Radiator Building – Night, New York, 1927 by Georgia O’Keeffe.
O’Keeffe’s skyscrapers come from her time in New York. She was an artist whose environment was her inspiration and drove her work.
Category: art history
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All That Jazz
The Jazz Bowl, 1931 by Viktor Schreckengost, The Cowan Pottery Museum, Rocky River, OH.
According to many sources the Jazz Bowl is considered one of the earliest examples of the Art Deco style made in America. It was produced by Cowan Pottery as a punch bowl for a client who turned out to be Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Discovery
Lady of Shalott, c. 1872 – 3 by Arthur Hughes.
A favorite subject of Victorian painters and based on a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson, there are many versions of the Lady.
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Living in Beauty
The Hill House, south-west perspective, c.1903 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Glasgow School of Art.
Mackintosh’s most famous private residence is Hill House. The style is a combination of Art & Crafts, Art Nouveau and old Scottish manor. It was built for Walter Blackie, a Glasgow publisher. Mackintosh designed the entire thing including furnishings, outbuildings, lawn decorations, lighting, etc.
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Luncheon al Fresco
Dejeuner sur l’herbe, 1863 by Edouard Manet, Musee d’Orsay, Paris.
Manet in an attempt to liberate art from the confines of literary and academic subjects by placing contemporary figures outside in the open air. He has become associated with the Impressionists because he began to use the same lighter colors. Notice the similarity between this scene and Tissot’s Holiday featured here on October 16, 2020.
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Flower Vendor
Chrysanthemums, c, 1875 by James Tissot, Private collection.
By the time this work was painted Tissot was well established in his career and in work takes a rare look at a common flower vendor rather than the young fashionable women of the increasingly prominent upper-middle class.
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And Your Little Dog Too
Young Lady in a Boat by James Tissot, Private Collection.
Tissot concentrated on popular subjects for his artwork, first young fashionable women and finally the Bible after he found religion. Critics considered his work “fluff” but he did well for himself in Paris and London.
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The Good Life
Holiday (The Picnic), c. 1876 by James Tissot, Tate Gallery London.
Painted in the backyard of his London home, Tissot’s artwork often depicts beautiful women in fashionable clothes and the men who admire them. For a while his work was disregarded as frivolous, but his had a revival as his skill and technique became appreciated once again.
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Lady of Mystery
Mona Lisa, 1503/06 by Leonardo da Vinci, Musee de Louvre, Paris.
The mystery surrounding one of the most famous paintings in the world stems from the unknown identity of the sitter and the fact that the artist is one of the most famous artists of the Italian Renaissance. Leonardo used a painting technique he created called sfumato.
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Peacocks Revisited
Belt Buckle,late 19th early 20th c. by Eugene-Samuel Grasset, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design, Smithsonian Institution, New York.
Best known as an Art Nouveau graphic artist of posters, Grasset also designed fabric and jewelry using the fluid lines and forms of the movement.
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