A continuation of a look at American portrait painting. Featured image is a self-portrait of Eastman Johnson, 1863. Continue reading
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Here’s Looking at You: Portraits in America (Part I)
A multipart series about American portraiture. Continue reading
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American Luminism
An examination of three prominent American artists of the Luminism movement. Continue reading
The Regionalists
About the American art movement referred to as Regionalism. Continue reading
My Favorite Peales
I have always enjoyed early American art and especially love the paintings of that artistic brood named Peale. Among all the great works of art throughout the history of western civilization, some of the works by the father, Charles Wilson Peale and his sons, Rembrandt, Raphaelle, Rubens, and Titian remain distinct in my visual memory. This list … Continue reading
Sargent’s The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
I start fresh. I look at this picture as if the first time in seeing. Although difficult to do so, the Daughters of Edward Darley Boit has been pondered and subjected to voracious scrutiny and detailed psychoanalysis. Not infrequently this picture has been proclaimed the greatest produced by an American and, upon examination, hardly presents many … Continue reading
Phillips Collection Celebrates William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase celebrated on 100th birthday. Continue reading
The Beautiful View of Maxfield Parrish
[1]Normally one does not think of Maxfield Parrish as a mid-century artist. He was born in 1870 and died in 1966. However, during the decades of the 60s and 70s, his resurgence was remarkable. His pictures, with their breathtaking views and their mythical characters, had a strong influence on those looking for the idyllic. Because … Continue reading
Notes on the Death of Andrew Wyeth
First of all, this is not an article on the history of the Wyeths, in particular, Andrew Wyeth, but a musing about the nature of art and art criticism. I have always found art critics a little hard to stomach. One would quickly say that is only natural coming from an artist. Yet I have … Continue reading
Mac Conner Illustrator
Art of the 20th Century Mac Conner Illustrator extraordinaire How Do You Love Me, for Woman’s Home Companion, Mac Conner, 1950. Photograph: Museum of the City of New York I have always admired the American illustrators of the early to mid 20th century. N. C. Wyeth, father to Andrew Wyeth and grandfather to Jamie Wyeth, made … Continue reading
Howard Bosler Artist 