Art Detectives

Today we celebrated two female artists for Women's History Month brought to us by Katje: installation & political artist Xaviera Simmons & abstract visualist Pat Steir. Later we segued to a look at Charles Gaines's Moving Chains, a giant installation where visitors can go into a barge-like structure & hear, view the chains of a slave ship.  Xaviera Simmons, Crises Makes a Book Club, 2020 Pat Steir, Blue River, 2005 Xaviera Simmons article -- link --  Examples of Xaviera Simmon's work -- link --  Xaviera Simmons's Canoes "Convene" -- link --  Pat Steir -- link --  Pat Steir studio visit video -- link --  Pat Steir longer video -- link --  Examples of Pat Steir's work -- link --  Charles Gaines Moving Chains -- link --  Charles Gaines Moving Chains, more info -- link --  Charles Gaines, Moving Chains, 2022

Top of the Day: Child with Hoop - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1875 Today's Artwork: Portrait of a Lady in Fashionable Attire - MULARD, François-Henri -- link -- Saint Jerome Penitent - Master of La Seu d'Urgell, Around 1495 -- link -- Artemisia - Gerrit van Honthorst, about 1635 -- link -- Self-portrait wearing a velvet dress - Frida Kahlo, 1926 -- link -- Vase of Flowers I - Amy Lamb, 1999 -- link -- Child with Hoop - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1875 -- link -- Untitled - Kasimir Malevich, circa 1915 -- link -- Beach of Trouville - Eugène Boudin, 1867 -- link -- Friedrich the Great on a journey. Sketch - Adolph Menzel, 1853 -- link -- Bombe 400ML customisée - Marisol d'Estrabeau, 2008 -- link -- Lucia - Frederic, Lord Leighton -- link -- La Última Serenata - Emilio Pettoruti, 1937/1937 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Femme nue lisant (Nude Woman Reading) - Robert Delaunay, 1920 Today's Artwork: 1987 Driving lesson - Eden Lennox and Photo: Rob Frith, 2019 -- link -- Skating Floor - Io Angeli, 2017 -- link -- Figure in Sunlight (Artist's Wife) - John Henry Twachtman, born Cincinnati, OH 1853-died Gloucester, MA 1902, ca. 1890-1900 -- link -- Casting, Number Two - Winslow Homer, 1894 -- link -- Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky - Frida Kahlo, 1937 -- link -- Femme nue lisant (Nude Woman Reading) - Robert Delaunay, 1920 -- link -- ​We spent quite a bit of time on cubism.  This is what Bing has to say about cubism: Hi there! If you're interested in learning more about cubism, the revolutionary modern art movement that changed the way we see reality, then you've come to the right place. In this blog post, I'll introduce you to some of the most iconic cubist artists and their artworks, and explain what makes cubism so unique and influential. Cub...

Top of the Day: White cottages at Saintes-Maries - Vincent van Gogh, 1888 Today's Artwork: White cottages at Saintes-Maries - Vincent van Gogh, 1888 -- link -- ​Spent Most of the day at  Kroller Muller Museum  in Google Arts and Culture . If you are looking for a museum that combines art and nature, you might want to visit the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands. The museum is located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park, a beautiful natural area with forests, heathlands and sand dunes. The museum has a rich collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh and other modern masters, as well as a sculpture garden that showcases contemporary artworks. The Kröller-Müller Museum was founded by Helene Kröller-Müller, a wealthy art collector who had a passion for Vincent van Gogh's paintings. She bought over 200 of his works, making her one of his biggest patrons. She also collected works by artists such as Claude Monet, Georges Seurat, Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian. In 1...

Top of the Day: A Gentleman on a Managed Horse Riding Out With a Lady - James Seymour, 1702–1752, British, undated Today's Artwork: Reapers - Alexei Venetsianov, Late 1820s -- link -- A Gentleman on a Managed Horse Riding Out With a Lady - James Seymour, 1702–1752, British, undated -- link -- Spring Evening at Ula - Ludvig Karsten, 1905 -- link -- Apaches and Angels - Vyal, Thomas Breeze Marcus, Renelle White Buffalo & Douglas Miles, 2013 -- link -- Portrait of Joseph Roulin - Vincent van Gogh, 1889 -- link -- Pair of Woman's Shoes - Unknown, circa 1760-1765 -- link -- Girl's head - Stanisław Wyspiański, 1893 -- link -- ​We started with a picture of pie in honor of PI day (3/14):   https://whitney.org/collection/works/3042 Then we took a look at a link Vera sent us about Piet Mondrian:   https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/paintingsmondrian-you-wouldnt-believe-were-his/ Then we went over to The Sand Museum in Japan:   http...

