Christopher Volpe's Art Blog

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

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Loomings

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Early on in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick , Ishmael encounters a strange painting hanging in  The Spouter-Inn,  an old tavern in New Bedford....
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Saturday, July 22, 2017

Seven Doors (Sandra Muss, Artist)

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New York and Miami-based assemblage artist Sandra Muss's s eries  Permutations  begins with 19th Century industrial doors left sca...
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Thursday, May 25, 2017

George Hendrik Breitner - Dutch "Impressionist"

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Art historians call George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923) one of the "Amsterdam Impressionists." However, his paintings don...
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Monday, April 3, 2017

The Scottish Highlands Call

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I’ll be leading a plein air workshop in the Scottish Highlands during the week of October 8th - October 13th, 2017.  We'll be paintin...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Field Report from Smuggler's Notch Inn, Vermont

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"When you climb to the top of the mountain Look out over the town. Think about all of the strange things circulating 'r...
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