by Sandy | Sep 13, 2008 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The Museum of Modern Art, NYC presents:
“Van Gogh and the Colors of Night” Sept. 21 thru Jan. 5, 2009
I think Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) recreated “night” brilliantly – no pun intended. These paintings are so alive, so electric. Fortunately for us, he did a lot of them.
More than 20 of van Gogh’s night landscapes, and works that show his treatment of evening light inside the home, are on view here for all to see and admire.
According to the museum catalog, he “attempted the paradoxical task of representing night by light. His procedure followed the trend set by the Impressionists of
“translating” visual light effects with various color combinations. At the same time, this concern was grafted onto Van Gogh’s desire to interweave the visual and the metaphorical in order to produce fresh and deeply original works of art”.
“Van Gogh and the Colors of Night” *9/21/08 – 1/05/09, MoMA
BTW: this exhibit will go next to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam 2/13/09
(Image: “Starry Night Over the Rhone”, 1888, oil on canvas)
by Sandy | Sep 6, 2008 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
For a time, German Expressionist artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, (1880 – 1938), painted the seamy, underworld of the Berlin streets (“ladies of the evening” with their furs and boat-like hats).
A group of paintings, along with drawings, from a series done between 1913 and 1915 are on display at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC until November. According to the catalogue, “these works exude the vitality, decadence, and underlying mood of imminent danger that characterized Berlin on the eve of World War I.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner until November 10, 2008
“Berliner Strassenszen”, oil on canvas, 1913-1914
http://www.moma.org/
by Sandy | Sep 1, 2008 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Creativity, Culture, Exhibits, Learning
The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA Presents
Leonardo: 500 Years into the Future
Sept 27 – Jan 4, 2009
Talented and curious, da Vinci has been acknowledged as mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor and architect.
200 items including paintings, models, drawings and inventions will be on view.
Tech Museum of Innovation
201 South Market Street
by Sandy | Aug 25, 2008 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
“George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings”
National Gallery of Art in DC, September 14 –January 4, 2009
George de Forest Brush, (1855–1941) born in Tennessee, taught at Cooper Union and the Art Students League in New York.
In the 1880s , he lived among the American Indians of Montana and Wyoming (Arapahoe, Shoshone, Crow) and did a series of paintings, 20 of which are on view here. The paintings were all posed and done in studio, but they still capture a period of time in our past.
George de Forest Brush, 9/14-1/4/09
National Gallery of Art
4th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
(Image:“The Indian and the Lily”, 1887)
by Sandy | Aug 23, 2008 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
Johannes Vermeer, (1632 –1675), whose work is considered an example of “Dutch Baroque” painting was born in Delft, the Netherlands. During the 17th century, the merchant middle class of Holland grew rich due to the increase in trade and used their excess money to become patrons of the arts. Their wealth not only supported Rembrandt and Hals, but, also lesser known artists of the time such as Vermeer.
The museum has assembled 3 paintings for the exhibit, “Officer and Laughing Girl”, “Mistress and Maid” and “Girl Interrupted at her Music”. All are examples of Vermeer’s favorite themes – the middle class in domestic situations.
Frick Museum
1 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
(Image: “Mistress and Maid”, 1666, oil on canvas)
by Sandy | Aug 13, 2008 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
Italian still life artist Giorgio Morandi, 1890 – 1964, will be showcased at The Met starting September 16. Included will be over 100 paintings, water colors and etchings. (Some paintings reflect the influence that Cezanne had on Mr. Morandi’s work)
Giorgio Morandi, 9/16 – 12/14/08
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York City, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org
( “Still Life”. 1938. Oil on canvas)
[ad#reviewpost]
