via Art collection Moscow possibly worth $2 billion Putin – Business Insider. A very strange situation. It is quite plausible that a Russian stole art from defeated Germany. Russia has the horrible record of keeping art confiscated from murdered jews and museums and private collections of German conquered territories. They have the twisted notion that…Continue reading Art collection Moscow possibly worth $2 billion Putin – Business Insider
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The Velazquez Prize
Velazquez gathers the superlatives of art historians, museum directors and connoisseurs. His history is available widely and shall not be examined here. What I am after is his technique and style of painting. For many years I have painted in the manner of a particular artist in order to understand what his or her art…Continue reading The Velazquez Prize
20th Century Art: Edward Hopper
The artist Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is hard to classify. We think of Hopper as a modern painter. However, he continues a trend in American painting going back to William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri. In fact, Hopper was a student of both these artists and followed their influence in depicting American life with realism. (Perhaps…Continue reading 20th Century Art: Edward Hopper
The New Whitney Museum
In case you don’t remember the old Whitney Museum, it was a structure designed by Marcel Breuer working with Hamilton Smith, completed in 1966. It is a strong, modernist building which fits the definition of Brutalist. Brutalist architecture shuns the strictures of the International Style and other tenets of modernist movements with boxy blocks of…Continue reading The New Whitney Museum
Notes to the Ether: On Painting
This article originally appeared on Howard Bosler Artist… Take two pills and call me in the morning. Instructions from a doctor or pharmacist or the musings of an artist? No prescription exists that can sweeten the labor of painting. Indeed, it is work, regardless of the satisfaction derived from the process and the final outcome.…Continue reading Notes to the Ether: On Painting
20th Century Art: Andy Warhol
When doing an Internet search for “Andy Warhol” the resultant list is most likely to include many images of the artist himself. Much like Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol (1928-87) was addicted to media attention, even if that attention required perverse or bizarre behavior. This is a pattern followed today of the insane, stupid (or combination…Continue reading 20th Century Art: Andy Warhol
A Clockwork Orange Comparison
Mannerism and A Clockwork Orange Film is unique among the arts. Compared with the lyrical cave paintings of Lascaux or Altamira, film was invented only yesterday, its influences are those entirely of modernity. More significantly, the art of film-making is not the exclusive province of artisans employed by aristocracy, but the domain of artistic republicanism, relying on the…Continue reading A Clockwork Orange Comparison
20th Century Art: Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky (Dec. 16, 1866 – Dec. 13, 1944) “Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colors, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential.“ This quote of Kandinsky follows…Continue reading 20th Century Art: Wassily Kandinsky
The History of the Mall, Part One
The History of the Mid Century Shopping Mall The central market must go back to the earliest times in the development of human civilization, a central place where trade and exchange of services was essential for the maintenance of agricultural production. Of course, this includes pottery, clothes and many other items which people made as…Continue reading The History of the Mall, Part One
The Lichtenstein Article is Posted
Check out my article on Roy Lichtenstein and follow the links for further information and images.
20th Century Art: Roy Lichtenstein, Mid Century Pop Artist
This post is part of the series 20th Century Art.Show All PostsHide All Posts Part 1: 20th Century Art: David Hockney a Personal Look Part 2: 20th Century Art: Roy Lichtenstein, Mid Century Pop Artist Pop Art. Is it simply entertainment and nothing too intellectually strenuous and worthy of much attention? This is not a…Continue reading 20th Century Art: Roy Lichtenstein, Mid Century Pop Artist
20th Century Art: David Hockney a Personal Look
This post is part of the series 20th Century Art.Show All PostsHide All Posts Part 1: 20th Century Art: David Hockney a Personal Look I am a fan of David Hockney since seeing his double portraits. Displaying the character of a single sitter is a difficult skill to acquire. Most art students and even artists fail…Continue reading 20th Century Art: David Hockney a Personal Look