The Radiant Bath
Kirby Kendrick2012-03-29T19:17:53-07:00
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), French master of 20th Century art, painted this intimate, jewel-like image of his life-long muse and wife, Marthe, […]
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03, 2012
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03, 2012
March Madness — Ballet and Basketball
Kirby Kendrick2012-03-20T21:33:58-07:00
The joy of ballet, basketball and art!!
Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was one of the founders of French Impressionism. He was […]
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03, 2012
Which is the “Real” Leonardo da Vinci?
Kirby Kendrick2012-03-13T19:21:29-07:00
There is a big brouhaha among two of the greatest museums in the world over what Leonardo da Vinci […]
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03, 2012
Passion…Heartbreak…Art
Kirby Kendrick2012-03-06T19:05:13-08:00
Frida Kahlo, born in Mexico, 1907, was severely injured in a streetcar accident nearly severing her spine. Confined to her bed […]
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02, 2012
Violence is on the Decline!
Kirby Kendrick2012-02-28T03:14:41-08:00
Violence is on the Decline!
“Believe it or not, the world of the past was much more violent than our world today. Violence has […]
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02, 2012
Is This Art?
Kirby Kendrick2012-02-21T18:58:40-08:00
Is This Art?
Marcel Duchamp, one of the most important artists of the 20th century, stunned the art world in 1917 by displaying an upended urinal […]
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02, 2012
Picasso, you rascal, you!
Kirby Kendrick2012-02-13T19:01:16-08:00
Picasso:
“I remember one day while I was painting Guernica in the big studio in the Rue des Grands-Augustins, Dora Maar was with […]
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01, 2012
3 HOT, new museums you must see!
Kirby Kendrick2012-01-31T19:51:49-08:00
The art thieves of the world are poised for action!
The Barnes Foundation’s $25 BILLION art collection is moving! The works of art; 181 Renoirs, 69 Cezannes, and 59 Matisses, along with works of Monet, Degas, Seuret, Titian and […]
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01, 2012
Deconstructing the Myth of the American Indian!
Kirby Kendrick2012-01-17T21:26:23-08:00
Deconstructing the myth of the American Indian!
In 1967, Fritz Scholder began his unconventional paintings of American Indians. These paintings destroyed the accepted picturesque imagery that had heretofore […]
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01, 2012
de Kooning
Kirby Kendrick2012-01-10T21:47:19-08:00
Grotesque! Chaotic! Jolly! Depraved! Alluring! Sexually aggressive!
These are feelings people have about the work of Dutchman, Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)- especially about his depictions of […]