Category: Impressionism

• Who cancelled Berthe Morisot?

  

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

  Diane Tucker

  2022-07-12

  Art History, Berthe Morisot Paintings, Diane Tucker, Impressionism, Women artists

  Berthe Morisot, Berthe Morisot The Fable, Diane Tucker, Eugene Manet on the Isle of Wight, Why isn't Berthe Morisot well known?, Women Impressionists

• George Bellows: Last stop, 59th Street

  

  The scale of the lone tenement building under the new Queensboro Bridge seems odd. Is it real? Or is it a ghost, urging us to remember all the homes that were bulldozed in the name of urban expansion and the meaningful interactions that once took place inside them?

  Diane Tucker

  2022-06-19

  Art History, Ashcan School artists, Diane Tucker, Edouard Manet paintings of Paris, George Bellows New York paintings, Impressionism, The Lone Tenement, The Old Musician

  Diane Tucker, Edouard Manet, Excavation at Night, George Bellows, Haussmann Paris, Queensboro Bridge construction, The Lone Tenement, The Old Musician

• Pissarro’s unforgettable conversation

  

  When the Prussian Army marched on Paris in 1870, Camille Pissarro started packing up his family’s belongings and shuttering their house in Louveciennes, a small town near the capital. He could hear the rumble of artillery in the distance. It would be safer to move away than to stay.

  Diane Tucker

  2022-04-11

  Art History, Camille Pissarro in Louveciennes, Camille Pissarro Paintings, Diane Tucker, Impressionism

  Camille Pissarro, Diane Tucker, Pissarro in Louveciennes, Portrait of Minette, The Conversation Louveciennes