Monthly Archives: June 2011

Eugène Delacroix

Posted on June 30, 2011 by foxpudding

  The Women of Algiers (In Their Apartment), Oil on Canvas, 1834, 180 x 229cm (70.9” x 90.2” approx.) The Louvre, (You know perfectly well where it is.) My artist friend, Matt, is a major fan of this painter and quite … Continue reading →

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Thomas Eakins

Posted on June 23, 2011 by foxpudding

The Swimming Hole, 1884-1885, 27.6” x 36.6” (70.2 x 93 cm) Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas I live about twenty miles from this museum and since it is too freaking hot this time of year to worry about writing … Continue reading →

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Auguste Rodin

Posted on June 16, 2011 by foxpudding

  Monument to Balzac, 1891-1898,RodinMuseum,Paris,France First things first: this is not what Balzac looked like. A writer’s group in Paris commissioned this work from Rodin. When he delivered it they were horrified by what he had created. By this point … Continue reading →

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Edward Hopper II

Posted on June 9, 2011 by foxpudding

Soir Bleu, 1914, Oil on Canvas, 36” x 72” (1.4 x 182.9cm) WhitneyMuseum of AmericanArt, New York, NY,  Josephine N. Hopper Bequest I began this blog some nine months ago with Edward Hopper for no better reason than I was … Continue reading →

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Édouard Manet II

Posted on June 2, 2011 by foxpudding

The Rue Mosnier with Flags, 1878, Oil on Canvas, 26″ x 32″ (approx) Getty Museum The French declared a holiday to celebrate the ending of the disastrous Franco-Prussian War. Manet was there to record the finery just before or after … Continue reading →

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