Tag: 19th century
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Fashioned by Sargent – a meeting of the masterpieces
This spectacular exhibition at the MFA Boston includes 50 major John Singer Sargent oil portraits alongside some of the clothing portrayed in them.
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Van Gogh’s Cypresses: 2023’s Summer Blockbuster
This summer, everyone is talking about the Van Gogh’s Cypresses exhibition at the Met in NYC. I recently saw the exhibition and had a really nice time.
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Susie M. Barstow – Redefining the Hudson River School
Nancy Siegel’s Susie M. Barstow: Redefining the Hudson River School is the first-ever biography of hugely under-rated artist, teacher, and adventurer.
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Have a Sublime Halloween
Enjoy a few of my favorite Sublime landscape paintings, which are definitely frightening enough for Halloween.
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Frick Madison Shines New Light on Old Friends
I was one of the first people to enjoy Frick Madison, whose combination of old art and modern architecture literally shines new light on beloved artworks.
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Art is a Tyrant: an Entertaining Biography of Rosa Bonheur
Art is a Tyrant: The Unconventional Life of Rosa Bonheur is Catherine Hewitt’s really enjoyable new biography of French animal painter Rosa Bonheur.
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The Past: Thomas Cole’s imaginary tournament
Thomas Cole’s The Past (1838) is a cheerful depiction of a medieval tournament. Here are my many thoughts on this delightful painting.
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A New Graphic Novel Introduces Edmonia Lewis
As a big fan of 19th-century sculptor Edmonia Lewis, I was excited to find out that she’s now the subject of a new graphic novel, Seen: Edmonia Lewis.
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Art in TV and Film: Turner’s Reichenbach Falls
Turner’s watercolor The Great Falls of the Reichenbach appeared in a 2012 episode of the BBC series Sherlock. Learn why this choice was so very fitting.
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Alexander von Humboldt and the United States – A Video Tour and an Interview
After a video tour of the Alexander von Humboldt exhibition at SAAM, I spoke to curator Dr. Eleanor Harvey Jones about Humboldt’s impact on American art.
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Medieval Knights in Art
In this brief selection of knights in art from the 11th to 19th centuries, notice how images of medieval knights have changed throughout that time period.
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The Landscape Paintings of Robert Duncanson
Robert Duncanson was an early Hudson River School painter in the United States and Canada. His work is gorgeous, but we don’t talk much about him today.
