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  • Another Take

    “Dark Prison (Cacrere Oscura),” c.1790 by Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Turner is the most famous and prolific British painter of the 19th Century. His watercolors and oils record the…

  • A Shout Out

    An Image from the Hall of Bulls, the Caves at Lascaux, Dordogne,France. The caves at Lascaux contain some of the earliest known art work to be created by man. They are dated to between…

  • Melting Pot

    The Golden Rule, 1961 by Norman Rockwell, Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA. Rockwell is often dismissed by “serious” critics because of his popular appeal and because he painted magazine covers. He was a very…

  • Clay

    Klee taught at the famous art school the Bauhaus and was eventually labeled as a degenerate by the Nazis after which all of his art was removed from galleries.

  • Fruits

    Two-Tiered Still Life with Fruit and Sunset Landscape by Severin Roesen, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art The still-life study of the colorful fruit in this painting is framed by a spectacular landscape scene. One…

  • Drifting

    The Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse, Tate Gallery, London. The subject is from Tennyson’s poem of the same name. Waterhouse was a follower of the Pre-Raphaelites and this can be seen in…

  • Florence

    Flora, 1894 by Evelyn De Morgan , The De Morgan Foundation, London. Married to William De Morgan who was associated with the Pre-Raphaelites, Evelyn has also become part of the group of artists who…

  • Feminist Art or Just Art?

     The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago, 1974-79,  Brooklyn Museum  There are two exhibitions at the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington DC right now that were organized by the Brooklyn Museum.…

  • Reflection

    Symphony in White No.2: Little White Girl by James Abbot McNeill Whistler, Tate Gallery, London. The Japanese theme in Whistler’s art can be seen in the decorations around the figure of the woman. Around…