Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts

November 4, 2011

Friday Fave

A few days late (with the title)...but this painting is too perfect to wait till next October!

Happy weekend!

Childe Hassam (American 1859-1935)
The Ledges, October in Old Lyme, Connecticut, 
1907
Oil on canvas

October 28, 2011

Friday Fave

I hope your weekend is as whimsical as this delightful and breathtaking work by renowned American artist John Singer Sargent!

John Singer Sargent (American 1856-1925)
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, 1885-1886
{image via The Tate Collection}



Happy Friday!

October 21, 2011

Friday Fave

Happy Friday! Enjoy this beautiful oil on canvas, titled "Autumn," by American Impressionist Fern Isabel Kuns Coppedge (1883-1951), via the James A. Michener Art Museum.

October 14, 2011

Friday Fave

The leaves have finally started turning and it's beginning to feel (and smell) like fall!  This painting by local artist, Mary Page Evans, radiates autumn in Virginia.  It is named Shenandoah Jazz after all....

If you love Evans as much as I do, be sure to check out the retrospective of her work at the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington.  The exhibit,  Painted Poetry: The Art of Mary Page Evans, opens March 31st and runs through May 27th, 2012.

Mary Page Evans, Shenandoah Jazz III, 2002
oil on linen, 48-1/2 x 59 inches


Have a great weekend!


{image via Mary Page Evans}

October 7, 2011

Friday Fave

Autumn is here!  Happy Friday!

Hans Hofmann (German, 1880-1966), Autumn Gold, oil on canvas, 1957
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.



October 6, 2011

Degas's Dancers at the Barre

The Phillips Collection's new exhibit, Degas’s Dancers at the Barre: Point and Counterpoint, just opened this past Saturday...and I'm dying to go!  The exhibit focuses on Degas's ballerinas-the anatomy of the dancers and flow of their movements.  Around thirty works have been brought together, including paintings, sculptures and works on paper.  Here's a sneak peak:


Ballet Rehearsal, oil on canvas
Dancers at the Barre, oil on canvas
Dancer Adjusting Her Shoe, pastel on paper
Two Dancers Resting, charcoal on paper
Dancer Moving Forward, Arms Raised, bronze
Dancers in Rose, pastel on paper


Can't wait till I can get to Dupont Circle to see the collection!


September 30, 2011

Friday Fave

I hope your weekend is as beautiful as this painting!


Theodore Robinson (American 1852-1896), Low Tide, Riverside Yacht Club
1894, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in (45.7 x 61 cm)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Happy Friday!


September 29, 2011

Salon Style

"Less is more" is my mantra, especially when it comes to art.  Working with art every day, I see a lot!  So not only do I really want to love what I put on my walls, I also want to the art work to shine.  While I'm usually more of a minimalist, I'm really digging this eclectic and vibrant salon wall...it's gotten me thinking....




What do you think?


{image via Baylor Says...}

September 24, 2011

Friday Fave

Better late than never...

My husband and I went up the New York a few weeks ago and naturally I dragged him to The Met.  I forgot how truly massive The Met really is. I think we made it through one-fourth of the collection before we were kicked out because they were closing!

One of the highlights of my visit was this majestic painting by Claude Monet (French 1840-1926).  In the busy gallery with tourists and families, it was a little slice of serenity.

Happy Weekend!


September 22, 2011

David Rex Joyner

I recently discovered New Orleans artist David Rex Joyner.  Joyner's mixed medias are very reminiscent of two of my favorite abstract impressionists, Willem de Kooning and Hans Hofmann.  I love how he blends nature and landscape into these wonderfully vibrant and playful abstracts. 


Brace
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
16 x 16 inches

Cloud
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
30 x 30 inches

Float
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
9 x 12 inches

Serenity
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
16 x 16 inches

StumbleAcrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
36 x 48 inches

Trust
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
36 x 48 inches

Wake
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
9 x 12 inches
Rise
Acrylic/Mixed Media/Canvas
9 x 12 inches

The last work, Rise, is my absolute favorite!


{images via Cole Pratt Gallery}

September 19, 2011

Monday Inspiration: Start of the Season

I'm back!  After a busy month and half, we had a successful first auction this past weekend!  I find there's nothing more inspirational than the beginning of the auction season, a fresh start.  After a summer of collecting works, here are a few of my favorites:

Lot 601 Hubert Emile Bellynck (French b. 1859)Sailboats at Sea 
oil on canvas, 19-3/4 x 25-1/2 in (50.2 x 64.8 cm) 
estimate $600-800, realized $800

Lot 606 Michel Henry (French b. 1928)Inlet with Sailboats 
oil on canvas, 11-3/4 x 9-3/4 in (29.9 x 24.8 cm) 
estimate $800-1,200, realized $450

Lot 616 Ruskin Spear (British 1911-1990)At the Dressing Table
oil on panel, 24 x 20 in (61 x 50.8 cm) 
estimate $15,000-25,000, did not sell

Lot 618 Richard Forsyth (British 20th Century)Low Tide, Crail Harbor 
oil on canvas, 28 x 36 in (71.1 x 91.4 cm) 
estimate $400-600, realized $800
Lot 630 Attributed to Jane Stuart (American 1816-1888)George Washington at Dorchester Heights 
oil on canvas, 36-1/4 x 24-1/2 in (92.1 x 62.2 cm) 
estimate $5,000-10,000, realized $16,000

Lot 639 Francis Daniel Devlan (American 1835-1870)After the Storm 
oil on canvas, 42 x 60 in (106.7 x 152.4 cm) 
estimate $5,000-10,000, realized $8,500

Lot 647 James Francis Day (American 1863-1942)The Bather 
oil on canvas, 24-1/4 x 20-1/4 in (61.6 x 51.4 cm) 
estimate $2,000-3,000, realized $5,500

Lot 663 Mary F. R. Clay (American d. 1939)Cagnes sur Mer 
oil on canvas, 21-1/4 x 25-1/4 in (54 x 64.1 cm) 
estimate $400-600, realized $800

Check out the rest of the catalogue here!  What are your favorites?



