Every once in a while you look at a painting and recognize similarities, in feeling if not structure. Sometimes these similarities are obvious, and sometimes they are not so obvious.A obvious example, or what seemed obvious to me anyway, was a painting in the Butler Museum of American Art. William Gropper's "The Youngstown Strike" reminded … Continue reading Painting DejaVu
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Butler Institute of American Art
The Butler Institute of Art is of a calibur equal to some of the larger, newer cities outside the Northeast. All of this great art just outside the campus of Youngstown State University is a great example of art being where the money (and population) used to be. The people and city of Youngstown appear … Continue reading Butler Institute of American Art