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Female Artists

A month or two ago someone sent me a comment criticizing the lack of any female artists on my site. Of course that's a silly claim since I have quite a number of paintings by female artists here, and since I judge paintings by whether they are good rather than whether they are made by men or women. Be that as it may, I did a little checking just to see if there were any female artists whose work I had overlooked and I found a few interesting paintings that were on my list of things waiting to be considered and so I decided to scan them and post them for all to see. Ordinarily, I dislike exhibitions of art organized by sex, race, or similar irrelevant characteristics, but in this case they just happened to come to my attention at about the same time because of these silly allegations, so here they are...

Earthbound, Evelyn DeMorgan, 1897

Madonna and Child, Marianne Preindelsberger Stokes, c1907

Lady in a Yellow Dress, Emma Sandys, c1870

The Uninvited Guest, Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, 1906

Convent Lily, Marie Spartali Stillman, 1891

Quita Woodward, Violet Oakley, 1939

Mother and Child, Jessie Wilcox Smith, 1908

The Land of Counterpane, Jessie Wilcox Smith

Art Teacher Suspended for Recommending Figure Drawing

In December Middletown, New York art teacher Pete Panse was suspended for recommending that some of his advanced students take a figure drawing class that included nude models, on the grounds that mentioning such a thing constituted a potentially sexually unfomfortable situation for some students or their parents. Since January I have been assisting Mr. Panse in his efforts to fight this procedure and we are making good headway so far. You can read all about the case, learn how you can help, and sign an electronic petition at http://www.artrenewal.org/articles/2006/peter_panse/case1.asp. Please help any way you can!

For additional Information:

See the Geraldo At Large Segments on this case: http://www.geraldoatlarge.com/video-archive.php?searchText=nude&do=1

Newspaper Articles: http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2006/01/14/news-dcpanse-01-14.html

Click Here to Sign the Online Petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/Reinstate_Pete_Panse/

Chaisseriau Painting

Khaimraj on the GoodArt list asked about the Chasseriau Angel From the Christie's auction. It's a study from the painting Christ on the Mount of Olives. The final painting is apparently fairly heavily damaged but may have been restored since this image was recorded.

Christ on the Mount of Olives, Theodore Chasseriau, 1840

Christie's Auction

The same day I went to Sotheby's I also went to a pretty similar showing of auction items at Christie's. Here are a few highlights...

La Bergere, Charles-Amable Lenoir

A River Landscape, Peder Mork Monsted, 1897

I was particularly impressed by the Monsted landscapes I saw that day, though I had not heard of him before then. There was a particularly impressive one called A Wooded River Landscape, Deer Grazing in the Distance at the Sotheby's auction tht was similar to this, but which was impossible for me to scan because of how it was printed in the catalog (it spanned the spine of the book). He was definitely an under-appreciated genius!

Portrait of a Young Beauty, Alexei Alejewitch Harlamoff

A Fairy Under Starry Skies, Luis Ricardo Falero

The Angel, Theodore Chaisseriau, c1840

Sotheby's Auction

A few weeks ago several Art Renewal Center people met in New York to view some 19th century paintings being auctioned off later that week. There was a lot of amazing stuff to be seen there including some artists I had not been aware of. Here are a few highlights of what I saw there.

A Water Nymph, Leon-Jean-Bastile Perrault, 1898

The FLying CLoud, Montague Dawson

Awaiting His Return, Hans Andreas Dahl

View of a Fjord, Adelsteen Normann

The Hesitant Betrothed, Auguste Toulmouche, 1866

The Jolly Boat, Albert Lynch

Her First Place, George Dunlop Leslie

The Soap Bubbles, Charles Chaplin

Femme Au Coquillage, William Bouguereau, 1885

Young Roman Water Carrier, Diogene-Uylsse-Napoleon Maillart

Sargent Murals

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) is best known for his portraits, but I have been interested to discover that he did quite a number of public murals, some of them at the very end of his life. They are quite a contrast in style from his more famous work. Here are a few examples...

Boston Public Library, John Singer Sargent, 1895

Frieze of Prophets, Boston Public Library, John Singer Sargent, 1895

Israelites Oppressed, Boston Public Library, John Singer Sargent, 1895

Ceiling Mural, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921

Atlas and the Hesperides, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1925

Apollo and the Muses, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921

Orestes Pursued by the Furies, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921

The Sphinx and the Chimera, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921

Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture Protected by Athena from the Ravages of Time, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921

Hercules, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921

Chiron and Achilles, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, John Singer Sargent, 1921

More on Bouguereau

Brian Shapiro recently pointed out that the Bouguereau I posted last week was incomplete (the feet were cut off) and he was right! Here's what the whole thing looks like. It has a nicer color than the one I found as well. Thanks Brian!