{images via Weschler's}

August 3, 2011

Children's Art

I'm going home to Connecticut this weekend for some much needed family time.  My whole family hasn't been together since February (yikes!) and it's been far to long.  While I'm excited to see my parents and my sisters, I think I'm most excited to see my nephew James- who has blossomed from a baby to toddler overnight.

I stumbled across this image on Pinterest and instantly thought of the little boogaboo and the artwork he'll be creating in the coming years.  This is such an inventive way of displaying children's art...without covering the refrigerator. I can't wait to see what James creates!

 

{image via Pinterest}

July 29, 2011

Friday Fave

I'm currently on my way to New York City to visit with my best high school girlfriends.  We have a fun-filled weekend planned, but I think I'm most excited about my date with the Frick Collection tomorrow morning.

One of the current exhibits is In a New Light: Bellini's St. Francis in the Desert, which I'm elated to see.  I remember sitting in my Venetian art class in Rome and falling in love with Bellini's St. Francis in the Desert. I was shocked to discover that I wouldn't be able to visit the painting during my time abroad...because it was all the way back in New York! Naturally between college, graduation and moving straight to DC, I never did make it to the Frick to see the masterpiece.  So I'm thrilled to see the painting, especially with the new discoveries made during a thorough technical examination of the painting last year. 

Giovanni Bellini (Italian c. 1430/1435–1516), St. Francis in the Desert c. 1475-78, oil on poplar panel, 49 x 55 7⁄8 inches
The Frick  Collection, New York


The exhibit, In a New Light: Bellini's St. Francis in the Desert, runs through August 28th-check it out!

Have a great weekend!


July 25, 2011

Monday Inspiration: Eric Cohler

I fell in love with Manhattan designer Eric Cohler's Charleston home several months ago.  Every now and then I like to revisit the beautiful house with its sweeping verandas and Federal architecture. I think one of my favorite aspects is Cohler's ability to marry traditional and modern design.  I love his use of contemporary art to add a pop of color and a vibrant flare to each room.  Cohler- who has a masters degree in historic preservation- has done an amazing job blending the historical nature of the house with the comforts of today.














I'm completely smitten!



{images via Veranda

July 22, 2011

Friday Fave

When I got home from today, the temperature was 101°, with a heat index of 116°!  After  my sweltering metro ride -because I never seem to get onto a car that truly has fully functioning air conditioning- I was ready to dive into a pool.  The only problem...we do not have a pool.  If only this painting -by one my favorite artists Childe Hassam...if you couldn't tell- was my backyard, I'd be in heaven!


Childe Hassam (Am. 1859-1935), Rockweed Pool, oil on canvas


Fortunately my in-laws live 10 minutes away and have a wonderful pool...which I might live in till Monday...

Happy weekend!





July 15, 2011

Friday Fave

Between the Gulf Shores vacation and my mom visiting last weekend, I'm still trying to adjust to my everyday schedule...which is much harder said than done!

I thought what better way to get back into the groove then sharing an old favorite by renowned French Impressionist artist Claude Monet.  I was first introduced to Monet-and to this painting-through Cristina Bjork's books Linnea's Almanac - she also wrote Linnea in Monet's Garden.  Not only did it inspire my green thumb, but it also heavily influenced my passion for art.  As a child and now as an adult, I still adore Monet's works.  Each brushstrokes is exquisite and the colors are vivid.  His paintings are alive and breathtaking...even as an image!

Claude Monet (French 1840-1926), The Water Lily Pond, 1899, oil on canvas


Have a wonderful weekend!



July 8, 2011

Friday Fave

Henry Ward Ranger (American 1858-1916), Sunset, Summer
Auctioned at Weschler's, Washington, DC on April 16, 2005
price realized: $2000 (hammer price)

I hope your weekend is as dreamy as this oil on canvas by
Old Lyme artist Henry Ward Ranger!


{image via Weschler's}

July 4, 2011

Fourth of July

One of my favorite American Impressionist artists, Childe Hassam, created a series of paintings inspired by the increase of nationalistic of flags in New York, as a result of the First World War.  This oil of Fifth Avenue lined with American flags embodies all that we cherish on this July 4th.


Childe Hassam (American 1859-1935), Fourth of July (The Greatest Display of the
American Flag Ever Seen in New York, Climax of the Preparedness Parade in May)
oil on canvas, 36 x 26-1/8 in, 1916
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, special exhibition
Childe Hassam, American Impressionist, June 10-September 24, 2004




Happy Fourth of July!



{image via The Met}

July 1, 2011

Friday Fave

Will Henry Stevens (American 1881-1949), Biloxi Lighthouse, 1921, oil on board
Ogden Museum of Art, New Orleans



Happy weekend!




{image via Ogden Museum}

June 21, 2011

Summer Solstice

Gifford Beal (American 1879-1956), Sailboats in Harbor, oil on board
Auctioned at Grogan & Company, May 21-22, 2011
price realized: $1495 (including buyer's premium)

How I wish I could be out on one those sailboats...happy summer solstice!