Christopher Volpe's Art Blog

One artist/art historian's random take on the world's great paintings.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Mystery Painting - Maine Coast

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Mystery painting, signed "JTW 1870" lr  (sorry I don't have a higher res pic) Here's a painting that's a bit of myste...
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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Maria J.C. a'Becket - Rediscovering an American Original

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A wild, expressionistic seascape by 19th century Maine landscapist Maria a'Becket. In the 1890s, very few American artists (and e...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Corot's palette revealed! & notes on the ethereal colors of spring

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I’ve written before  (and here too) about the shimmery grays in Corot’s landscapes, which I find so utterly charming and bewitching. His ga...
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

What Is "Pure Painting?"

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George Nick, Indian Memories Part of what draws anyone to a fascination with painting is how artists can imbue their work with a powerful, e...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The Phenomenology of Twilight

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A twilight landscape by 19th century Tonalist Alexander Wyant Nebulous and uncharted, twilight is the interposition of the veil, a fluid bor...
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Friday, April 8, 2011

Among Trees: Tonalist Backlighting

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George Inness, Early Autumn, Montclair , 189 1 In "pure" landscapes - those with minimal, or no human figures - trees as oft...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

GoldFiske

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Gertrude Horsford Fiske. Nude . 1922. Oil on canvas, 40 1/4 x 50 1/4 inches. I came across a reproduction of this Gertrude Fiske painting wh...
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