Art Now and Then

"Art Now and Then" does not mean art occasionally. It means art NOW as opposed to art THEN. It means art in 2020 as compared to art many years ago...sometimes many, many, MANY years ago. It is an attempt to make that art relevant now, letting artists back then speak to us now in the hope that we may better understand them, and in so doing, better understand ourselves and the art produced today.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Expanding Museums

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Many of us have faced the daunting task of expanding our places of abode to accommodate a growing family, or simply the prospect of our ...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Eugene Delacroix

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In a country whose artistic tradition is packed nearly to the ceiling with paintings, if one were to ask the average Frenchman which of them...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Eugene Boudin

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One of the risks one runs in teaching others to paint is that one of your students may far eclipse your own best efforts. That was the situa...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011

M.C. Escher

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   People who tend to favor the left side of their brain are often characterized as good scientists, mathematicians, musicians, histor...
Monday, January 3, 2011

English Landscapes

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Imagine an artist so enraptured by nature he would often set and stare at trees for an hour at a time, as a friend put it, "...with an ...
Sunday, January 2, 2011

Edgar Degas

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Edgar Degas is often counted among the group of French artists collectively called Impressionists, but, in doing so, we find ourselves both ...
Saturday, January 1, 2011

Der Blau Reiter

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There is an old riddle along the lines of the light bulb changing jokes.  It asks, "How many people does it take to paint a portrait?...
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