My Favorite Painting: “Children at Ice Cream Stand”
This collector grew up in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, yet he always felt the cultural pull of the uptown neighborhood of Harlem. “When I was little, Harlem was already on my mind. It is the center of African American culture, and ..."
What It Was Like to Paint the Queen of Photorealism
"On the day of the photoshoot, we went to Audrey’s Upper West Side studio ... I was so nervous I can barely recall what anyone said. Later, I knew which shot I wanted as my reference for the painting, but would Audrey pick the same one?"
Marguerite Louppe: On Her Own
Alas, Louppe did not date her works, although she signed them with a confident flourish in a distinctive lowercase imprint. Because of this ...
Sculptor Spotlight: Susan Wakeen and a Revelation of Character
In the bronze sculptures of this artist, one finds a fullness of expression that moves beyond mere description of form to achieve ...
One-Hit Wonders in Art
As far as we can tell, neither painting was exhibited publicly, yet both are superb examples of 20th-century American social realism.
Favorite Painting: “Beggar with a Duffle Coat”
Edouard Manet was born to an upper-middle-class family, but he was infused with an empathy for beggars and others who had been pushed out of the city as the capital expanded and ...
The “Parisianization” of Julius LeBlanc Stewart
At first glance, the art and career of Julius LeBlanc Stewart suggest the conventional trope of the privileged American-born artist living abroad, yet a closer look ...
From Film to Fine Art: Sculptor Maudie Brady
This artist's work can be seen not only in Barcelona’s Museu Europeu d’Art Modern, but also in such celebrated film franchises as ...
“Dairy Land” Lands Salon
Please help us congratulate the Overall First Place winner in this round of the PleinAir Salon, judged by ...
Kathy Anderson’s Artful Flowers
A florist is usually focused on creating symmetry, balancing colors and flowers in equal measure, with everything at its peak. These paintings, on the other hand, “look like a garden.”