How did Degas change the way artists used oil paint?
How did Degas change the way artists used oil paint? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/jPEQPq86lC — National Gallery (@NationalGallery) February 15, 2024
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Lessons from the Dreyfus Affair
by Gregg Chadwick Mirka Knaster on her blog posted a provocative entry today with the title "Appreciate the art but despise the artist?" I agree with Mirka and post my thoughts below as a follow up to her post. Zola's open letter "J'Accuse...!" 13 January 1898 Mirka, you pose an important question. While an undergrad at UCLA, I had classes with the noted art historians Albert Boime and David Kunzel. Boime's "Social History of Modern Art" and Kunzel's study of the history of fashion have prompted me to consider the social structures that exist around an artwork. Pulling a painting out of its time and pinning it alone in a case like a rare butterfly often leads to a limited understanding of an artwork. Degas' moral failings are problematic and are important to consider in the broader understanding of the man and the artist. The comparison between Degas and Emile Zola concerning the anti-Semitic campaign against Captain Dre...
Happy Birthday Degas!
Happy Birthday to Edgar Degas born on 19 July 1834! " Four Dancers" @ ngadc https://www. nga.gov/collection/gal lery/gg89/gg89-46597.html … Edgar Degas 1834 - 1917 Four Dancers , c. 1899 oil on canvas 59 1/2" x 70 15/16" National Gallery of Art -Chester Dale Collection photo by Gregg Chadwick
New Orleans Wins & Turner Travels!
Speed of Life Called It! Update: Joseph Mallord William Turner ( April 23, 1775-December 19, 1851) The Fifth Plague of Egypt 48" x 72" oil on canvas 1800 Indianapolis Museum of Art photo courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art Spurred on by fellow artblogger, Tyler Green , the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Indianapolis Museum of Art - put their paintings on the line over todays Super Bowl between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. I called an improbable New Orleans victory over the Colts. In which case the Indianapolis Museum of Art will lend Turner's vibrant and mysterious The Fifth Plague of Egypt to the New Orleans Museum of Art. Check out Tyler's blog for the ultimate in museum director trash talk and mannered New Orleans (and Indianapolis) grace as well. New Orleans Museum of Art director E. John Bullard summed up the good spirited rivalry to Tyler: "Max is a gracious opponent. Thanks for accepting the wager of a Claude from New ...