Art Contrarian

A blog about about painting, design and other aspects of aesthetics along with a dash of non-art topics. The point-of-view is that modernism in art is an idea that has, after a century or more, been thoroughly tested and found wanting. Not to say that it should be abolished -- just put in its proper, diminished place.

Showing posts with label Museums. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Museums. Show all posts
Monday, September 27, 2021

Some Norman Rockwell Studies

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I was touring New England in June and made sure to visit the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. On display were some e...
Monday, September 13, 2021

Paintings at Daniel Chester French's "Chesterwood"

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Daniel Chester French (1850-1931), Wikipedia entry here , was probably the most noteworthy American sculptor following the death of Augustus...
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Monday, August 23, 2021

Fantasy Art at the Norman Rockwell

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If you are interested in American illuatration and find yourself in the vicinity of western Massachusetts, a must-see site is the Norman Roc...
Thursday, July 8, 2021

N.C. Wyeth at the Farnsworth

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Newell Convers (N.C.) Wyeth (1882-1945), Wikipedia entry here , was one of the leading American illustrators during the first decades of the...
Monday, November 4, 2019

Finally!! I Got to See Klimt's Judith II

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This was a twenty-year epic struggle for me. Okay, I exaggerate -- but the twenty-year part is true. Since the late 1990s I've been ...
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Monday, October 22, 2018

Seen at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

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The tour bus arrived at the hotel soon enough for me to get my suitcase to my room and then quickly walk across town, arriving at the Bristo...
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Donald Pittenger
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Undergraduate art major. Ph.D. in Sociology, Demography from a fancy Ivy university. Software system and user interface designer and programmer. Writing about art and design on the Internet since 2005. Email: dbpittenger (at) earthlink.net

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