by Sandy | May 4, 2010 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
89 year old American artist Wayne Thiebaud will have images of sugary delights and beach scenes included in the Museum of San Jose Museum of Art’s retrospective of his work over 7 decades.
“In addition to Thiebaud’s popular paintings and works on paper, the exhibition features both his most recent and his earliest work and thus reveals the full spectrum of his career.“
“Wayne Thiebaud: Seventy Years of Painting” – Until 7/3/10
San Jose Museum of Art, 110 South Market Street , San Jose, CA
(Images: “Bakery Case”, 1996 and “Cakes”, 1963)
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by Sandy | Apr 23, 2010 | Art, Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art continues to celebrate its 75th anniversary with exhibitions of works from artists associated with its beginnings. This time, it’s Swiss/German painter Paul Klee, 1879-1940.
There will be “drawings, prints, and watercolors…an association began in 1984 what would become an ongoing series of exhibitions devoted to this beloved artist. The current presentation looks back to three early exhibitions that were held in the museum’s first home in the War Memorial Veterans Building on Van Ness Avenue.”
Paul Klee’s style was influenced by expressionism, cubism and surrealism.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/ SF MoMA
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA
by Sandy | Mar 29, 2010 | Art, Artist, Blogroll
The Post Office may be contemplating cutting out Saturday mail, but they still deliver when it comes to developing a new stamp series. At the beginning of March, paintings from 10 Abstract Expressionists were issued as a group on a $4.40 First Class sheet – great opportunity to purchase art at an excellent price:)
“These bold artists used art to express complicated ideas and primitive emotions in simplified, abstract form,” said Linda Kingsley, USPS senior vice president, Strategy and Transition. “Although these stamps can’t compare in size to their real-life canvases, they bring the passion and spirit of abstract expressionism to an envelope near you. The Postal Service is proud to pay tribute to the legacy and unique perspectives of these revolutionary artists.”
The artists: Hans Hoffmann, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell, Adolph Gottlieb, Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Joan Mitchell.
BTW: The name of the artist appears on the back of each stamp along with the name of the painting and date it was completed.
(Images: “Convergence”, 1952 Jackson Pollock, 2010 Abstract Expressionist stamp sheet)
by Sandy | Mar 24, 2010 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Galleries
The 100th birthday of American painter Morris Graves, (1910-2001) is celebrated with the exhibit “The Visionary Art of Morris Graves“ at the Meridian Gallery in San Francisco CA until May 15th. 
“…Largely a self-taught artist closely associated with the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. His paintings, often small works on paper, were among the earliest to synthesize Eastern aesthetics and philosophy with the American Transcendental tradition. In his own words, Graves was working “to evolve a changing language of symbols, a language with which to remark upon the qualities of our mysterious capacities which direct us toward ultimate reality.”
The Visionary Art of Morris Graves * Until May 15, 2010
Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA
(Images: “Snake in Moonlight”, 1938 and “Bird, Surf and Moon”, 1941 – both water color on paper)
by Sandy | Mar 2, 2010 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Galleries, Museums
Beginning March 9, 2010, the Frick will showcase “Masterpieces of European Painting from Dulwich Picture Gallery”.
“The Frick Collection is pleased to announce the loan of nine Old Master paintings from the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, one of the major collections of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century pictures in the world.“
Included in the exhibit will be paintings by, Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Watteau, Van Dyck, Murillo and more.
“Masterpieces of European Painting” 3/9 to 5/30/10
The Frick Collection, 1 East 70th Street , New York, NY
(Image: “Girl at Window”, 1645 Rembrandt and “Les Plaisirs du Bal”, 1715 Watteau)
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by Sandy | Feb 26, 2010 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
Now until May 23, 2010, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is showcasing, “Focus On Artists – Selections from the Collection”
“This exhibition looks at SFMOMA’s long-term relationships with several modern masters whose iconic works were influential in defining movements from Abstract Expressionism to Postminimalism and beyond. To illustrate the depth of these relationships, individual galleries will feature works by Richard Diebenkorn, Guston, Ellsworth Kelly, Brice Marden, Robert Ryman, Richard Serra, Frank Stella, and Clyfford Still. On January 16, the exhibition will double in size to showcase a diverse group of contemporary artists in honor of SFMOMA’s 75th anniversary.”
“Focus On Artists – Selections from the Collection”
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA
(Images: “Ocean Park #54”, 1972 Richard Diebekorn and “A Set of Six Self-Portraits”, Andy Warhol, 1967)
“In addition to Thiebaud’s popular paintings and works on paper, the exhibition features both his most recent and his earliest work and thus reveals the full spectrum of his career.“
