Jun 23, 2016 | 18th-19th C., Modern
Pierre Bonnard, Nude in an Interior, 1912-14, Oil on Canvas, 134 x 69 cm It is often said that Pierre Bonnard’s paintings featuring bathers are intimate works, as the women are caught unawares, glimpsed in unguarded and private moments. But intimacy implies access....
Apr 6, 2015 | Contemporary
Joyce Kozloff, If I Were an Astronomer (Tasman), 2014, Mixed media on canvas, 72 x 54 inches Joyce Kozloff’s If I Were an Astronomer (Tasman), 2014, has a magical, rich, nocturnal silver-blue light that unifies the work and allows an exuberance of imagery to be seen...
Jun 16, 2014 | 18th-19th C.
Claude Monet, The Water Lilies – The Clouds, 1920-1926, Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 x 502 inches It is rare, and always impressive, when an older artist turns a winter’s passion into a new body of work. If we knew Michelangelo Buonarroti only from his work after 74...
Jan 4, 2016 | Contemporary, Modern
Miriam Schapiro with Black Bolero (behind) and Azerbaijani Fan (below) Among Miriam Schapiro’s works, the black paintings are my favorites. Although she often used color ecstatically, I never felt it came to her easily. In these works, it was not an issue: they are...
