Lawrence’s Annoying Paintings at the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Read more: Lawrence’s Annoying Paintings at the Cleveland Museum of Art
I have nothing against Thomas Lawrence, indeed, I like his work, but—good grief!—he could make…
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Read more: Thumbs-up: Neel, Thumbs-up (also): Pearlstein
By happenstance or cunning plan, The Cleveland Museum of Art has two large paintings hanging…
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Read more: Gaertner at the Cleveland Museum of Art
I’m an idiot, but you already knew that. After writing about discovering Frederick Gaertner in…
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Read more: Manet in Toledo
I missed the Toledo Art Museum’s Manet exhibition. As consultation I am reading Foucault’s “Manet and the Object…
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Read more: Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris
Claude Monet maintained (I’m paraphrasing) that caricature was the soul of art. Not a surprising…
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Read more: Dayton Art Institute—Fail
The Dayton Art Institute is handsomely situated on a hill above the Great Miami River. …
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Read more: Robert Smith
Robert Smith was an American artist who died in 1985. When I knew him, he…
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Read more: Thumbs-up: van Ruisdael; Thumbs-down: Renoir
I’ve loved art as far back as I can remember. During the summer before First…