The Last Goodbye – A Memorial Day Tribute

In “Oriental Poppies,” O’Keeffe depicts two giant poppy flowers. Measuring 30″ x 40″, this oil painting is an explosion of brilliant colors on a vast canvas, lending a mesmerizing effect. O’Keefe used dazzling red and orange as the main color of the petals. The hollowed centre and the inner contours of the flowers are painted…

František Kupka: Study for Cosmic Spring

František Kupka, Study for “Cosmic Spring” (“Printemps cosmique”) and “Amorpha, Fugue in Two Colors” (“Amorphe, Fugue à deux couleurs”) 1911-1912, Gouache on board, 13 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches (34.9 x 36.1 cm),, Credit line:  Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Liberman, 1994, Hear More Lifein3D At Sunnyside See More František…

Jose Joya: Landscape

“Painted in 1966, Landscape was created at the height of Jose Joya’s career, amidst some of his most triumphant accomplishments. Characteristic of Joya’s work in the 60s, this well-balanced composition bears textural impasto and gestural black calligraphic lines, contrasted against the fluid tones of blue with shades of green flecked with orange and brown. The…

Frederick Carl Frieseke: La Poudreuse

“The woman, likely the artist’s wife Sarah O’Bryan, sits before her poudreuse, compartments open, selecting a necklace to wear…The mood is contemplative yet cheery. The open top of the center compartment draped with a blue and yellow shawl begins a diagonal line that recedes into the painting through the sitter on to the back of…

Reuven Rubin: Galloping Horses

“From the late 1950’s, running horses became a favorite subject of Rubin. Sarah Wilkinson writes that that the artist was inspired by the Bedouin horsemen galloping in the desert and these paintings were different than most of the artist’s works. “They are not tranquil in spirit, but filled with turbulence, as if the horses, now…

Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece III

Hear More Life in 3D At Sunnyside Read More Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece at wikiwand Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece at Smarthistory Matthias Grünewald at wikiwand See More Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece at Unterlinden Museum Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece at wikimedia References Dr. Sally Hickson, “Grünewald, Isenheim Altarpiece,” in Smarthistory, April 27, 2023, accessed June 24, 2023, https://smarthistory.org/grunewald-isenheim-altarpiece/. Happy Sunday…

Sérusier and a Folk Song Medley

Hear More Life in 3D At Sunnyside Read More Paul Sérusier at wikiwand The Nabis at ArtStory Les Nabis on Wikiwand Les Nabis at Google Arts and Culture Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History See More Paul Serusier At Sunnyside Les Nabis At Sunnyside Paul Sérusier at Christie’s Paul Sérusier at Musée d’Orsay Paul Sérusier at…

Frieseke and an Irish Folk Song

“Frederick Frieseke’s The Hammock intimately captures the artist’s wife Sarah, whom he nicknamed Sadie, lounging in the private garden of their home in Giverny, France…This painting has all the hallmarks of Frieseke’s mature impressionist style–loose brushwork, a fascination with sunlight, and a highly decorative surface treatment characterized by abundant pattern and vibrant color. The diagonal…

How Great Thou Art

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Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece I

“The outer wings of the Isenheim Altarpiece were opened for important festivals of the liturgical year, particular those in honour of the Virgin Mary. Thus are revealed four scenes: the left wing represents the Annunciation during which the archangel Gabriel comes to announce to Mary that she will give birth to Jesus, the son of…