Monday Morning Museum: Georges-Pierre Seurat

Georges-Pierre Seurat – Friday 2 December 1859 Paris, France to Sunday 29 March 1891 Paris, France

French Pointillist Painter


Having spent Monday 12 August 2002 on the island of La Grande Jatte, I have an even more positive feeling for – A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886 – than I did when I first saw it at the Art Institute of Chicago in the previous century.



Last Monday’s Artist – Rembrandt van Rijn
Next Monday’s Artist – Thomas Sully


Images:
Left: The Eiffel Tower, 1889 from the website the-anthenaeum.org
Center: Aman-Jean, 1882-1883 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: La Chahut, 1889-1890 from the website the-antenaeum.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Rembrandt Van Rijn

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn – Tuesday 15 July 1606 Leiden, Dutch Republic to Monday 4 October 1669 Amsterdam, Dutch Republic

Dutch Baroque Era Painter and Engraver

I saw this print – Landscape With Three Gabled Cottages Beside a Road, 1650 – in March 2010 at a Rembrandt exhibition held at the Hammer Museum




Last Monday’s Artist – Jacometto Veneziano
Next Monday’s Artist – Georges-Pierre Seurat

Images:
Left: Cottage and Hay Barn, 1641 from the website hammer.ucla.edu
Center: The Good Samaritan, 1633 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Student at a Table by Candlelight, 1642 from the website hammer.ucla.edu
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Spree Day Again!

Today is Spree Day on the Clark Campus
Remember your favorite spree day moments?
– Clark University e-mail, Wednesday 13 April 2011

It’s another Clark University Spree Day! Last year I recounted my first Spree Day; this time around it’s my ostensibly last Spree Day that’s remembered below. It was a good time.

“Got up at 8:00 in anticipation of Spree Day. Joanne got up a little later. Around 9:00 Joanne call the campus & it’s SPREE DAY!! Left right away. Walked past the campus green & nothing much happening except finger-painting. Went to Hughes & got a schedule. Then I went to the mailroom. Talked to Sue St. Martin. Then David & Joanne came into the mailroom. Soon we went to the Green & settled down near the food. Played spades for a little while. People came over & visited. Eventually went to the General Store & got a water pistol. Had water fights with David all during the day. Had to buy tickets in order to get food. The prices weren’t too bad. Ran around all day. Saw Louise for the 1st time since December. It was a good day.”

"Then I went home to rest up for the night. Around 5:30 had a fight with David. He was squirting me with a water gun & I became angry because I just wanted to rest & not play & he wouldn’t stop. Eventually made some coffee.”

“…I went to 320 to see “Dumbo”. It was my 3rd time seeing it & it’s still enjoyable. Then I went to Little Commons to go to the dance, but they wouldn’t let anyone in for about 15 minutes. So I went to the Dana Quadrangle. Met Barb W. on the way & she said that Dana Commons was locked, so no Pub. Went back to the Little Quadrangle. Barb went to visit someone on the first floor of Dodd & I went to visit Katy. Talked for a while, then went to Little. The band was just beginning when I arrived. Sat with Leslie J. on the right stairway. When Cathy & Anne came in, joined them downstairs in the pit. Not many people dancing during the 1st set. At the break I went to the Union, but it was closed. So I went back to Little & a magician was performing. He was pretty good. The place was really crowded. It was almost impossible to get down the stairs or walk around. People were dancing now. I definitely rather that dances could always be in the women’s gym. At the second break went to the Dana Quadrangle & walked around. Later went back to the dance. After the 1st 2 or 3 songs of the last set, I decided to go home. I was becoming bored & depressed. Got home around 12:30.”

- personal journal
15 April 19_

Images:
Left: Blowing Bubbles. Photo is An Adrean Darce Brent Image
Center: Spree Day Man. Photo is An Adrean Darce Brent Image
Right: Dancing in the Quad. Photo is An Adrean Darce Brent Image

Monday Morning Museum: Jacometto Veneziano

Jacometto Veneziano – active 1472 to 1497 in Venice, Italy

Italian Early Renaissance Painter


In addition to people, Jacometto Veneziano, also painted animals – A Tethered Hart, late 1400s – the definition of a captive subject.




Last Monday’s Artist – Walker Evans
Next Monday’s Artist - Rembrandt van Rijn

Images:
Left: Alvise Contarini, late 1400s from the website metmuseum.org
Center: A Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo, late 1400s from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Ritratto Di Giovane, late 1400s from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Walker Evans

Walker Evans – Tuesday 3 November 1903 St. Louis, Missouri to Thursday 10 April 1975 Old Lyme, Connecticut

American Social Realist Photographer

I became aware of Walker Evans when I read Let Us Now Praise Famous Men sometime during college. Before that transformative journalistic assignment, Evans photographed – Brooklyn Bridge, 1929



Last Monday’s Artist – Robert Rauschenberg
Next Monday’s Artist – Jacometto Veneziano

Images:
Left: Fields Family, Hale County, Alabama, 1936 from the website hubpages.com
Center: Levee Scene, Vicinity New Orleans, 1935 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Tengle Family, Hale County, Alabama, 1936 from the website loc.gov
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent