John Singer Sargent painted "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit" more than 130 years ago, but his depiction of four little girls in white pinafores is still a favorite attraction at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
John Leslie Breck: American Impressionist, an exhibition showcasing more than 70 works by one of the first American artists to introduce Impressionism to the United States, wraps up its tour this summer and is covered in a richly-illustrated exhibition catalogue. The exhibition the first ever organized by a museum to be dedicated to works by John Leslie Breck (1860–1899) debuted last fall at The Mint Museum in Charlotte, traveled to the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, and ends its .
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These Artists Will Change Your Mind About Winter By
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I hate snow. Which means I most especially hate this week of the year. The week winter begins. It means snow could come. Or, G d help us, snow is already here. I know, bah humbug. Still .
I did like it once. Laughed my way through an eight-foot snowstorm years ago in Boston. But I was young. Now . not so much. Although every time I look at this painting it takes me back to those happy Boston snow days.
Frederick Childe Hassam (he never used the Frederick; a friend told him Childe was more exotic ) was born in Boston, and early on, began painting cityscapes. At Dusk (Boston Common at Twilight) was his first. I visit the picture every time I m at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and a postcard of it is taped up next to my bed. It exactly captures how I felt in the three winters I spent there. Cold. A little melancholy at sundown. But mostly
Cottages in the Snow, 1891 Bequest of David P. Kimball in memory of his wife, Clara Bertram Kimball / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Originally published on December 21, 2020 3:49 pm
I hate snow. Which means I most especially hate this week of the year. The week winter begins. It means snow could come. Or, G d help us, snow is already here. I know, bah humbug. Still .
I did like it once. Laughed my way through an 8-foot snowstorm years ago in Boston. But I was young. Now . not so much. Although every time I look at this painting, it takes me back to those happy Boston snow days.