Art Reflection – Monet The Star | Edgar Degas, 1876 This work by French painter, Edgar Degas, hangs in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris. Degas, an Impressionist, was fascinated by movement and painted many scenes with dancers in preparation and performance using his brush to focus our attention on the athletic and artistic effort made to look easy by his …
Art Reflection – Monet
Art Reflection – Monet Waterlily Pond: Green Harmony | Claude Monet, 1899 Claude Monet, a French Impressionist, lived in Giverny and filled his canvases with his garden. This bridge scene is a study of light and reflection within the subtle play of color and texture that surrounded his life. This is a bridge connecting beauty to beauty, inviting walks of …
Art Reflection – Salvador Dali
Art Reflection – Salvador Dali Persistence of Memory, 1931 | Salvador Dali Does this look familiar? Persistence of Memory is one of the many quizzical works by Spanish artist, Salvador Dali. Dali was an artist of the Surrealism Movement. He painted dreams and the unconscious. His works have prompted debates and countless narratives through the years. Dawn Ades, a British art …
Art Reflection – Picasso – The Tragedy
Art Reflection – Picasso – The Tragedy The Tragedy was painted by Pablo Picasso during his Blue Period from 1901-1904. This period reflects Picasso’s unbearable, seismic sadness after the suicide of his friend, Carlos Casagemas. This monochromatic composition captures the drained, caved-in feeling of deep grief. The loss these subjects have experienced and we cannot know is written on and in …
Art Reflection – George Floyd Mural
Art Reflection – George Floyd Mural Cadex Herrera, Greta McLain, Niko Alexander, Pablo Hernandez, Xena Goldman, Maria Javier, Rachel Breen, Anjel Carpenter Minneapolis, 2020 Murals have made statements throughout history. The paintings on the walls of caves seem to have been the first efforts to memorialize events and values of the community. Murals help tell the story of the times …
Art Reflection – O’Keeffe
Art Reflection – O’Keeffe Jimson Weed, White Flower No. 1 Georgia O’Keeffe, 1932 Georgia O’Keeffe and paintings of flowers are tied together in iconic memory. Georgia is quoted as saying, “Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven’t time, and to see takes time – like to have a friend takes time. I decided that if I …
Art Reflection – Morisot
Art Reflection – Morisot Hanging the Laundry Out to Dry, 1895, by Berthe Morisot Berthe Morisot was a French artist who began her painting career in the classical style. Her work was displayed in the prestigious Salon de Paris many times. And then she met the Impressionist. She was fascinated by this group that painted en plein air outside a studio. …
Art Reflection – Chagall
Art Reflection – Chagall Over the Town was painted by Marc Chagall in 1913. It pictures Chagall and his beloved wife, Bella, flying over the village of Vitebsk, Belarus, his birthplace. Marc Chagall was a major Jewish artist and named in the movements of Cubism, Expressionism, and Modernism. He died in 1985 at the age of 97. Chagall abstracted his work …
Art Reflection – Titus Kaphar
Art Reflection – Titus Kaphar Titus Kaphar is a young and prominent African American painter. He hopes to change the narrative of American history with his art. With a brush, unique material, and original methods, he creates to expose the truth of slavery and its continuing legacy. I will share more of his paintings someday but now I want to …
Art Reflection – Picasso
Art Reflection – Picasso Guernica, 1937, by Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso painted Guernica to protest the bombing of the Basque village of Guernica in northern Spain. This bombing was done by Hitler at the request of the fascist leader, Francisco Franco, who thought it would give him an advantage in the Spanish Civil War. It is thought to be the …