Christopher Volpe's Art Blog

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

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

A very special paint box

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Gearhead warning! I'm the proud owner of a brand new custom-made antique-hardwood paintbox/sketchbox that a friend of mine crafted for m...
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Saturday, January 20, 2018

Pop Art explained in two sentences

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.... and dismissed utterly (but not by me!) as a big part of what's wrong with the art world. Claes Oldenburg, “French Fries and Ke...
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Sunday, January 7, 2018

Dennis Miller Bunker - An American in Medfield

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Dennis Miller Bunker,  The Brook at Medfield , 1889 (one of several versions of this motif) Though his life would be tragically cut sh...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Panel (a poem)

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Panel (W. W. I Engraving) Why does the one heave between his shoulders a sack full of bees, staggering under t...
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Monday, November 20, 2017

Beneath the Surface: Julie Mehretu in 2017

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With 2017 wrapping up, I have been thinking about what might qualify as the most spectacular moment for American painting this year, for whi...
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Saturday, November 11, 2017

What Dreams May Come: Michael Dandley

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Before and After, by Michael Dandley, 10 x 9 inches, gouache on paper Michael Dandley creates vivid renderings of a transforming plane...
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