Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Interview with Artist Extraordinaire Mark Tennant

Here's a fantastic interview with acclaimed artist and teacher Mark Tennant.  I was fortunate enough to have Mark as a figure drawing professor when I was at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. His class was by far one of the best classes I attended during my college career.





Tuesday, July 26, 2016

The Wyeth Legacy: A Family of Artists



This is a great lecture by Joyce Hill Stoner who is the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Material Culture at the University of Delaware. She compares the three generations of Wyeth artists (N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth) and delves into the history and inspiration behind their work.



Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Art of the Heist: The Lady In Gold


Fantastic documentary and unbelievable story about Maria Bloch-Bauer Altmann's battle with the Austrian government to regain possession of her family's famous painting  Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by master painter Gustav Klimt. The painting was originally stolen from the family by the Nazis at the outset of World War II.

Art of the Heist: The Lady In Gold

















Friday, July 31, 2015