How much of Hopper’s subliminal appeal is for a city that is unrealistically desolate, clean, and, except for the occasional male/female encounter, free of human interaction, not to mention diversity?
“The true use of art is, first,” George Inness stated, “to cultivate the artist’s own spiritual nature.”
The artist’s trust has donated two late works to the Art Students League’s collection.
In this era of social media, more people can see what other people are doing, but the price for that has been a loss of privacy and time to develop, replaced by seemingly non-stop self-promotion.
Walter Sickert was the studio assistant to James Whistler and friend of Edgar Degas, two of the most trenchant masters of the era, who together confirmed his direction as an artist and influenced his choices of subject matter.
The art world is not a meritocracy; luck and being ready when the luck strikes are very important to outward success. Always be ready.
Art is a decision that you make—to live a life learning and doing a specific thing.
I wish I had learned how important it is to set rules for yourself.
If you have one friend who believes in your dream and passion, I think that’s good enough to go.
At the League
Celebrating the Art Students League’s 2022 Grant & Scholarship Recipients
August 5, 2022 0
2007
A gallery of fifty-four award-winning submissions.
Art school was for me a dreamlike place that I never imagined existed, because it was full of people who, like me, were just trying as hard as they could, all day, to make the best picture possible.
I absolutely adore the quality of intrepid joy in people who are playfully game to try anything once and boldly go forth into the unknown.