Art lovers–bah!
I am not an art lover. I have no patience for those who wax elegant about art. Those who speak reverently on art as the new religion set my teeth on edge. For me, art…
Category: Art Museums
Cincinnati fail
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…
Painting by Tissot
I love it when I visit a museum and discover a new painting. I found this painting, The Proposal, by James Tissot (1836 - 1902) during my last visit to the Cleveland Museum of Art.…
Next YouTube video, Jacob van Ruisdael
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…
Cleveland Art museum visit
Why is a visit to the art museum blog-worthy? After all, my near-weekly museum visits are a longstanding habit. The headline is that this is my first visit to the Cleveland Art museum since the…
Cleveland’s van Goyen
My next video about painter's paintings is on van Goyen's painting titled View of Emmerich in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Van Goyen is another artist from the Dutch Golden Age. He is a contemporary…
J. L. David’s Cupid and Psyche
Jacques-Louis David is one of my favorite artists. David's reputation was cemented for me the first time I visited the Louvre. David made a career revitalizing well-known stories and allegories. From the beginning of his career, David…
David Teniers video
I completed a new video about the great Flemish artist, David Teniers. I was inspired to create the video by my memory of the Cleveland art museum's painting by Teniers. Because of Covid, I still…