Mezzotints of Hamaguchi Yozo
I’ve tried lithography, woodcut, linoleum cut, and etching (on a plastic plate, yuck!), but have never succeeded as a printmaker. I would gladly do color lithography if I could have a press in m ...
Read More
Curator's Corner
An Expressionist Landscape for Fall: Emil Nolde
Let’s celebrate the official start of autumn with a beautiful little landscape by one of my favorite German expressionists: Emil Nolde. German expressionist landscapes were a big influence on my ...
Read More
Curator's Corner
Summer Landscape for Fall: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
A friend of mine just framed a painting that I did en plein air (out of doors) as a birthday present. It inspired me to present to you a work that you may not have seen by one of my favorite Impr ...
Read More
Curator's Corner
The Woman Behind the Men: Betty Parsons
Did you ever stop to think about the people behind historic art movements? A professor of mine once said that without wealthy patrons such as the Medici in Florence, the Renaissance would not have hap ...
Read More
Curator's Corner
The Idea of Tomb Figures: Six Dynasties Period
I recently attended the wake of a friend’s mom and couldn’t help but contemplate how contemporary funerary rituals differ from those in world history (especially an open coffin). If you pu ...
Read More
Curator's Corner
Women, Restriction, and Art History: Barbara Regina Dietzsch
I have previously mentioned in this blog my observation that even though women artists are not covered adequately in art history surveys, they nonetheless were an integral part of art history. I said ...
Read More
Curator's Corner
Pioneer Etcher in Chicago: Bertha E. Jaques
I always delight in sharing with you my many “Aha!” moments. One I had this week came while strolling through my mental art collection, pondering the element of positive and negative space ...
Read More
Curator's Corner
Yakimono: Sugiura Yasuyoshi
Yakimono in Japanese refers to a “fired thing.” A reverence for nature has historically been part of Japanese art since ancient times. Interestingly, the evocation of the respect for natur ...
Read More
Curator's Corner
What's Old is New: Modern Gothic of Dominikus Böhm
I am ending this theme with a simply beautiful piece of architecture. The architect who designed it is not a household name in western art history, but I think he should be. Dominikus Böhm’ ...
Read More
Curator's Corner
What's New Is Old: Op Art of Susie Rosmarin
I was a child in the 1960s, so I don’t really remember the Op Art phenomenon. However, my last year in high school, our art teacher had us do a drawing in pastels that emulated Op Art. I still h ...
Read More