Artist George Wesley Bellows Sep 14, 2008
Illustrator and Painter of Boxing Matches and American Scenes. Bellows' talent was boosted by an intense vitality and curiosity towards life. (Suite101.com)
Vero museum puts on brave face Feb 18, 2008
" The subject projects a well-to-do young lady dressed in silk and lace. She stands on a fur rug. Behind her are the trappings of wealth and power.Similar to John Singer Sargent's famous portraits, it is tall, in a vertical format and meant to tower above the viewer. It reflects the height of the industrial revolution when power brokers indulged themselves in conspicuous consumption, which included art.Turn the corner to the left and you see more works reflective of the era. Another stunning... (Florida Today)
Artist Edward Hopper Jan 28, 2008
In 1924, Hopper married fellow artist Josephine Nivison, often called Jo, who had also studied with Robert Henri. While their relationship could be stormy, Jo understood the artistic way of life and would always help Hopper to find the time and means to paint and often posed as his model. (Suite101.com)
Robert Henri Jan 14, 2008
American Painter and Art Educator. Henri was an influential teacher of such students as artist Edward Hopper and a founding member of The Ash Can School of painting. (Suite101.com)
Gramercy Park, New York Jan 6, 2008
The artist Robert Henri, whose works and philosophy gave birth to the Ash Can School of American realism, had a studio at 10 Gramercy Park. More information about this wonderful New York landmark can be found in Gramercy Park, An Illustrated History of a New York Neighborhood," by Stephen Garmey,Balsam Press, Inc, 1984, and Gramercy Park, An American Bloomsbury, by Carole Klein, Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1987. more in suite History categories related articles reference related blog posts latest... (Suite101.com)
Maverick artists Hopper, Turner share the spotlight Nov 25, 2007
Born in Nyack, N.Y, Hopper studied under Ashcan School great Robert Henri at the New York School of Art. Afterward, he traveled in Europe, where the Impressionists' concern with light and fin-de-siecle subject matter supplemented the influence of Henri's gritty urban realism. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Minerva Teichert Exhibit Celebrated at Museum of Art Sep 27, 2007
But at the prompting of Robert Henri, her instructor in New York, Teichert returned to the West to tell the stories of her Western and Latter-day Saint heritage through her artwork. After coming back to the West, Teichert married and had children but never stopped painting. (The Daily Universe, UT)
Edward Hopper: Washington, D.C. exhibit peers into world of iconic artist Sep 19, 2007
One of his teachers at the school was Robert Henri, a realist who urged his students to focus on images of urban life. For someone so connected to American scene painting, Hopper was also greatly inspired by the European masters, Brock said. (Carroll County Times)
Leiper’s Creek Gallery hosts show Sep 12, 2007
Each claims inspiration from such forebears as John Singer Sargent, Joachim Sarolla and Robert Henri. They collectively say, We don t wish to retrace the journey of these artists but to apply their aesthetics to our modern world and continue the journey into the 21st century. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
A vision of beauty and light Jul 5, 2007
Ashcan School leader Robert Henri, who earlier attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, also studied with Bouguereau. Their work is represented among 50 paintings, drawings and prints in "In the Studios of Paris: William Bouguereau & His American Students," which was organized by The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Okla. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'The Mississippi Story': An evocative look Jun 7, 2007
Additional galleries display icons of the permanent collection, such as works by such celebrated artists as Robert Henri and Georgia O'Keeffe, and Pieces and Strings, a show of quilts from Mississippi Cultural Crossroads in Port Gibson. The blockbuster Between God and Man: Angels in Italian Art, ninth in the Annie Laurie Swaim Hearin Memorial Exhibition Series, also opening Saturday, requires a ticket for entry. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Edward Hopper looks into the American soul May 4, 2007
It ranges from a self-portrait made in 1903-06 under the influence of his teacher Robert Henri to "Sun in an Empty Room," a dreamlike image made in 1963, four years before he died, that seems like a farewell to this earthly world. The exhibition does not try to represent everything Hopper did. (Boston Globe -- Living)
A real work of art Mar 24, 2007
As the Boston native strolls through the American gallery at the Blanton, she pauses in front of a 1912 oil painting by realist Robert Henri titled "The Old Model.". The painting -- one of many pieces donated to the museum by novelist James A. Michener -- features a common woman of the day clad in a brightly colored shawl, her brow slightly furrowed. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Streisand, others on LACMA board Feb 9, 2007
More recently, she has acquired works by John Singer Sargent, Robert Henri, William McGregor Paxton and others. Two pieces from her collection, Edward Hopper's "Summer in the City" and Thomas Hart Benton's "Haying," were on long-term display in LACMA's American Art galleries. (Los Angeles Times)
Bruce Museum looks at contentious relationship between Chase, Henri Jan 21, 2007
By Nadia Lerner Staff Writer Published January 21 2007 Headlines in November 1907 announcing a clash between painters William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri - two of America's foremost art teachers - created a considerable stir within art circles ... "It was a big event in its time, and yet it seemed to have gone underground," says Kimberly Orcutt, curator of the exhibit "Painterly Controversy: William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri," opening Saturday at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich ...... (Stamford Advocate)
Read More... Jan 8, 2007
Outraged observers denounced it as "degenerate," a mass of "Bolshevic [sic] philosophy" and "art-trash." One of the featured painters, Robert Henri, saw in the publics reaction the "modern idea of prohibiting" taken too far. "We can't drink any more," he protested. (Disinformation)
