I have spent the first five posts in this “favorite artist” series indulging myself on that marvelous period in European art: the late 19th century. Now it is time to […]
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The 30th annual juried art show sponsored by the Monson Arts Council is seeking submissions from artists. Full details are available on the art show pages. The show will once […]
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The Monson Museum of Art, under the auspices of the Monson Arts Council, will be presenting a special fashion show, featuring authentic period fashions by Laura Asson. The tile of […]
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One phenomenon which seems to be unique to the modern period is what we can call “urban alienation”: not the isolation of a hermit far from society, but the alienation […]
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Along with Manet, Degas is my favorite artist among the impressionist group. Like Manet, he rejected the label “impressionist” in his early years, though his later work is solidly in […]
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One of the realizations which comes to an artist who tries to record nature is that the range of color available on the palette cannot compete with the range and […]
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Having done proper homage to Monet in my last post, let me turn to my two favorites among the impressionist group: Manet and Degas. While Monets accomplishment wins my highest […]
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One of the cornerstones of the artistic revolution wrought by the impressionist painters of the late 19th century was the deliberate juxtaposition of complementary colors.
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In my first two posts in this series, I discussed my two favorite post-impressionist artists: Cezanne and Van Gogh. I should now step back a generation to the impressionists themselves, […]
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Goya and Manet One of the great contributions that Manet made to the development of the art of the last 150 years is to promote the idea that art is […]
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