Permanent Collections: A Tale of Two van Dycks
The most celebrated painting in the collection of the Huntington Library is, of course, Thomas Gainsborough's The Blue Boy. The...
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johnwjudge
Aug 12, 20202 min
Permanent Collections: Homer Not Alone
One Thanksgiving a number of years ago, I visited my brother for a few days while he was living in Rochester, NY. On the day of my...
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johnwjudge
Aug 8, 20202 min
Permanent Collections: Cézanne at the Hammer Museum
Paul Cézanne's Boy Resting, in the collection of The Hammer Museum at UCLA, is the focus of this edition of "Permanent Collections," my...
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johnwjudge
Aug 5, 20204 min
Permanent Collections: Surface Praise for Vuillard
Many years ago I saw an exhibition called "Intimate Interiors of Edouard Vuillard" at the Brooklyn Museum. This show brought together...
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johnwjudge
Aug 1, 20204 min
Permanent Collections: Art School à la Chardin
"[We] crouched over our portfolios a long time..." For this edition of "Permanent Collections," let's contemplate art school circa 1738,...
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johnwjudge
Jul 30, 20201 min
Boston's Best: "Second Time Painting" by Robert Rauschenberg
Another installment in my list of the 50 best/most important/interesting paintings in the Boston area. This time Robert Rauschenberg’s...
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johnwjudge
Jul 29, 20203 min
Permanent Collections: First a Car, Then a Bike, Now Some Boats
This is the kind of painting that I would have overlooked when I was much younger. Too gray and too boring, I would have thought. Its...
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johnwjudge
Jul 27, 20201 min
Boston's Best: "Two Girls, Spanish Harlem" by Alice Neel
Next up in my catalog of the 50 best/most important/most interesting paintings in and around Boston is this recent addition to the...
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johnwjudge
Jul 25, 20204 min
Permanent Collections: Pin Matisse on Avery
"Some critics like to pin Matisse on me....But I don't think he has influenced my work." * It's hard to believe that Milton Avery...
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johnwjudge
Jul 23, 20202 min
Boston's Best: "Manhattan Bridge Loop" by Edward Hopper
For the next work on my list of the 50 best/most important/most interesting paintings in and around Boston, I head about 20 miles north...
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johnwjudge
Jul 22, 20203 min
Permanent Collections: Let's Start with Matisse
This post is the first in a series I call "Permanent Collections." "Permanent Collections" is the result of countless hours spent...
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johnwjudge
Jul 20, 20201 min
Boston's Best: "Artist in his Studio" by Rembrandt
50 best/most important/most interesting paintings in Boston, post number 3, Rembrandt’s “Artist in his Studio.” This little work--it’s...
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johnwjudge
Jul 19, 20201 min
Boston's Best: "The Mandolin" by Georges Braque
The second in my series of the the 50 best/most important/most interesting paintings in Boston-area museums, is a work that I’ve actually...
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johnwjudge
Jul 3, 20201 min
Boston's Best: “Luis de Góngora y Argote,” by Diego Velazquez
This portrait, “Luis de Góngora y Argote,” by Diego Velazquez is the first in a series of posts that will feature what I consider the 50...
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