Tag: American
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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…
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Anna Hyatt Huntington’s Joan of Arc
The story of Anna Hyatt Huntington’s Joan of Arc, a monumental bronze equestrian sculpture in Riverside Park, New York City.
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A Selection of Watercolors by John Singer Sargent
In addition to his portraits, John Singer Sargent painted many, many watercolors. They often depicted landscapes and other scenes he had observed during his travels in Europe, America, and the Middle East.
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Thomas Sully, early American painter of the theatre
I read a really good article in last month’s The Magazine Antiques about nineteenth-century American painter Thomas Sully and his works inspired by his background in theatre. The article came from the catalog of an exhibition, Thomas Sully: Painted Performance, which was recently held at the Milwaukee Art Museum. The December issue of American Art…
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Fry versus Sargent
Many people are huge fans of John Singer Sargent, but British painter and art theorist Roger Fry wasn’t one of them.
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A grotesque for the National Guard
I saw this rather dignified-looking lion on the exterior of the National Guard armory where I attended a trade show a few days ago. He and his brother (not pictured) seem to keep watch and maintain order in the no parking zone below.
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Glamour, Modernism, and the City that Never Sleeps: Art Deco in 1920s New York
“New York is an Art Deco city – indeed, the Deco city […] The Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, and Rockefeller Center were crowning achievements of the late 1920s and early 1930s, and remain the dominant celebrities of the midtown skyline. Deco lobbies, theatres, jazz bars, restaurants, and details also hide and surprise at eye…
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More Academic Grotesques
Look at all these charming little faces! A chorus of grotesques holds up a window sill on this pretty stone academic building. These photos were taken by my little sister munchkin, Amira M., who says she passes them on her way to English class. In the photo below, you can see that the window is…
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Gargoyles Go to College
Discover the grotesques of the University of Chicago.
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The Gargoyles of Princeton University
Meet the gargoyles of Princeton University.
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More Gargoyles
Discover a pair of grotesques inspired by classic movies, alongside some cool Mexican-inspired ones.
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A sneak peek of my new project
Cover image: Armchair, possibly by Gustav Herter, American (probably New York), c. 1855. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photo via metmuseum.org (CC0 1.0). My Gothic Revival furniture project is coming along really well. I have a sloppy but complete first draft and am currently editing. In the meantime, I wanted to show you…
