Art Reflection – Clausell

Art Reflection – Clausell The French Impressionist Movement had a far-reaching influence on the art of its time. Their fresh view of the world around us with attention to light and air gave us this work by Mexican artist Joaquin Clausell (1866-1935). Clausell has been referred to as the most prominent Mexican Impressionist. Clausell has an interesting story. He was …

Art Reflection – Bernini

Art Reflection – Bernini Gian Lorenzo Bernini was a sculptor and architect of the Italian Baroque period. He was closely associated with the church of his time. He designed the colonnade enclosing the piazza at Saint Peter’s Basilica and was also thought to be the leading sculptor of his age. Here in marble he shows us Saint Bibiana. This statue …

Art Reflection – Feininger

Art Reflection – Feininger Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) was a painter of the Cubism Movement. He sought to simplify his subjects by reducing these to geometric shapes. In The Bicycle Race, which is part of the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., he shows us abstracted bicyclists floating on a surreal plane without a horizon line. Both soft and …

Art Reflection – Hockney

Art Reflection – Hockney David Hockney is a Pop Art artist. He was born in Britain in 1937 and trained in London. He moved from Yorkshire to California in 1964 and swimming pools captured his imagination. He saw pools as iconic to the artificial California lifestyle and landscape and the anonymous fun he observed. Hockney carried this anonymity to new …

Art Reflection – O’Keeffe

Art Reflection – O’Keeffe Georgia O’Keeffe, like many artists, fell in love with a place and offered visual explanations of meaning and value from there. O’Keeffe fell in love with the natural environs of the American Southwest and most especially New Mexico which she first saw in 1919. After many visits, she made her permanent home in Abiquiu near Sante …

Art Reflection – Constable

Art Reflection – Constable John Constable (1776-1837) was an English landscape artist. He painted in the Romantic tradition and gave us some of the most popular and valuable pieces of British art, though as with many artists, he was not financially successful during his lifetime. In his landscapes, he included breathtaking skies. To perfect these he did 100 sketches en plein …

Art Reflection – Gauguin

Art Reflection – Gauguin Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) spent some of his career as an Impressionist, painting en plein air and abstracting his works with the effect of light on color. He later became dissatisfied with this approach and moved into other abstractions. Our work today is an example of his Synthetism abstraction. Here he did not paint natural views but gave …

Art Reflection – Baumann

Art Reflection – Baumann Grandma Battin’s Garden is a beautiful summer scene by Gustave Baumann. This artist was born in Magdeburg, Germany, in 1881. He immigrated to America and after some time in the Midwest moved to New Mexico in 1919. He was in love with the beauty of his new home and captured his love in woodcuts and color prints …

Art Reflection – Wong

Art Reflection – Wong This delicate watercolor represents the profound story of a talented artist. Tyrus Wong (1910-2016) came to America from China with his father when he was nine. They were separated for a time on Angel Island when they arrived. Tyrus was alone and afraid and doubted whether America was really the “Gim San,” the Golden Mountain, of …

Art Reflection – Poussin

Art Reflection – Poussin Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) was a major artist of the French Classical Movement. He painted from classic literature and the Bible. He is lauded for his precise technique, his rich colors and, in other works, the direct drama he adds to his canvases. This piece is instead a moment of peace and beauty beyond circumstance. The imprisoned …