Themes that I’d find irredeemably cornball from any other artist are rescued both by Abbott Thayer’s prickly earnestness and his formal abilities as a draftsman and painter.
Arguably the greatest draftsman of his time, there was nothing fastidious in his thinking. Degas couldn’t wait to find new ways to get his hands dirty.
Often not even the artist knows for certain when a work of art is done.
One of the things that’s impressive about van Dyck is his ability to portray introspective subjects with theatrical flair.
New Britain’s collection is evidence of a determination to obtain the best art possible, even if it was gathered on a shoestring.
Degas and Van Gogh shared common ground in their disdain for convention, or more to the point, a willingness to circumvent conventional means when necessary, which is to say frequently.
A review of Paula Modersohn-Becker at Galerie St. Etienne by Jerry Weiss.
“I absolutely think that a picture has the best effect in strictly coloristic regards the fewer colors there are in it.”
A survey of the Renaissance master’s drawings lands in New York.
Five American painters and their visions of the shoreline in summertime.