One sees how the keen observation and “truth to nature” that critic John Ruskin espoused was put into action by John Constable and J.M. W. Turner.
Clark Art Institute
Visual Arts Review: “Women Artists in Paris 1850-1900” — A Fabulous Surprise
Who knew that there were dozens of first-rate female American, Scandinavian, German, Swiss, French and Russian painters in Paris in the second half of the 19th century?
Visual Arts Review: An Impressive Selection of Picasso Prints at The Clark
This is a relatively small but stunning selection of Picasso’s finest prints, a collection that reflects the artist’s range of inspiration.
Visual Arts Review: “Whistler’s Mother” — Up Close and Personal
With invention that suggests the work of Malevich and Mondrian, the composition is a play of rectangles.
Visual Arts: Ambergris and Alchemy — A Pilgrimage to John Singer Sargent’s “Fumée d’Ambre Gris”
At times I leave off my avid samplings of one entrancement after another in a great museum. Instead, I make a pilgrimage dedicated to a single work, such as John Singer Sargent’s intoxicating woman in white in “Fumée d’Ambre Gris” at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.