- John Alexander White, “Repose” (1895), Metropolitan Museum of Art
At the beginning of every month I like to note some of the news stories that are occurring in the art world, underneath the radar of your standard news shows. This month, though, I also wanted to show you a couple of paintings which remind me of Spring, though not in a standard way. These two paintings, by White and Sargent, invoke the laziness of this time of year,when laying around just seems like a good idea.
- John Singer Sargent, “Repose” (1911), National Gallery of Art
Here are some random notes for the month of May:
- For my fellow Cincinnatians, this is the last month to check out the the Surrealism exhibit at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Taking it’s place next month will be an exhibit featuring the Impressionist sculptor Bessie Potter Vonnoh.
- MUST READ: Jonathan Jones wrote a blog post a few weeks back on the “neoclassicicism” of Picasso. As always, a fascinating perspective.
- The Hirshhorn Museum in D.C. will be selling three paintings by 19th C. American artist Thomas Eakins. Although they claim that it is merely to raise money for their acquisition fund, one has to wonder if this is another case of museums having to tighten the belt. More…..
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