Tag: American Impressionism
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My Review of the American Art Fair Online
Here are my opinions about the virtual American Art Fair, including artworks that caught my eye and how the virtual experience compares to a live one.
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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 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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May Night by Willard Metcalf
I thought that the title of this painting made it appropriate for today. Willard Metcalf (1858-1925) was an influential American artist from New England. He painted this work in Old Lyme, Connecticut when he was associated with the art colony there.* I love the mystery and beauty of this painting. Who is the girl? What…
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World’s Columbian Exposition by Theodore Robinson
Theodore Robinson (1852-1896) was one of the first American impressionist painters, and he painted at the Giverny, France artists’ colony alongside Claude Monet.* This particular painting, one of his late works, is perhaps not as characteristic of his usual style as his earlier rural landscapes. However, I chose it because of its subject matter – the…
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Church at Old Lyme by Childe Hassam
Childe Hassam (1859-1935) is one of my most favorite American artists. He is also has the rare distinction of having one of his paintings hang in the Oval Office.
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Edith Perry at the Window by Lilla Cabot Perry
American Impressionist Lilla Cabot Perry’s beautiful painting of her daughter sitting by the window.
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Snow falls softly on the city: the paintings of Guy C. Wiggins
In late 2020, Questroyal Fine Art, one of the best galleries for American paintings, asked me to write a guest post for its blog. I chose to talk about the gallery’s recent acquisition – a New York City snow scene called Winter at 57th St and 5th Avenue by Guy C. Wiggins. I love Wiggins’s…
