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The images above are my photos of detail from the following paintings in Art, Life, Legacy: Northern European Paintings in the Collection of Isabel and Alfred Bader:
■ Ruth and Naomi by Jan Victors, Dutch (1653)
■ Old Woman with a Book by Jacob van Campen, Dutch (1625-30)
■ Elisha and Gehazi by Lambert Jacobsz, Dutch (circa by 1629)
■ Self-Portrait with a Skull by Michael Sweerts, Flemish (circa 1661)
Remedios Varo
The images above are my photos of detail from the following paintings in Remedios Varo: Science Fiction:
■ “Discovery,” 1956
■ “The Flutist,” 1955
■ “Woman Leaving the Psychoanalyst (Could Be Juliana),” 1960
■ “Creation of the Birds,” 1957
Caravaggio
These are two of the photos I took yesterday at Among Friends and Rivals: Caravaggio in Rome: “Martha and Mary Magdalene,” about 1598, and “The Cardsharps,” about 1595.
Seen; seeing
Yesterday, at the Art Institute.
The images above are my photos of detail from the following paintings:
■ “David Garrick as King Lear” by Richard Westall; about 1815
■ “The Penitent Saint Peter” by Jusepe de Ribera; about 1630
■ “Study Head of a Bearded Man” by Frans Floris; about 1565
■ “The Captive Slave (Ira Aldridge)” by John Philip Simpson; 1827
We attended member hours to to see Among Friends and Rivals: Caravaggio in Rome, but what really captured our imaginations was Remedios Varo: Science Fictions.
Roman
At the Field Museum.
Part of my Latin tutorial includes a survey of Roman history via SPQR by the always-excellent Mary Beard. Is it any wonder that I now regularly see Roman influence where I may have previously missed or overlooked it? A plaque describing a case of portrait masks in the Field Museum’s Egyptian exhibit indicates that once the Romans conquered the Egyptians (30 BCE), they adopted a number of Egyptian customs, including portrait masks — which were actually a Greek contribution to Egyptian traditions. The one pictured here is from the Ptolemaic-Roman Period.
At the Milwaukee Art Museum
The above are my images of detail from the following works:
■ Janitor by Duane Hanson, 1973
■ Wet Saturday by Martin Lewis, 1929
■ Le Penseur de Notre Dame by John Taylor Arms, 1923
■ The Fiddler by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1859
■ Untitled Anxious Audience by Rashid Johnson, 2017
■ Portrait of Frederick Layton by George Henry Yewell, circa 1888
■ Portrait of Dr. Karl Schwartz by Lovis Corinth 1916
■ The Card Players by Eduard vin Grützner, 1883
■ Triple Profile Portrait (The Mignons of Henry III) by School of Fontainebleau, 1570s
Roman
Seen at the Milwaukee Art Museum this weekend.
Milwaukee Public Museum
We enjoyed member appreciation hours on Saturday.
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Detail from paintings in Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape:
— “Roadway with Underpass, Asnières“ by Vincent Van Gogh (1887)
— “The Fortification of Paris with Houses” Vincent Van Gogh (1887)
— “The Restaurant Rispal at Asnières” by Vincent Van Gogh (1887)
— “Railway Junction near Bois-Colombes” by Paul Signac (1885-86)
— “Strolling Man next to Tree on a Bank (Study for ‘La Grande Jatte’)” by Georges Seurat (about 1894)