Top of the Day: The West Wind - Tom Thomson, winter 1916 - 1917 Today's Artwork: 11 November 1947 (Mousehole) - Ben Nicholson, . -- link -- Luxembourg Gardens - Eliseu d'Angelo Visconti, ca. 1915 -- link -- Girl Carrying a Basket - Winslow Homer, 1882 -- link -- The West Wind - Tom Thomson, winter 1916 - 1917 -- link -- Untitled - Kasimir Malevich, circa 1915 -- link -- Peacock clutch - Unknown, 1940 -- link -- Selfportrait - Claude Cahun, 1925 -- link -- Distorted Cubes Bozuk Küpler - Sol Lewitt, 2001/2001 -- link -- Naaktstudie van een zittende man - Jacopo Palma (il Giovane), 1554/1628 -- link -- The Clot del Móro quarry - Antoni Pedrola, 1984 - 1984 -- link -- Cliff Rock - Appledore - Hassam, Childe, 1903 -- link -- ​Tom Thomson was a Canadian artist who lived from 1877 to 1917⁴. He was known for his paintings of the Canadian landscape, especially trees, skies, lakes and rivers²³⁴. He was an early inspiration for what became the Group of Seven,...

Top of the Day: The Port of Saint-Tropez - Paul Signac, 1901 - 1902 Today's Artwork: City Scape - Ham, Myung Su, 2010 -- link -- Chariot - Jamini Roy (1887-1972) -- link -- Vertumnus and Pomona - Jan Pietersz. Saenredam, 1605 -- link -- Cahill Expressway - Jeffrey Smart, (1962) -- link -- The Port of Saint-Tropez - Paul Signac, 1901 - 1902 -- link -- Across Country (A travers champs) - Edouard Vuillard, 1897/1898 (published 1899) -- link -- Indians Spear Fishing - Albert Bierstadt, 1862 -- link -- Maria met kind en een aap - Albrecht D_rer, 1496/1500 -- link -- Pond in Winter – Giverny - Hiramatsu Reiji, 2011 -- link -- The Owl's Tale #1 - Jasmin JOSEPH and Jasmin JOSEPH, 1988 -- link -- Bird - Morris & Company|William Morris -- link -- Despair - Caroline Durieux, 1934 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Crouching Woman with Green Headscarf - Egon Schiele, 1914 Today's Artwork: Le Jugement de Pâris - Paul Baudry, 1866/1874 -- link -- The Beast Acheron - Simon Marmion, 1475 -- link -- The Violinist - Candido Portinari, 1931 -- link -- Girl with a Baby Among Birch Trees - Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1905 -- link -- An August Morning - Francis Augustus Silva, 1876 -- link -- The Little Fourteen-year-old Dance - Edgar Degas, 1878 - 1881 -- link -- Gibbon reaching for reflection of the moon - Artist: Ohara Koson, Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi, ca. 1910-1930s -- link -- Crouching Woman with Green Headscarf - Egon Schiele, 1914 -- link -- Egon Schiele was an Austrian Expressionist painter who lived from 1890 to 1918². He was a protégé of Gustav Klimt and a major figurative painter of the early 20th century³. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits he produced, including nude self-portraits²³. Source: Conv...

Top of the Day: Trees in France - Emily Carr (1871 - 1945), c. 1911 Today's Artwork: Night and day - Howard Hodgkin, (1997-1999) -- link -- Trees in France - Emily Carr (1871 - 1945), c. 1911 -- link -- Refugiados - Lasar Segall, 1922 -- link -- Composizione TA (Natura morta metafisica) - Carlo Carrà, 1916-1918 -- link -- Oval Stool with Incised Carving - Unknown, -1 -- link -- Mice - Artist: Ohara Koson, ca. 1900 -- link -- October Noon - George Inness, 1891 -- link -- The Seven Acts of Mercy - Michelangelo Merisi detto Caravaggio, 1607 -- link -- Chalice of Saint John the Evangelist [reverse] - Hans Memling, c. 1470/1475 -- link -- Happy Happy - Choi, Jeonghwa, 2010 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Peasants Dancing at an Inn - Steen, Jan, c. 1646 - 1648 Today's Artwork: Peasants Dancing at an Inn - Steen, Jan, c. 1646 - 1648 -- link -- PH-160 - Clyfford Still, 1957 -- link -- At the Moulin Rouge - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901), 1892/95 -- link -- St. John the Baptist Preaching - Mattia Preti (Il Cavaliere Calabrese) -- link -- Bust of Stadholder William V (1748-1806) - Falconet, née Collot, Marie-Anne, 1782 -- link -- In the Outskirts of Toledo (The Old Men) - Diego Rivera, 1912 -- link -- ​Jan Steen (1626-1679) was a Dutch painter known for his lively and humorous scenes of daily life, often with a moralizing message. He was born in Leiden, Netherlands, and was the son of a brewer. Although he received a degree in theology, he decided to pursue art and became a student of the Dutch painter Nicolaes Knüpfer. Steen's paintings often depict chaotic and humorous scenes of everyday life, such as taverns, households, and feast...

