It was through the current exhibit (on view through January 6) at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art that I learned more about the Phillips Collection and Duncan Phillips himself. An astute collector, Phillips didn't have the wealth to match Andrew Carnegie or Andrew Mellon, but never-the-less assembled one of the country's great collections. … Continue reading The Country Home of Mega-Collector Duncan Phillips
Tag: Mary Cassatt
One Sunday in Birmingham @ the Museum
A Sunday trip to the Birmingham Museum of Art doesn’t provide enough time to cover its comprehensive collection, especially its Vietnamese ceramics exhibition, one of the finest in the world, and its Wedgewood collection, the largest outside England. Fortunately, the American Art and Decorative Art collection is substantial, yet not overwhelming. Paintings are largely organized … Continue reading One Sunday in Birmingham @ the Museum
Dallas International Returns, Open Thru Sunday
The Dallas International Art, Antiques and Jewelry Show is back again. The show opened with a private preview party that was not packed, but had a constant flow of people. The show made a first go of it in 2009 at the Dallas Convention Center, but skipped a year to return at a new location, … Continue reading Dallas International Returns, Open Thru Sunday
Museum of Fine Arts Boston De-accesses European Works to Purchase of Man at His Bath by Caillebotte
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has acquired the painting Man at His Bath (1884), regarded as one of the greatest works by artist Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894). This important canvas represents the first Impressionist nude to enter the Museum's collection of paintings. The almost life-size work, which has been on loan at the MFA … Continue reading Museum of Fine Arts Boston De-accesses European Works to Purchase of Man at His Bath by Caillebotte
Philadelphia Museum of Art on an Acquiring Spree
Crystal Bridges isn't the only museum acquiring these days, and some of the art is traveling north. The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced recently it has acquired three important French Impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Alfred Sisley, and a pastel by Mary Cassatt, the Pennsylvania native and American expatriate who became famously … Continue reading Philadelphia Museum of Art on an Acquiring Spree
A Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
The ultimate destination on a short trip to Houston Memorial Day was the Houston Museum of Fine Arts (MFAH). That and Bayou Bend, a collection of American fine and decorative arts in the former home of noted philanthropist and Houstonian Ima Hogg. It was unclear from the website if Bayou Bend would be open Memorial … Continue reading A Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
The Museums of San Diego’s Balboa Park, Part 1
There are many other attractions in San Diego to lure visitors other than art. That's particularly true this time of year. One of those attractions is palm tree-filled Balboa Park, which happens to be home to a number of museums, including two art museums. The first stop was the San Diego Museum of Art. This … Continue reading The Museums of San Diego’s Balboa Park, Part 1
Christie’s Offers Collection of Raymond and Miriam Klein
As a highlight of the upcoming Spring auction season, Christie's is presenting the prominent paintings from the Collection of Raymond and Miriam Klein, a selection of exceptional fine art from the couple’s spectacular residence in historic Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. Works from the collection will be featured in a series of major sales this Spring, including Christie's … Continue reading Christie’s Offers Collection of Raymond and Miriam Klein
Different Wyeth, Different Ending
Mary Cassatt's Study for "Young Mother Sewing" was sold for $2.1 million On the morning of Dec 2, 2009, three generations of Wyeth paintings were auctioned in Christie's Important American Painting and Sculpture Sale. A large egg tempera on panel by Andrew Wyeth Above the Narrow was the top lot of the sale. When … Continue reading Different Wyeth, Different Ending
The Agile Brush
John Singer Sargent and Claude Monet went together to paint outdoors. Sargent asked Monet if he could borrow some black. Monet replies, "black? I don't have black," to which Sargent replies, "then I can't paint!" I haven't verified the authenticity of this historical change, and it seems like it could have been contrived to convey … Continue reading The Agile Brush
Urban Art & Antiques 