Christopher Volpe's Art Blog

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

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Art of Seeing in Ogunquit, Maine

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Tidal Rocks, Ogunquit Nine students joined me for a fabulous day of painting, history, and self-exploration at my April 19 plein-air wor...
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Maria A'Becket Branches Out in Florida

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Monarch of the Glen by Maria A'Becket A large painting by 19th century Maine painter Maria A'Becket has been discovered rolled u...
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Seeing Big in Perkins Cove

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Charles H. Woodbury used to tell the students in his Ogunquit, Maine  Art of Seeing  class to "paint big and fast outside" not b...
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Monday, April 8, 2013

Spring Favorite

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Wolfgang Laib, Pollen from Hazelnut , at NYC's MoMA. I took this picture on my iPhone a couple months ago at NY's Museum of Mo...
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Friday, March 29, 2013

Notes on Charles H. Woodbury

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Charles H. Woodbury, Breaking Wave I've been delving into the work and theories of  Charles H. Woodbury (1864-1940) , and the more I...
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Saturday, February 16, 2013

Cezanne's Magnificent Bathers, Part 1

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Cezanne, The Bathers (1898-1906) During the last 20 years of his his solitary life, isolated and immersed in his work, Paul Cezanne rei...
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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Sargent Watercolor Show Coming

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The Boston MFA and Brooklyn Museum are mounting a major exhibition of John Singer Sargent's exquisite watercolors this year. Santa...
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