Here is a drawing that I wouldn’t sell for a million dollars. Actually, it’s not mine to sell, it belongs to my wife of thirty-four years this July. However, it is very valuable to me because it was the icing … Continue reading
The Civil War left Maria Howard Weeden impoverished. However being talented and accomplished at drawing, Howard (the professional name she used), made a unique contribution to an era in the history of the South with her watercolor portraits. In 1893, … Continue reading
During the 1930s, there were many groups of art styles and “isms” working in varied ways. The Stieglitz group, abstract artists, regionalists, social realists, and Expressionists were captivating the art world. Social conscious art persisted for several decades. The Great … Continue reading
Art Center Information presents two more great landscape artists from the Hudson River School. The artwork below represents Jasper Francis Cropsey and Sanford Robinson Gifford. Jasper Francis Cropsey was trained as an architect but eventually became a noted artist … Continue reading
In 1909, Frederic Church’s painting, The Heart of the Andes, sold to Margaret Dows, widow of David Dows, for $10,000.00. At that time it was the highest amount ever paid a living American artist. In 1859, Church introduced the huge … Continue reading
The discussion at Art Center Information centers on light as used by the Hudson River School artists, often termed the Luminists. Many of the colleagues at the Hudson River School began painting scenes of New England and the Hudson River … Continue reading
Life’s transient reminders of things past such as, worn out objects, rough and scrumbled surfaces, cut flowers on a table, a broken wine cork, fruit in a basket and more makeup the models of still life. With origins in the … Continue reading
In the early 1950s, Jackson Pollock became the “darling” of the art scene in New York with his Abstract Expressionism paintings. Some called him ‘Jack the Dripper’ because of his laying canvases on the floor and dripping paint onto them … Continue reading
In the 1930s Thomas Hart Benton allied himself with the Regionalist movement and was very vocal in attacking the French abstract styles. Because of this, the opinion of most people think of him as a foe of the modernist painting. … Continue reading
Thomas Hart Benton’s depiction of American life were both admired and reviled. He was an artist whose images express his deepest feelings about love, family, and religion. There were those that described him as a brilliant artist, while at the … Continue reading
