by Meryl Ann | Jun 29, 2022 | Berthe Morisot, Berthe Morisot, Edouard Manet, Uncategorized
Comparing artists’ astrology charts can uncover the secrets of their work and lives! If you are interested in French Impressionism, astrology or Paris, (or all three!) or if you just want to be uplifted by over 100 stunning art images, you’ll love this Zoom workshop...
by Meryl Ann | Jun 26, 2022 | American Impressionists, Mary Cassatt, Mary Cassatt
One of the reasons I had planned visits to the New Britain Museum of American Art and the Wadsworth Atheneum (both in CT) was to see their works by Mary Cassatt, which I had been eager to see for many years…but neither museum had her work currently on display!...
by Meryl Ann | Jun 25, 2022 | Anna Hyatt Huntington, Sculpture/3D/Installation Art
I enjoyed a quick visit today to one of my favorite statues, Sybil Ludington, in Carmel, NY alongside Lake Gleneida. The creatrix, Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973), was among the foremost women sculptors in the United States to have undertaken significant,...
by Meryl Ann | Jun 24, 2022 | Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
I visited the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art today (Hartford, CT; founded 1842) — it has a great collection of paintings from the Hudson River School which I will share in upcoming posts. It also has a lovely painting by Mary Cassatt which I have been...
by Meryl Ann | Jun 23, 2022 | American Impressionists, Women Artists
Here’s a stunning double portrait which I viewed at the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, CT, today. “Immigrant from Checo Slovacia” [sic], ca. 1921-22, is by American Impressionist, Martha Walter (1875-1976), (Oil on board.) Martha is known for...
by Meryl Ann | Jun 21, 2022 | Elizabeth Shippen Green, Jessie Willcox Smith, Red Rose Girls, Violet Oakley, Women Artists
The Red Rose Girls were artists from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, active in the early 1900s: Violet Oakley, Jessie Willcox Smith, and Elizabeth Shippen Green. They were given their nickname by their teacher, Howard Pyle, because they rented the Red Rose Inn together,...
