Judith Bernstein on Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893, Oil, pastel, cardboard, tempera, 29 x 32 inches In my work, I always look to “NAIL IT!,” meaning that I aim for my artwork to have the highest possible impact while addressing the severest aspects of humanity – that’s why I’ve...
John Moore on Pierre Roy
Pierre Roy, METRIC SYSTEM, 1933, oil on canvas, 57 5/8 x 39 inches In the seventies while living in Philadelphia I spent a lot of time at the Philadelphia Museum of Art where I first saw Pierre Roy’s Metric System. Roy is a painter whose work came to the PMA as...
Murray Zimiles on Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Malevich, Knife Grinder, 1912-13, Oil on canvas, 31×31 inches Kasimir Malevich is best known in America for his Suprematist painting, White on White (1918), in the collection of MOMA. Less well known are his Futurist works, made a few years earlier, works...
Laura Newman on a Diagonal Line in Matisse’s ‘View of Notre Dame’
Henri Matisse, View of Notre Dame, 1914, Oil on canvas, 58 x 37 1/8 inches In Matisse’s View of Notre Dame, a diagonal line reaches out of the pentimenti, which establish the artist’s side of a French window, and spans the Seine. Just as the line is about to touch the...