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Spring in Town by Grant Wood, 1942
Two of my favorite Iowa artists,
Grant Wood and William Bailey.
Both of them capture brilliantly the straight-forward simplicity Iowa stands for, to me. Simplicity, with under-layers of pride, truthfulness, and appreciation for life. Take care and stay safe Iowa.
Red Wall by William Bailey, 2007.
Saint Bride by John Duncan, 1913, National Gallery of Scotland.
Two angels transporting the Saint Bride to Bethlehem to witness the Nativity. Scenes of the life of Christ are sewn into the garments of the angels. John Duncan is often characterized as a Symbolist artist because of his style, but also because he had a strong desire to understand the mysteries of nature as they relate to the divine.
Suprematism, 1915 by Kasimir Malevich, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Malevich is the Father of the Suprematist movement which led to Abstraction. He considered his ultimate goal to be communication through "non-object" representation, culminating in a final "white on white" painting. He considered the conveying the feeling of a work more important than portraying an object. After the Russian revolution in 1917, he became a teacher and was quite influential on the Bauhaus artists, architects, and designers.
Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963, MOMA, NYC
The controversy about Lichtenstein’s work stems from his "lifting" images from 1950's and 60's comic books, enlarging them, and rendering them in paint. This part of his career is only the tip of the iceberg, as his work went in many other directions through-out his long career.
Gone by Isabella Kirkland, 2004.
Influenced by the exacting reality of the Dutch Still-life, artist Isabella Kirkland studies the plants and animals she depicts in her detailed artwork. In Gone, she shows us species lost to man's expansion through colonization by both hunting and our tendency toward being oblivious to everything but ourselves.
Water Lily by Georgia O'Keeffe, 1921, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
I saw this lovely pastel drawing by Georgia O'Keeffe today and had to feature it. It is different from her larger, closer, interpretations of flowers, but no less striking. The
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and features not only her work, but that of many of her contemporaries.
Thank you @KellyResists on Twitter for better image.
Ahuja Azure, Cirtron and Amber Persian Wall by Dale Chihuly, 2010, The University Hospitals' Ahuja Medical Center, Beachwood, OH
Dale Chihuly is the most famous glass artist in the world. Since the later part of the 20th century, his installations have been gaining in popularity and recognition.
Chihuly himself no longer blows the glass in his pieces, but he conceives and designs them and oversees their installation.
Bread Fruit, 1955 menu cover by John Kelly for the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Oahu.
Kelly's family arrived on the Islands in 1923 for a short visit and stayed. He was a print maker and during his career created some of the most beloved images of the Hawaiian Islands.
Imperial Peter the Great Easter Egg by the Fabergé firm, 1903,
By the Russian jewler Peter Carl Faberge. This egg was made by his shop in 1903 for presentation from Tsar Nicholas III to Tsarina Alexandra in commemoration of 200th anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg by Peter the Great. The royal tradition of gifting elaborate Easter eggs began with Tsar Alexander III, and continued until the revolution in 1917.
These photos are from the Nick Cave exhibition in 2015 HereHear at the Cranbrook Art Museum
The show has featured interactive happenings throughout the metro Detroit area and there are still a couple of events coming up. You can check the Cranbrook museum website for more information.
Excavated Moai Photo: Easter Island Statue Project
This article on Artnet features the amazing excavations taking place on Easter Island as the mysterious Moai statues are much more then they appear.
Unikko (Poppy) Design by Maija Isloa for Marimekko, 1965.
Marimekko created some of the most iconic designs from the mid-twentieth century. The bright bold prints created by artists like Isloa were exactly what people were attracted to, with their colors and shapes.
were art collectors. They amassed a collection of over 5,000 pieces of contemporary art from a collection begun in the mid-twentieth century. They did on modest salaries from his job as a postal worker and her as a librarian. Their choices were well-considered and educated, but mostly what they liked, and were drawn to.
Stuart Davis, The Mellow Pad, 1945-51
Stuart Davis believed that abstract painting could impart more of the meaning of the work than a straight figurative interpretation. This work is about American jazz and giving a viewer a sense of the relaxed "coolness" inherent in its form. The name "Mellow Pad" refers to slag used by the musicians for a low-key place to hang out.
Are you struggling as you try to teach your kids at home? Stop by for a daily dose of art at all levels.
Read moreMy family was fortunate to have another trip to Michigan's Mackinac Island again this year. We stayed at the Grand Hotel, whose legendary front porch and beautiful surroundings are a treat unto themselves. I wandered into the gallery area in the main Parlor which exhibits paintings from the world renowned Manoogian Collection. The Manoogians have exhibited over 400 paintings from their collection at the hotel for the past 25 years. Here is a sample of some of the pieces on display this summer.
Fairy Hordes Attacking a Bat, John Fitzgerald, British, 1832-1906
The works on display include 19th and 20th century examples of many different types of painting genres and by a large collection of artists.
Rabbits, 1878 by Charlotte Mount Brock Schreiber, Canadian, 1834-1922
The George R. Rich Family Having Afternoon Coffee at the Villa Quisisana Overlooking Oresund, Skodsborg, Strandvej (Denmark), 1885 by Wenzel Ulrik Tornoe, Danish, 1844-1907
A Liberated Woman by John G. Brown, American, 1831-1913.
My assumption is that the cigarette and the way she looks down at the viewer indicate her liberated status.
Statue of Liberty Celebration by Frederick Rondel, American, 1826-1892.
This is just a small sample of the artwork on display, there are many fine examples of portraiture, tromp l'oeil, landscapes, still lifes, etc. The art on display makes an already worthwhile trip all the more special.
The Nelson-Atkins and the St. Louis Art Museum have loaned their Waterlilies by Monet to the CMA so that the three images could be joined together again.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition entitled Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse now through January 5, 2016. The exhibition, organized by CMA and the Royal Academy of Arts in London, looks at the role of gardens to artists such as Claude Monet, who was also a horticulturist.
Spotted during the set-up for the exhibition, did the man himself drop by?
Kehinde Wiley,
Napoleon Leading the Army Over the Alps (Self-Portrait),
Oil on canvas, 2005
Artist
will speak at
Cleveland Museum of Art's Gartner Auditorium, Saturday August 29th
at 2:00. His beautiful work harks back to an earlier style while creating very modern portraits. Wiley's recent one man exhibition at the
was very well received by the art world and the public, alike. The Cleveland lecture is part of the
Cleveland Public Library's The Lockwood Thompson Dialogues
.
Kehinde Wiley
Triple Portrait of Charles I
, oil and enamel on canvas. Triptych, 2007,
