American Art
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Resurrecting Female Artists – an interview with Eve Kahn
Eve Kahn’s new book tells the life story of painter Mary Rogers Williams. Kahn sat talked with me about her work in resurrecting forgotten female artists.
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Miss Florence’s Painted Dining Room
The Florence Griswold Museum in CT was once a boarding house for American Impressionists, who decorated the dining room walls for their host.
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The Hyde Collection – Masterpieces in the Adirondacks
The Hyde Collection is the most delightful little surprise – a world-class art collection in the unassuming Adirondack town of Glens Falls, NY.
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The Church at Gloucester by Childe Hassam
Sometimes, I walk past random paintings and fall in love with them. Childe Hassam’s The Church at Gloucester was one, and I revisited it several times.
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At Atlantic City by William Trost Richards
This painting by Luminist William Trost Richards seems to show an otherworldly fairyland… but it actually depicts a casino town on the New Jersey shore.
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Art That Inspires Me: Lady Agnew of Locknaw by John Singer Sargent
I love John Singer Sargent, and this is my all-time favorite Sargent painting. It depicts Lady Gertrude Agnew of Locknaw, a Scottish aristocrat.
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American Artists and the American Revolution
In the USA, paintings help us experience the story of our country’s origins. Paul Staiti’s book talks about five major painters of the American Revolution.
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Art That Inspires Me: Still Life Painting
Back in the days of the artistic academies, still life was considered the least prestigious of the painting genres, but it’s one of my personal favorites.
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Art That Inspires Me: Thomas Cole
To talk about why I love Thomas Cole’s work, I’ll focus on A Snow Squall (1825), one particular painting that I recently saw for the first time.
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An Array of Art at Biltmore
George Vanderbilt wasn’t a huge art collector, but he still managed to acquire quite a few notable works of art that are now on display at Biltmore.
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A Chateau in North Carolina – My Visit to Biltmore
Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC was once the home of George Vanderbilt and his family. Now a resort and museum, it was the object of my recent trip.
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The Romance of the Mountains at the Newark Museum
Thoughts on the Newark Museum’s exhibition The Rockies and The Alps: Bierstadt, Calame, and the Romance of the Mountains (March through August 2018).
