This artist used her environment as subject matter and found the materials within that environment to create with. This favorite work is currently on view, and when visiting the Farnsworth you will come upon it while exiting towards Elm Street. All the variations in color and form were achieved with small stones. The work is […]
QUESTION: Considered by some the voice of Abstract Expressionism, this artist was an articulate defender of the movement. She wrote numerous insightful pieces about her fellow artists. As a critic for ARTnews, she reviewed the work of Arshile Gorky, Franz Kline, David Smith, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Josef Albers, among others. In numerous series […]
Preview(opens in a new tab) QUESTION: This female artist’s body of work reflects her training based on an aesthetic that combined academic drawing and impressionistic technique. She studied at the Harvard Art School with William Merritt Chase and at the Boston Museum School with Edmund Charles Tarbell. Best known for her sensitive portrayals of women, […]
When viewing art, allow a few minutes just to observe. Careful observation allows time to use all the senses, become engaged, and notice things missed at first glance. Take your time! Make a list of everything observed: objects, colors, shapes, patterns, areas of light and dark, and textures to name a few. Also, take note […]
QUESTION: Considered the pioneer of American Impressionism, this artist painted works of New York City street scenes that earned him the reputation as “our street painter par excellence” around the turn of the 19th century. Considered the pioneer of American Impressionism, he was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and after studying in France from 1886 to […]
Question: This artist’s professional career spanned nearly nine decades, beginning in the 1930s at the Art Students League in New York, where he taught from 1936 through 1980. He is best known for his distinctively flat, stylized aesthetic, and his paintings often feature solitary figures in meditative or enigmatic settings. In 1971, the artist fell […]
When viewing art, allow a few minutes just to observe. Careful observation allows time to use all the senses, become engaged, and notice things missed at first glance. Make a list of everything observed: objects, colors, shapes, patterns, as well as the feelings that the work conveys to you. Work of Art Dahlov Ipcar, Jungle […]
QUESTION: For over 50 years, this artist has painted her immediate, everyday surroundings. Her subjects include rambling New England out buildings, lush summer gardens, nocturnal moonlight skies, and views through interior windows. Windows are among this artist’s most often recurring subjects. She began painting them in the late 1960s when she moved her summer home […]
When viewing art, allow a few minutes just to observe. Careful observation allows time to use all the senses, become engaged, and notice things missed at first glance. Make a list of everything observed: objects, colors, shapes, patterns or textures, the quality of the line, as well as the feelings that the work conveys to […]
The Farnsworth Art Museum is presenting three fascinating lectures in July. All three programs are taking place online via Zoom and are presented in conjunction with our ongoing exhibition programming. Wyeth Day 2020—View from Brandywine: The Wyeths of Pennsylvania Wednesday, July 15, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Join us for the twelfth annual Wyeth Day, celebrating Andrew Wyeth’s […]
