Art Blog for The Inspiration Place
The Impressionist Line from Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec: Drawings and Prints from the Clark
Sunday Art Date by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt
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Édouard Manet (1832–1883) At the Café, 1874 Gillotage on beige wove paper Sheet: 12 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. This sheet is one of very few known impressions of Manet’s gillotage of a scene in the Café Guerbois, a Parisian establishment frequented by artists and writers. Gillotage was a new photomechanical process capable of conveying painterly effects. |
Matisse at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Work in Progress, by @schulmanArt, Miriam Schulman
Matisse: In Search of True Paintingpresents Matisse's painting process by showcasing artworks in pairs or trios that are part of the same work in progress. In addition there are black white large photographs that document his progress. For Matisse, the process of creation was not simply a means to an end but a...
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| Matisse, Still Live with Magnolia, 1941 |
Review of Art Movie: Film "Pollock"
The Life of the Drip Painting Artist
by Elissa Watters, guest blogger
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| "Pollock," 2000 |
If you have never seen the film “Pollock,” directed by Ed Harris and released in 2000, it may be time to rent/stream this incredible film! “Pollock” tells the at times heartwarming, at times depressing story of Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), a key artist in the abstract expressionist movement and one of the most...
Art is Everywhere
Meet Guest Blogger Elissa Watters
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Elissa picks: Peacock Gipsy Rondo Are you looking for abstract peacock art? This mixed media collage on canvas pictures and ethereal blue and purple peacock on a bellflower purple and periwinkle background. You will love adding this glamorous touch to your home decor. The one of a kind wall art is very contemporary and modern. The peacock is surrounded by large wild... |
Romance of Renoir
Renoir at the Frick
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt
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| Pierre-Auguste Renoir Dance at Bougival, 1883 |
If you are in New York and looking for a romantic date night or outing, the Frick has a marvelous exhibition of Renoir's full length paintings. If the impressionist palette weren't romantic enough with its affected pastel colors and soft brushwork, Renoir's subject matter of these fantastically dressed...
GOing to van Gogh
van Gogh at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArtÂ
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Rain, van Gogh |
Why you must GO:
Van Gogh Up Close at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through May 6, 2012 focuses solely on the works produced in response to his relationship with nature from 1886 until his death in 1890.Photographing artwork is one of the hardest things to do even for museum professionals. The photographs you...
New American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Passionate Purple Painters
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt
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| Mary Cassatt, Lilacs in a Window |
February is a time to fall in love-- with people but also with painters. For those with a lifelong love affair with art, don't walk but run to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to check out the newly renovated American Wing. Many paintings pulled from its permanent collections are now arranged both...
Curly Hair Has a Renaissance
The New Feminine IdealÂ
by guest blogger @lindsayleboyer, Lindsay LeBoyer
Currently modern women favor hair as sleek and straight and possible. However, that modern ideal has not always been in fashion and curls are starting to make a comeback. Since many salon straightening treatments contain formaldehyde, women everywhere are embracing their natural textures....
by guest blogger @lindsayleboyer, Lindsay LeBoyer
Top 5 Art History Undergraduate Programs
by guest blogger @lindsayleboyer, Lindsay LeBoyer
Applying for college can be a stressful process. Deciding on a major can be tricky, and picking the school of your dreams is even harder. If you already know you want to study art history, the process just got a little easier. Here are five art history undergraduate programs that consistently rank among the top.
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Add Studio Museum in Harlem to Your Summer Art To Do List
Discover the Work of Emma Amos and African American Painters of the 1960's
by Miriam Schulman
by Miriam Schulman
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Emma Amos Three Figures, 1966 Oil on canvas |
Spiral: Perspectives on an African-American Art Collective is a new art exhibition at The Studio Museum in Harlem. The exhibition looks back at black artists painting during the height of the civil rights movement who met for weekly discussions in an artist's studio...
Ten Women Artists Every Young Girl Should know About!
 Here is a quick top ten list of some of my favorite women artists, whom I think every female should know about. When someone told me that the names below weren't mentioned in the artist section of The Daring Book for Girls, I was startled and dismayed. The focus was on male artists in a book for girls! I'm not sure why, though, when there are so many wonderful and exciting female artists to...
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