Monthly Archives: June 2021

Read more about the article The “Enchanted” Exhibition at the Rockwell Museum, part 1
Michael Whelan (American, b. 1950), The Way of Kings, 2010. Acrylic on canvas. Rockwell Museum, Enchanted exhibition.
Painting

The “Enchanted” Exhibition at the Rockwell Museum, part 1

From June 12 to October 31, 2021, the Norman Rockwell Museum has on display "Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration." The exhibition includes between 100 and 200 works, filling four…

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June 29, 2021
Read more about the article Some illustrations for Amor Towles’s “The DiDomenico Fragment”
Studiolo, created ca. 1478-1482 for the Duke's Palace in Gubbio. Metropolitan Museum, New York. Photo: MetMuseum.org
Fiction / Painting

Some illustrations for Amor Towles’s “The DiDomenico Fragment”

Amor Towles, author of Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow (both of which I enjoyed) recently released "The DiDomenico Fragment." A fictional Renaissance painting gives the novella its…

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June 22, 2021
Read more about the article Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 19
Boucher / Vincennes Porcelain Factory, The Music Lesson, ca. 1752. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford.
Decorative Arts / Painting / Sculpture

Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 19

This week: Rococo at the Wadsworth. For previous posts on the Wadsworth, click here. Giuseppe Nogari, Self-Portrait Giuseppe Nogari, Self-Portrait. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. Nogari (1699-1766), a native of Venice, painted works…

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June 15, 2021
Read more about the article Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 18
Johann Joachim Kaendler (creator of model for the Meissen Porcelain Factory), Busts of two monks, 1743. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford.
Decorative Arts / Painting

Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 18

This week: Baroque and Rococo art at the Wadsworth. For previous posts on the Wadsworth, click here. Hals, Portrait of Joseph Coymans, 1644 Frans Hals, Portrait of Joseph Coymans, 1644. Wadsworth…

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June 8, 2021
Read more about the article Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 17
William Claesz. Heda, Still Life with Goblet, 1631. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford.
Painting

Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 17

This week: more seventeenth-century (Baroque) art at the Wadsworth. For previous posts on the Wadsworth, click here. Le Sueur, Young Man with a Sword, ca. 1645 Eustache Le Sueur, Young Man…

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June 1, 2021