In my class From Muse to Master: Celebrating Women Artists vol. 2 we discuss the portraits of artist Tamara de Lempicka. Nicknamed “The Baroness with the Brush,” de Lempicka painted the young, liberated women of Europe in the flapper years of the 1920’s. Drawing on neoclassical female nudes for inspiration, de Lempicka crafted her own […]
Read more "Madonna & the Art of Tamara de Lempicka"You may recall from past blog posts that I sometimes attempt to create artwork in the same style or following similar methods as well-known artists. I often find that this plays an incredibly helpful role in understanding their methods and techniques when I am researching them from an art historical standpoint. Previously, I have emulated […]
Read more "Laurie Simmons Homage"Betye Saar is a living legend. Born in 1926, Saar has been challenging, not only art enthusiasts and dedicated museum goers, but the art world at large with her profound commentary on race in the United States. Utilizing a found object format, Saar’s assemblages pay homage to the art historical tradition that precedes them. Duchamp’s […]
Read more "Betye Saar & Art That Disrupts"The life story of Leonora Carrington is so fascinating that I am dumbfounded as to why it hasn’t been made into a film or multi-episode limited series. As a film it screams “Oscar bait” and as a limited series it would fit perfectly into the current trend of glamorous, yet provocatively emotional prestige television. That […]
Read more "“WandaVision” & Leonora Carrington"The Wandering Art Historian book club tackled Irving Stone’s Lust for Life last week and I am having big feelings. I can’t remember if this was my third or fourth time reading this book, but I do know that it was my first since researching, writing and producing my four-week class, The Legacy of Vincent […]
Read more "My Covid Classics – #16"Hopefully it is apparent that my goal for 2021 has been to focus on creating NEW art historical content across a variety of platforms in order to reach as many people as possible. The year 2020 taught me that people still want to learn about ART despite the “new normal” of living with a global […]
Read more "From Muse to Master: Celebrating Women Artists vol. 2"I hate to admit that I haven’t been reading many “fun” books as of late. In 2020, I read 30 books and most of them were research oriented or books I was considering for inclusion in The Wandering Art Historian book club. Don’t get me wrong, it was still fun to read all those books, […]
Read more "“False Impression” by Jeffrey Archer"The Wandering Art Historian YouTube channel has been a bit quiet since October 2020, but all that changed last month. My newest web series – How to Read a Movie – debuted in February and the response has been astounding! If that title sounds at all familiar, it’s because it is a direct callback to […]
Read more "How to Read a Movie"The Wandering Art Historian book club tackled Sebastian Smee’s nonfiction title The Art of Rivalry for its February discussion and there was a lot to discuss! Smee’s intent is to challenge the reader with a closer look at four pairs of modern artists and their tumultuous relationships with each other. These artistic couples were Matisse […]
Read more "My Covid Classics – #14"“Black Art: In the Absence of Light” is a new documentary streaming on HBO/HBO Max. It is a profound introductory survey of black art in the United States today and its history up to this point. This documentary is centered around the lifework of art historian and artist, David Driskell, curator of the 1976 exhibition […]
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