden Age of painting, Rembrandt had the distinction of becoming a fantastically successful artist. Although his contemporaries raved about him, Rem ...
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Black History Month: Hughie Lee-Smith
For my ongoing celebration of African American History month, let’s honor the life and work of Hughie Lee-Smith. He was one of many artists who matured during the Harlem Renaissance (1918– ...
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National Pear Month: Luis Meléndez
In 2004, the U.S. Department of Agriculture declared December as “National Pear Month.” I did not realize that pears have as much potassium as bananas. And they are certainly interesting a ...
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The Winter Sads Call for Art: Bartolomeo Cavarozzi
Even though the weather hasn’t been that bad this winter in New England (yet), I still have a major case of the sads for warm weather. What we do to beat the sads is travel 40 minutes into Bosto ...
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4th of July: Kyra Markham
What better way to celebrate the 4th of July (I know I’m late) than by presenting a classic work of American realism? I’ve always had a soft spot for the realism that dominated art during ...
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