In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Dallas Museum of Art will bring together the works of art installed in the president’s suite at the Hotel Texas during his fateful trip to Texas in 1963. The original installation, orchestrated by a small group of Fort Worth art … Continue reading Exhibit Recreates Kennedy Suite in Hotel Texas
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Sargent at the Amon Carter
This weekend I spent a couple hours with four paintings by John Singer Sargent in a new exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. The four paintings were created when the artist was between the ages of 22 and 26, and represent a period of artistic development prior to the Amon Carter's own … Continue reading Sargent at the Amon Carter
More Great Things to See on Your Visit to Philadelphia Antiques Week
PhiladelphiaAntiquesWeek.com recently offered visitors to Philadelphia's Antiques Week five reasons to revisit this year including a new home at the Convention Center for the Philadelphia Antiques Show, an exhibit on firefighter memorabilia at the 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show, some recently acquired paintings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, an exhibit relating to Dr. Barnes … Continue reading More Great Things to See on Your Visit to Philadelphia Antiques Week
PAFA to Mount Definitive Exhibition on Henry Ossawa Tanner
A major exhibition of artwork by African-American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner will premiere at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), on view from January 27 through April 15, 2012. Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit will contain over 100 works, including 12 paintings that have never been shown in a Tanner retrospective and the … Continue reading PAFA to Mount Definitive Exhibition on Henry Ossawa Tanner
America At Preview
Each year the biggest auction houses in New York have their American sales. A few months before Antique Week, the events provide a good opportunity not only to see items that may not be on public view again for sometime, and see others before they move through the retail chain. Saturday provided the opportunity to … Continue reading America At Preview
Artists Eakins Painted
In comparing portraits to dauguerreotypes, Ralph Waldo Emerson commented that "Daguerreotypes give the sculpture of the face, but omits of the expression, the painter aims at the expression and comes far short of Daguerre in the form and organization. But we must have the sea and the shore, the flowing and the fixed, in every … Continue reading Artists Eakins Painted
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