Top of the Day: The Wire Drawing Mill - Albrecht Dürer, c. 1489/1494 - 1494 Today's Artwork: Landscape with an Aqueduct - Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, 1810 -- link -- The Toddy Tapper - Raja Ravi Varma -- link -- Jasmine - Dmitry Nalbandyan, 1985 - 1985 -- link -- Woman and Child with Serving Maid - Pieter de Hooch, 1663/1665 -- link -- The Christ child sitting on clouds - Julius Hübner, 1837 -- link -- The Wire Drawing Mill - Albrecht Dürer, c. 1489/1494 - 1494 -- link -- Democritus in Meditation - Salvator Rosa, 1662 -- link -- Fortune Favors the Brave - Juuri "Julie" Robertson, 2014-10-22 -- link -- ​And just to add text, here is what ChatGPT had to say about Albrecht Durer: Albrecht Dürer was a German Renaissance artist who lived from 1471 to 1528. He was born in Nuremberg, Germany, and was one of the most important artists of the Northern Renaissance. Dürer was a versatile artist who worked in a variety of media, including engraving, woodcuts, drawi...

Top of the Day: Soir Bleu - Edward Hopper, 1914 Today's Artwork: The Laughing Boy (Jopie van Slouten) - Robert Henri, 1910 -- link -- Soir Bleu - Edward Hopper, 1914 -- link -- Dress bodice - Unknown -- link -- Frozen North Pole No.28 - Wang Guang Yi, 1985 -- link -- The Blueprint Drawings - Keith Haring, 1990 -- link -- Peacocks - Gaston Lachaise, 1922 -- link -- Yogi Gopichandra - Ravi Varma Press Karla Lonavala and Raja Ravi Varma, Circa 1910 -- link -- Suzon - Auguste Rodin, circa 1872 -- link -- Fan - Unknown, 1775/1790 -- link -- NSF ADBC EPICC TCN - Mr. H. W. Turner -- link -- Bull-fighter's apprentices - Manuel González Serrano, 1948 -- link -- Malati Receives a Visitor, Folio from a Malati-Madhava series - Bhagvan Das, 1798 -- link -- The Client - Jean-Louis Forain, 1878 -- link -- Auf Weiss II (On White II) - Kandinsky, Vassily, 1923 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: The flight of Madeline and Porphyro during the drunkenness attending the revelry (The Eve of St. Agnes) - William Holman Hunt, 1847/1857 Today's Artwork: ANG PIPIT - ANTHONY PALOMO, 2015 - 2015 -- link -- Panel from an Ivory Casket with the Story of Adam and Eve -- link -- Louis Guillaume - Paul Cézanne, c. 1882 -- link -- The flight of Madeline and Porphyro during the drunkenness attending the revelry (The Eve of St. Agnes) - William Holman Hunt, 1847/1857 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Champs-Elysees - Henri-Edmond Cross, 1898 Today's Artwork: The Miser - Raja Ravi Varma -- link -- Sunset 15 - Diego Rivera, 1956 -- link -- The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds - Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), 1634 -- link -- Sem título - Polke, Sigmar, 1965 -- link -- Champs-Elysees - Henri-Edmond Cross, 1898 -- link -- Bild auf hellem Grund (Paiting with Clear Background) - Kandinsky, Vassily, 1916 -- link -- New Jersey Beach - William Trost Richards, 1901 -- link -- The Riding School - Franz Marc, 1913 -- link -- ​We went down several "rabbit holes" today and had a great time.