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Flying Machine

November 21, 2021 Martha Lattie

Homage to Bleroit by Robert Delaunay, 1914.

In 1909 Bleroit was the first person to cross the English Channel in an airplane. Delaunay wanted to capture this moment that he saw as the dawning of a new age of modern man. He uses a modern method of painting the scene (notice the Eiffel Tower in the background) because to use a more straightforward or realistic representation would not have done justice to the new technology.

In Artists, Art History, France Tags Robert Delaunay, Bleroit
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Mad Logos

November 2, 2021 Martha Lattie

The Hydra of Madison Avenue by Todd Schorr, 2001

This work is a trip down memory lane with a message about mass consumerism and Madison Avenue advertising. How many logos do you recognize? Schorr's detailed and beautifully colorful paintings have been aptly called Neosurrealist

In Artists, Art History, USA Tags Todd Schorr, Neosurrealism
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Family Dinner

October 23, 2021 Martha Lattie

Lorenzo and Isabella by John Everett Millais, 1849.

This work illustrates John Keats poem Isabella, whose work the Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood much admired.

In Art History, Artists, England Tags John Keats, John Everett Millais, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
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Life Captured

October 6, 2021 Martha Lattie

Althea by John White Alexander, 1895. Private Collection.

John White Alexander is primarily known as a portraitist who created beautiful, languid portraits of the young society women in his circle. He achieved success in France where he received many honors, as well as, in the US where he painted many luminaries of the day including Walt Whitman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mark Twain, and John Burrows. The Smithsonian Archives of American Art has made his papers available online.

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Repose by John White Alexander, 1895, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

In Art History, Artists, USA Tags John White Alexander, The Smithsonian Museum of American Art
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Not What it Seems

October 5, 2021 Martha Lattie
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Study from the Palace of the Duke of Urbino, 1476.

Commissioned by Frederico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino for a palace in Gubbio near Perugia, Italy, but now part of the collection of The Met. This room is an example of the trompe l'oeil, or "fool the eye" technique. Small pieces of wood are inlaid in patterns to resemble actual objects.

In Art History, Artists, Italy Tags Duke of Urbino, Frederico de Montofeltro, Trompe l'oeil, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Beautiful Connections

October 4, 2021 Martha Lattie
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Penelope Unraveling her Work by Dora Wheeler, 1886, textile.

Wheeler and her mother ran an interior design firm and Dora Wheeler did some original textiles for the firm. This piece is featured in the Connections/Poetry by Jennette Mullaney.

The Cleveland Museum of Art also has a wonderful portrait of Dora Wheeler, which features a textile (with fighting cats) behind her done painted by her teacher William Merritt Chase.

Portrait of Dora Wheeler by William Merritt Chase, 1882-83, The Cleveland Museum of Art.

In Art History, Artists, USA Tags Dora Wheeler, William Merritt Chase, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, textile art
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Odd in a Good Way

October 1, 2021 Martha Lattie
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Dawn by Odd Nerdrum.

When I was working at the Joslyn Art Museum in the 1991 I saw the work of Odd Nerdrum for the first time and was struck at how it seemed old and new at the same time. I recognized references to artists of the Northern school and Caravaggio, but it was also so contemporary as art seemed to be moving toward a return to Realism.

In Art History, Artists, Norway Tags Odd Nerdrum, Realism, Joslyn Art Museum, Northern Renaissance, Northern School, Carravaggio
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Vision

September 30, 2021 Martha Lattie
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The Apparition by Gustave Moreau, 1874-76, Louvre, Paris

In this watercolor painting by Moreau we see Salome's vision of the head John the Baptist is she remorseful or celebratory, it is hard to tell. Moreau was part of the Symbolism movement that paved the way for the Surrealist and Abstract artists who were to come.

In Art History, Artists, France Tags Gustave Moreau, Salome, Symbolism, surrealism, Surrealist, Abstract
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Foresight

September 29, 2021 Martha Lattie
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Julia Margaret Cameron, Photographer.

Julia Margaret Cameron began taking photos on her 48 birthday and when photography was still in its infancy. Not only was she among the first to use photography as an art, but she also copyrighted and kept excellent records of her photographs. Julia Jackson was her niece and namesake, and later Jackson would become the mother of the author Virginia Woolf.

In Art History, Artists, England Tags Julia Margaret Cameron, Julia Jackson, Virginia Woolf, photography, Victorian
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Dignity

September 28, 2021 Martha Lattie
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Sharecropper by Elizabeth Catlett, 1957.

Elizabeth Catlett has always felt it was very important for her to present images of Black America with a straight forward dignity and pride so other people around the world could see what she sees.

