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    Cincinnati fail

    Tom Hudson January 9, 2025

    When I graduated high school, I didn't have the moral courage to go to New York, which is what I wanted to do. Instead, a friend and I applied to the Cincinnati Art Academy. She…

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    Tissot etchings at Cleveland
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    Tissot etchings at Cleveland

    Tom Hudson July 17, 2024

    I think James Tissot (1836–1902) is a much better artist than I once believed. I had lumped him with Sargent and other late-19th-century artists who I consider superficial and fashionable. He's much better than Sargent.…

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    YouTube art instruction
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    YouTube art instruction

    Tom Hudson February 5, 2024

    If you are looking for art instruction videos, YouTube is loaded with them. That's the good news--videos for every taste and interest. The bad news is that the quality is--to put it charitably--spotty. You get…

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    Turn toward realism?

    Tom Hudson June 25, 2023September 20, 20231 Comment

    Realism is becoming popular once again in painting studios. This development is welcome but it's also sobering. Looking at the growing number of realists demonstrates how much has been lost. Much of it is Impressionism-adjacent…

    Good art books: David to Delacroix, The Rise of Romantic Mythology
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    Good art books: David to Delacroix, The Rise of Romantic Mythology

    Tom Hudson May 7, 2023

    Dorothy Johnson has written several books related to David and the Neoclassicists. David to Delacroix: The Rise of Romantic Mythology is probably her best work. I think about this little book a lot. Even though…

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    Death of history painting
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    Death of history painting

    Tom Hudson December 31, 2022

    At the end of the eighteenth century, art flowed along several currents. History painting, the primary current, was in its heyday and remained the undisputed champion until 'history' intruded into contemporary events with the French…

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    Amusement park series
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    Amusement park series

    Tom Hudson October 8, 2022

    I visited Lake Erie's preeminent amusement park, Cedar Point, five times this summer. I am using the thousands of photos that I took from these visits as reference material for my new series--Amusement Parks. I…

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    Next YouTube video, Jacob van Ruisdael
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    Next YouTube video, Jacob van Ruisdael

    Tom Hudson September 20, 2022

    I enjoyed preparing my last video so much, I am charged-up to do another. In my last video about Jan van Goyen, I mentioned his fellow Dutch Golden Ager, van Ruisdael. I've got a lot…

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