Madame X
I’ve finally gotten around to Madame X. John Singer Sargent met Virginie Gautreau in Paris some time in 1882. He was trying to launch his...
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thesufferingartist
- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
Tired Salesgirl on Christmas Eve
There are so many Norman Rockwell paintings on a Christmas theme that choosing one was almost the death of me. Somehow I managed, though,...
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thesufferingartist
- Dec 19, 2021
- 2 min
Van Eyck's Annunciation
Jan Van Eyck painted this version of The Annunciation some time in the mid to late 1430s. It's housed at the National Gallery in...
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thesufferingartist
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
The Sandham Memorial Mural
I'll admit that my appreciation for murals is hit and miss, and very often on the miss side. That's likely why we haven't posted about...
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thesufferingartist
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Watson and the Shark
John Singleton Copley painted three versions of his Watson and the Shark (1778), this is the second one. The ‘Watson’ in the title is a...
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thesufferingartist
- Aug 28, 2021
- 2 min
TR's Holy Blood Altarpiece
TR there doesn't stand for Teddy Roosevelt. It stands for Tilman Riemenschneider, the sculptor who created the Holy Blood Altarpiece...
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thesufferingartist
- Jun 18, 2021
- 1 min
Masters Reimagined
The Covid pandemic shut us down for almost all of 2020 but we're glad to starting hosting art exhibits again this year! Our March exhibit...
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thesufferingartist
- Jun 4, 2021
- 2 min
The Unfinished Captive
Unfinished artwork can sometimes be more fascinating than completed pieces. Leonardo da Vinci was notorious for not finishing commissions...
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thesufferingartist
- May 19, 2021
- 2 min
Nighthawks
This is Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, probably his most famous painting. Look at it for about 5 minutes and try to come up with three words...
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thesufferingartist
- Apr 8, 2021
- 2 min
The Bust of Nefertiti
The Ancient Egyptians left behind a lot of amazing stuff but the bust of Queen Nefertiti has to be one of the best. Her sculptor was...
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thesufferingartist
- Mar 12, 2021
- 2 min
The Raft of the Medusa
The Raft of the Medusa (1819) by Theodore Gericault usually makes one of those “must see at the Louvre” lists you find online. I don't...
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thesufferingartist
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
The Olmec in Large and Fine print
I know just enough about the Olmec people to know I’d be interested to know more. I’m in good company, though. Apparently they are still...
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thesufferingartist
- Feb 13, 2021
- 2 min
Botticelli's Reboot
The Birth of Venus is probably Sandro Botticelli’s most famous painting and I imagine most of you would recognize it on sight. If I’m...
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thesufferingartist
- Feb 13, 2021
- 2 min
The Agnew Clinic
About 14 years after he painted The Gross Clinic, Thomas Eakins was commissioned to paint The Agnew Clinic. The chief surgeon and...
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thesufferingartist
- Jan 30, 2021
- 2 min
The Gross Clinic
There are two pieces by American painter Thomas Eakins that I really like for their medical subject matter. So this week you’re looking...
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thesufferingartist
- Jan 30, 2021
- 2 min
My Gripe with American Gothic
I imagine most people know Grant Wood’s American Gothic (1930). Sometimes I wonder whether people like it because they think they’re...
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thesufferingartist
- Jan 30, 2021
- 2 min
The Stone Faces of Bayon
Cambodia may or may not be on your must-travel radar but maybe it should be. In the US it probably only rings a bell from its association...
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thesufferingartist
- Jan 30, 2021
- 2 min
A Double Adoration from Rubens
Yesterday was the 12th day of Christmas. January 6th is Epiphany and it commemorates the Magi’s visit to the Holy Family. Thankfully for...
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thesufferingartist
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
A Family's Redemption in Fresco
I think we started these art posts back in March. So we’re coming up on a whole year and we haven’t once mentioned the frescoes of the...
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thesufferingartist
- Dec 23, 2020
- 2 min
The Palermo Nativity
This is Caravaggio’s Nativity with St Francis and St Lawrence (1609, some online sources date it earlier but I don’t agree with them),...
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