The Water Girl
William Adolphe Bouguereau
Dahesh Museum of Art
The Metal Workers
Rudolf Ernst
Dahesh Museum of Art
New exhibitions are planned, beginning with In Pursuit of the Exotic: European Artists in 19th-Century Egypt and the Holy Land, running from March 24th through April 30th at the Palitz Gallery. The Dahesh's current traveling exhibit, Napolean on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists and the Rediscovery of Egypt will be on view at the University's SUArt Galleries from January 29th through March 29th. In future exhibitions, the University will be supplementing the Dahesh's collection of nearly 3000 pieces with works of art from its own extensive art collection.
Petites Mendiantes
William Adolphe Bouguereau
Syracuse University Art Collection
Please go out and support the Dahesh Museum as it is at the forefront of bringing recognition to the academically trained artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and show Syracuse University how much they are appreciated for extending this invitation to the Dahesh, at a time when Academic artists are still not fully embraced in most university art programs.
Saïs and His Donkey
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Syracuse University Art Collection
9 comments:
Thanks for posting. When I am ever in that area, I will be sure to see the Dahesh art treasures. Here on the west coast, the Stockton Art museum has a great collection of Academic and Orientalist Art.
I recently stumbled across your excellent blog. Thank you for all your work. You mention many upcoming exhibits, such as the Waterhouse show in Canada, which are months away. It is very easy to forget about some of these futures events. It is also difficult for some to plan activities too far in advance. Here is a proposal for you to consider: How about giving us a monthly post of current shows that you recommend? It doesn't have to be elaborate, just a list of places, grouped geographically, with very brief descriptions, and links to more information. It would be a great resource for those who tend to make last-minute or spontaneous plans. It would also probably increase your blog traffic. Just an idea...thanks again.
WaterHouse...did somebody say Waterhouse?...I am so there.....
GrumpyViking- Yikes! That sounds like a wonderful idea for a separate blog. I wish I had the time to review all of the shows across the nation, but I'm afraid if I attempted it, I'd never get to paint again, or get to spend time with my family. Mostly, I just post the shows and auctions which appeal to me, and which I have any hopes of attending. I'll try to re-post the information on shows when the exhibition dates near, however, as it is very easy to loose track of them over the weeks. Thank you for the compliment, and for the suggestion. Maybe someday...
Frank- I'll try to make it to the Stockton Art Museum sometime. I think you posted about it once before, yes?
As for Waterhouse, originally the exhibition was going to be held at the Dahesh, as the then-director of the museum, Peter Trippi, is a curator of the show, and an authority on the artist. Unfortunately, the Dahesh knew they were losing their lease, so they couldn't commit to the Waterhouse exhibit. Trippi moved over to Fine Art Connoisseur magazine before the Dahesh closed its doors. No other museum in the USA wanted the show.
After much pestering, Trippi found a museum to host the exhibit in North America (Montreal). I'm planning on going in 2010! The show has already opened at its first stop in the Netherlands, and the catalog will soon be available from Amazon.
Here is the link to my previous post on the Waterhouse exhibit:
http://underpaintings.blogspot.com/2008/10/catalog-to-john-william-waterhouse.html
Thanks...I'm a big Waterhouse fan and I don't think I have seen any originals. I would love too! You would enjoy the Stockton. A HUGE Bougereaou..Bierstadt, Gerome .....
Thanks for your quick response! (I tried to respond earlier, but I guess I clicked the wrong thing and my message never got posted. Sorry if it pops-up in another post or something.)
I did not mean to suggest you become a full-time reviewer. I hope you get to spend more time painting than writing.
Because I appreciate your fine taste in art, I was simply hoping for more recommendations on shows to see in the North East USA.
You wrote, "Mostly, I just post the shows and auctions which appeal to me, and which I have any hopes of attending."
That is really all I am hoping for, only collected in a simple, easy-to-find form on your blog.
Let me restate my proposal in more modest terms based on your reply: Could you give us a periodic list of shows you reasonably hope to attend in the coming month, or a recap of shows you have already attended that you recommend? Again, it could just be a very simple list--no review (or even links would be necessary--of shows you would like to see.
Something as simple as this:
October Shows to See:
Waterhouse in Montreal
Gerome at Outre Gallery, Brooklyn
Belarski at Gallery Pulp, Hoboken
Donato at The Met.
Your readers with tastes similar to yours can then do the research to see if they might like to go to those shows as well.
Anyway, thanks again for what you DO give us.
These paintings are simply mesmerizing. I could look at them all day.
I love your blog, it is so interesting.
I am at a point of discovery relating to color and tonal relationships. I am hoping to get your input. I posted a picture of a color wheel and a tonal wheel on my blog. It is not the best representation of what I had hoped but it represents a gradation effect of tones that relate to the colors on the color wheel. The lightest tone begins at yellow and travels in both directions around the color wheel reaching the darkest tone at violet. Can you tell me your thoughts? My real question is; Do these tones on both sides of the color wheel gradate at the same rate of strength ending at violet? If that is true then not only would colors have complimentaries and such but so would tones.
Looking for some thoughts on the subject.
Greg
Your response to my question is so encouraging. Thank you so much. The details that you gave me were very informative. And the wise advice is golden.
Thank you
Greg
GrumpyViking-
It is a good suggestion, though I must admit, I feel inadequate to the task. My best bet is to post them as I find them, and do a follow-up in the form you suggested. Hopefully that will keep things clearer and more organized, and will maybe even enable me to make it to more of the shows I know I'd like!
I look forward to a Donato show at the Met!
Would this be the same Grumpy Viking with whom I attended the Victorian art show at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in 2003?
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