In Art History, Artists, USA Tags Elizabeth Catlett, African American Artist, African American art
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No Hesitation

September 27, 2021 Martha Lattie

Jean-Paul Riopelle, Chicago II 1958

One of Canada's best known 20th century artists, Riopelle's career took him all over the world. His work was strongly influenced by the Surrealists and was known for it's innate spontaneity which he achieved by constantly experimenting with new techniques.

In Art History, Artists, Canada Tags Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian artist
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You Never Know Who's Canadian

September 26, 2021 Martha Lattie
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Maurice Prendergast, Landscape with Figures, 1921.

Originally posted in 2010.

I am currently getting ready to make a trip up to Nova Scotia and Québec and in looking-up Canadian artists I discovered that one of my favorites, Maurice Prendergast was born in St. John, Newfoundland. His family eventually settled in Boston and he was part of the Ashcan School but usually with a lighter tone, a brighter palette, and a more abstract hand.

In Art History, Artists, Canada, USA Tags Maurice Prendergast, Ashcan School, The National Gallery of Art
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Shell Game

September 24, 2021 Martha Lattie
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Sailor's Valentine.

The story goes that 19th century sailors made these for their loved ones while they were out at sea, but in reality most of them were made by women on the islands that the sailors visited and they brought them back to their homes. Regardless of who made them they became treasured items and many different examples have survived. They are still being created today using the traditional methods.

In Art History Tags Sailors Valentine
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Strength in Subtlety

September 23, 2021 Martha Lattie
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Burn by Kara Walker, 1998.

Kara Walker takes a close look at race in America and makes strong statements about what she sees. In this instance, her artwork is done as a silhouette and at first glance may not seem to be a harsh a look as it really is; her use of a traditional and mostly innocuous medium makes her message even stronger.

In Art History, Artists, USA Tags Kara Walker, silhouette
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"Miss Perry's Pottery"

September 21, 2021 Martha Lattie
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Classic shape and colors, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

The Pewabic pottery was founded by Mary Chase Perry Stratton in 1903 in Detroit and the building they built to house the pottery in 1915 is still being used today. They have a museum, they offer classes, and they run a retail shop out of the original building. It is the only arts & crafts pottery still in continuous production in the Midwest.

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Pewabic Pottery, Detroit MI

In Art History, Artists, USA Tags Pewabic Pottery, Pewabic Detroit, Mary Chase Perry Stratton, arts and crafts, Art Pottery
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Floating

September 20, 2021 Martha Lattie
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Black, White, and Ten Red by Alexander Calder, 1957, NGA, Washington.

Calder was from a family of artists but chose to himself to train as an engineer; skills that would serve him well when he changed course and began to study art at the Art Students League in NYC.

In Art History, Artists, USA Tags Calder, Alexander Calder, The Art Students League, mobile
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Resting

September 13, 2021 Martha Lattie
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Flower Market, Tokyo by Robert Frederick Blum, c. 1892.

Blum was born in Cincinnati where he worked for a lithographer before he began to take classes in drawing. He had a strong interest in all things Japanese as did many other artists at the time such as Whistler and Monet. Blum's preferred medium was pastels and he and W.M. Chase founded the Society of Painters in Pastel in New York.

In Art History, Artists, USA Tags Japonisme, Japanisme, Japan, Monet, Claude Monet, Whistler, James Abbot McNeill Whistler, WM Chase, William Merritt Chase, Chase, Blum, Robert Frederick Blum
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Build Your Own

September 12, 2021 Martha Lattie
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Pygmalion and Galatea by Jean-Leon Gerome, ca. 1890.

Gerome is well known for his beautiful paintings but he also took up sculpture late in his career and created a sculpture based on this same subject.

In Art History, Artists, France Tags Jean-Leon Gerome, Gerome, Pygmalion, Galatea, The Met, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Pride

September 11, 2021 Martha Lattie
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Colonisation: The Great City of Tenochtitlan by Diego Rivera, 1945, Mural from the National Palace, Mexico City.

Diego Rivera was an active and outspoken Communist who painted these murals (featuring the world of the Aztec people) after the Mexican Revolution as a way to give the Mexican people a sense of identity and pride in their history.

In Art History, Artists, Mexico Tags Diego Rivera, Rivera, Mexico City, Tenochtitlan
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Cafe Art

September 10, 2021 Martha Lattie
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Breton Girls Dancing, Pont-Aven by Paul Gauguin, 1888, National Gallery of Art.

Known as the Volpini Suite, Gauguin's ground-breaking show that is widely considered to be the first exhibition of Symbolist Art.

In Art History, Artists, France Tags Paul Gauguin, Gauguin, Volpini Suite, Symbolism
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