by Sandy | Apr 12, 2017 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
Until May 14, 2017, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Presents: “American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent”
“Although widely practiced in the US before the Civil War, watercolor painting existed at the margins of the professional art world. Considered the domain of amateurs, women, and commercial artists, it drew little interest from the mainstream painters of the mid-1800s.
Watercolor’s reputation changed with the creation of the American Watercolor Society in 1866.”
American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent
Philadelphia Museum of Art
2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia
(Image: 2 cats, 1912, Stuart Davis)
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by Sandy | Apr 3, 2017 | Art, Blogroll, Museums
“Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s presents a focused look at painting from this decade with works drawn entirely from the Museum’s collection.”
“The exhibition includes work by artists often identified with this explosive period—Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sherrie Levine, David Salle, and Julian Schnabel—as well as by several lesser-known painters. These artists explored the traditions of figuration and history painting, and offered new interpretations of abstraction…”
Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s
Until May 14, 2017
Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street, NYC
(Image: Ross Bleckner – “Count No Count”, 1989. Oil and wax on canvas)
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by Sandy | Mar 28, 2017 | Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston offers “Two Centuries of American Still-Life Painting”… which “traces the history of American still-life painting in the United States over the course of nearly 200 years, from the early 19th century to the present day.’’
“The exhibition brings together 60 of the most influential American luminaries of the genre, including William Merritt Chase, Georgia O’Keeffe, James Peale, John F. Peto, Wayne Thiebaud, Max Weber, and Andrew Wyeth.”
Two Centuries of American Still-Life Painting
Until April 9, 2017
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
(Image:Raphaelle Peale, Orange and Book, c. 1817, oil on canvas)
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by Sandy | Jan 23, 2017 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
Glorious color as the Denver Art Museum presents – Herbert Bayer: 1938–1974 New York and Aspen Paintings
“Celebrated for his multidisciplinary approach to art and design, Herbert Bayer called painting “the continuous link connecting all the facets of my work.” The paintings presented in the exhibition give us a window into the personal side of this versatile artist. “
Herbert Bayer: 1938–1974 New York and Aspen Paintings
Until April 2017
Denver Art Museum
100 W 14th Avenue Pkwy, Denver, CO
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by Sandy | Jan 17, 2017 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
“Soon after World War II, the center of the avant-garde shifted from Europe to the United States when the first American-grown modern art movement—abstract expressionism—was born.
This first fully American movement emphasized individual expression and the freedom to experiment with materials and processes. In this presentation of abstract works, you’ll see how artists, including Robert Motherwell, Betty Parsons, and Joan Mitchell used loose brushwork and emphasized surface rather than depth on the canvas. A selection of works on paper also comprise this exhibition and show how artists, including Deborah Remington and Lee Krasner, capture the quiet intimacy of direct, informal drawing.”
Abstract Expressionism
Until May 14, 2017
Denver Art Museum
100 W 14th Avenue Pkwy, Denver, CO
(Image: Deborah Remington, 23° North by 82° West, 1954. Tempera paint on paper)
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by Sandy | Dec 27, 2016 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Museums
The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents, “Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910–1950”. “From the start of the Mexican Revolution in 1910 to the aftermath of World War II, artists and intellectuals in Mexico were at the center of a great debate about their country’s destiny. The exhibition tells the story of this exhilarating period through a remarkable range of images, from masterpieces by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Frida Kahlo, and Rufino Tamayo to transfixing works by their contemporaries Dr. Atl, María Izquierdo, Roberto Montenegro, Carlos Mérida, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, and many others.”
Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910–1950
October 25, 2016 – January 8, 2017
Philadelphia Museum of Art
2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia
(Image: “La Marcha de la Humanidad” David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican, 1896 – 1974)
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