Art Detectives

  Sean Landers,  The Urgent Necessity of Narcissism for the Artistic Mind (Jaguar), 2014 Louis Valtat,  Anémones au pichet vert sur fond bordeaux ,  ca. 1923 Shiro Kasamatsu, Pasturing of Cattle, 1979 Sean Landers, North American Mammals series among other paintings & artwork -- link -- Sean Landers, Exhbition -- link -- Sean Landers, Wiki page -- link --  Louis Valtat, Fauvist artist works   -- link --  Louis Valtat, Wiki page --  link  --  Shiro Kasamatsu, artwork -- link --  Shiro Kasamatsu, Wiki page --  link  -- 

Top of the Day: Banks of the Marne - Paul Cézanne , circa 1888 Today's Artwork: Three Fishing Boats - Claude Monet , 1886 -- link -- Self-Portrait, Aged 23 - Rembrandt van Rijn , 1629 -- link -- The Presentation - Andrea Mantegna , around 1465 -- link -- Spring - Aka Høegh , 2007 -- link -- View of Barcelona from a Rooftop in Riera de Sant Joan - Ramon Martí i Alsina , 1889 -- link -- Banks of the Marne - Paul Cézanne , circa 1888 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Ned Kelly - Sidney Nolan , 1945 Today's Artwork: The Bellelli Family - Edgar Degas , 1858 - 1869 -- link -- Portrait of Camille Roulin - Vincent van Gogh , November 1888 - December 1888 -- link -- Roses and Lilies - Henri Fantin-Latour , 1888 -- link -- Ned Kelly - Sidney Nolan , 1945 -- link -- Nelly among Flowers - Otto Dix , 1924 -- link -- Girl Possessed - Paul Klee , 1924 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: The Hermit Thrush - Thomas Wilmer Dewing , 1890 Today's Artwork: Girl in a Japanese Costume - William Merritt Chase , ca. 1890 -- link -- June Pastoral - Willard Leroy Metcalf , 1910 -- link -- In the Greenhouse - John Henry Twachtman , circa 1895 -- link -- Studio Interior - William Merritt Chase , ca. 1882 -- link -- The Hermit Thrush - Thomas Wilmer Dewing , 1890 -- link -- Waterfall - John Henry Twachtman (American, b.1853, d.1902) , 1895 - 1899 -- link -- ​We spent a lot of time looking at William Merritt Chase's art.  He seems to be both a painter and a photographer.

Top of the Day: Estació de França - Joan Colom Agustí , 1911 Today's Artwork: Girls dancing - Halfdan Egedius , 1895 -- link -- Saint Jerome Penitent in the Desert - Andrea Mantegna , 1448 - 1451 -- link -- Lute Player - Valentin de Boulogne , ca. 1625–26 -- link -- Sotto il pergolato a Napoli - Umberto Boccioni , 1914 -- link -- Estació de França - Joan Colom Agustí , 1911 -- link -- ​

Anni Albers, Knot, 1947 Miriam Escofet, An Angel at My Table, n. d.  LOTS of wonderful links to the work of Anni Albers -- link -- Thanks to Mae for introducing her! Be sure to look below the artwork for many rich avenues for discovering of Albers rich oeuvre!  Wow wow wow! These portraits are stunning -- link -- and check out the rest of her website. Thanks for Beth for finding this brilliant Spanish artist! 

We marveled at Passini and his rich, active paintings that packed SO much into a very small space. He would make very detailed work on a small canvases that look like they are large epic paintings. Surprised us all!  Alberto Pasini, Oriental Market in front of a Portal, n.d.  Wonderful links to much of his work -- even ones for sale (WAY expensive!!) -- link --  Wikipedia article with lots of great paintings of his -- link -- If you click on the painting, you can look for more "Details" and find the sizes.  Here's the link to the "sale items" just to peruse -- link --  More astounding works of his! -- link --  He was prolific -- link -- 

Top of the Day: The Starry Night - Vincent van Gogh , 1889 Today's Artwork: A Bashi-Bazouk - Charles Bargue , 1875 -- link -- Twilight - Marcia Clark , 1984 -- link -- The Starry Night - Vincent van Gogh , 1889 -- link -- Still life with vegetables and kitchen utensils - Antonio Pereda y Salgado , 17th century -- link -- The Wreck of a Transport Ship - Joseph Mallord William Turner , c. 1810 -- link -- Penitent Magdalena - Doménikos Theotokópoulos, El Greco , 1590 -- link -- Morning of a New Day - Henry Farny (1847 1916) , 1907 -- link -- ​

 We explored the varied and intriguing works of Dorothea Redmond -- link --  MORE LINKS TO COME 

 We did somewhat of a deep dig into the work of Sanford Biggers -- link --  -- link --  More to come!