Musings on Art

The Seasons in Art and Writing

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 06:09:46 +0000

The passage of seasons resonates deeply within the human soul. Artists have sought throughout the centuries to give expression to the seasons of nature. Artists have sought throughout the centuries to give expression to seasons. From the mid-19th century onwards in part under the catalytic influence of newly discovered Japanese art, it was amongst the impressionists that the theme suddenly flourished. Following on from there, artistic treatment of seasons took on new dimensions with the post Impressionists and modernists. Read more

Artemisia Gentileschi

cathy@cathylocke.com — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 18:02:36 +0000

One of the most skilled Baroque painters, Artemisia Gentileschi, has been celebrated by feminist critics as a skillful and independent female artist, who yielded images of strong woman. Read more

The Composition of Art and Sight

cathy@cathylocke.com — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:35:33 +0000

Art that can be viewed in museums and can be consumed in galleries is curated to create a culture in which there is one shared aspect, perception. The way we take in art and interpret it is a very important factor in the visualization of art pieces. True art lies in the viewer's capability to experience it. To view art is one thing, to actually perceive it, analyze it, and discuss it within the group you belong to is another. Read more

Yablonskaya | Tatiana Yablonskaya

cathy@cathylocke.com — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 23:32:14 +0000

In this article about renowned Ukrainian artist Tatiana Yablonskaya, the Tretyakov Gallery reconstructs the cultural and biographical background of her most famous work, Grain (1949), and give some vital substance to “the artist’s portrait in the context of her time.” Read more

Hermitage Museum | Walpole Collection

cathy@cathylocke.com — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 19:04:26 +0000

By late 1778, Catherine the Great was alerted to another priceless family art collection in England – the famed Walpole Collection. The purchase of Walpole’s collection included eight Titians, 19 Rubens, 20 van Dycks, five Murillos, three works each by Veronese, Holbein, and Rembrandt, and two each by Velazquez and Raphael. Read more

Wallace Collection | London

cathy@cathylocke.com — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 22:41:41 +0000

The Wallace Collection is a museum in London occupying Hertford House in Manchester Square, the former townhouse of the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford. It is named after Sir Richard Wallace, who built the extensive collection, along with the Marquesses of Hertford, in the 18th and 19th centuries. Read more

Kiki Smith | TateShots

cathy@cathylocke.com — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 22:16:50 +0000

Kiki Smith at her home in New York, which also serves as her studio, talks about what drives her art, from the provocative sculptures of the female body that made her a leading feminist artist in the 1980s, to her more recent work that draws inspiration from the nature. Read more

Marie Antoinette Viewed Through Art

cathy@cathylocke.com — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 20:54:59 +0000

This article looks at the artwork in Stefan Zweig's famous biography of Marie Antoinette. The article includes work by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Jeanne Pierre Houel, Marino Bovi (Engraver), Domenico Pellegrini (Painter), Thomas Falcon Marshall, Edward Matthew Ward, and Auguste Raffet. Read more

Beaury-Saurel | Amélie Beaury-Saurel

cathy@cathylocke.com — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 23:51:44 +0000

In 1874, Amélie Beaury-Saurel enrolled at the Académie Julian, and in 1895 she married the founder Rodolphe Julian. She achieved noted success as a portraitist, earning medals in the Paris Salon. After Julian’s death Beaury-Saurel became director of the Académie, a position she held until her death in 1924. Read more

Shanks | Emily Shanks

cathy@cathylocke.com — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 18:43:26 +0000

Despite the hardships that being a woman presented Emily Shanks as an artist, she continued to produce piece after piece that met the standards of the Peredvizhniki exhibitions for 19 iterations. And while much of her work seems to have been lost to the years and private collections, we know that her place is cemented within the history of Russian realism. Read more