Category: Impressionism

• Who cancelled Berthe Morisot?

  

  Berthe Morisot’s brushwork was audacious, even for a French Impressionist. Despite this, contemporary critics reviewed her work favorably. Today she is the least-known member of this popular group of painters. The lady (almost) vanished. Where did she go?

  Diane Tucker

  2022-07-12

  Art, Art History, Berthe Morisot, Impressionism, Portraits, Women artists

  Berthe Morisot "The Fable" and "Eugene Manet on the Isle of Wight", Great stories about great paintings

• George Bellows: Last stop, 59th Street

  

  “Bellows paints the city in undress,” grumbled the New York Daily News and they were right. Did the artist’s fidelity to the hard truth about urbanization interfere with his ability to create beautiful works of art?

  Diane Tucker

  2022-06-19

  Art, Art History, Ashcan School, Edouard Manet, George Bellows, Impressionism, Landscapes, Realism

  Edouard Manet "The Old Musician", George Bellows "The Lone Tenement", Great stories about great paintings

• Pissarro’s unforgettable conversation

  

  When the Prussian Army began marching toward Paris, Camille Pissarro packed up his family’s belongings and shuttered their home in Louveciennes, a small town outside the capital. It would be safer to move away than to stay. Here’s the harrowing story at the center of his painting “The Conversation, Louveciennes.”

  Diane Tucker

  2022-04-11

  Art, Art History, Camille Pissarro, Impressionism, Portraits

  Great stories about great paintings, Pissarro "Portrait of Minette", Pissarro "Quarry Near Pontoise", Pissarro "The Conversation Louveciennes"