Favorite Recommendations from 2020, part 1
Simon-Louis Boquet, Archimedes, 1788. Louvre. Photo: Wikipedia

Favorite Recommendations from 2020, part 1

In 2020, I emailed 157 art-related items to my members of my free Sunday Recommendations list. (To join, just ask me: DuranteDianne@gmail.com.) For supporters, I recommended 51 more items. The items…

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Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 9
Left: Arthur Wesley Dow (design attributed to), Marsh Scene, ca. 1905; from the Marblehead Potteries. Right: Addison Le Boutillier (design attributed to),Turtle, ca. 1902-1910, from the Grueby Pottery Company. Both: Wadsworth Atheneum.

Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 9

More American art of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The introduction to this series, about the Wadsworth family and the Wadsworth Atheneum, is here. For all posts in the series,…

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Capitalist Christmas 2020
St. Pete Pier, Christmas 2020. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Capitalist Christmas 2020

This site – and my email list – are dedicated to art that’s inspiring, thought-provoking, skillfully executed, and/or breathtakingly beautiful. Once a year, I stretch that to include fabulous decorations, clothing, and/or jewelry…

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Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 8
Abastenia Saint Leger Eberle, Rag Time, 1911. Wadsworth Atheneum

Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 8

This week we move into a gallery of American art of the early twentieth century. The introduction to this series, about the Wadsworth family and the Wadsworth Atheneum, is here. For all…

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Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 6
Frederic Remington, The Bronco Buster, 1897. Wadsworth Atheneum. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 6

The introduction to this series, about the Wadsworth family and the Wadsworth Atheneum, is here. For all posts in the series, click here. This week's post continues the galleries devoted…

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Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 4
Frederic Edwin Church, Coast Scene, Mount Desert (Sunrise off the Maine Coast), 1863. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford.

Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 4

The introduction to this series, about the Wadsworth family and the Wadsworth Atheneum, is here. For all posts in the series, click here. This week we continue with Hudson River…

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Mother Goose in Central Park
Roth, Mother Goose. Central Park. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Mother Goose in Central Park

Roth, Mother Goose. Central Park. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante Date: 1938Sculptor: Frederick George Richard RothMedium & size: Granite, lifesize.Location: Central Park near East Drive at 72nd St.,…

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Visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, part 5
John Singer Sargent, Portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1888. Gardner Museum, Boston. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, part 5

I’ve posted earlier on my five favorites from the Gardner Museum (see here), but those were chosen from artworks I found on the Net. In August 2020, I visited the Gardner…

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