Monday Morning Museum: Charles Rettew Sheeler, Jr.

Charles Rettew Sheeler, Jr. – Monday 16 July 1883 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Friday 7 May 1965 Dobbs Ferry, New York

American Precisionist Painter and Photographer


I chose to feature this Sheeler work – Winter Window, 1941 – simply because I like the uncomplicated and uncluttered image with its straight lines and single object delineations of the foreground and middle ground. However, I do think that the top 25% of the painting does not add anything to the image and perhaps detracts from it.



Last Monday’s Artist - Édouard Manet
Next Monday’s Artist - Berthe Morisot

Images:
Left: View of New York, 1931 from the website cgfa.acropolisinc.com
Center: Criss-Crossed Conveyors, River Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company, 1927 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Windows, 1952 from the website pintura.aut.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Édouard Manet

Édouard Manet – Monday 23 January 1832 Paris, France to Monday 30 April 1883 Paris, France

French Realist / Impressionist Painter


Here is Manet’s view of an often portrayed Italian site – The Grand Canal, Venice, 1869 – a more focused and singular depiction than is usually rendered by artists.




Last Monday’s Artist – Anthony van Dyck
Next Monday’s Artist – Charles Rettew Sheeler, Jr.

Images:
Left: The Pier at Boulogne, 1869 from the website the-athenaeum.org
Center: Boating, 1874 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: The Seine at Argenteuil, 1874 from the website the-athenaeum.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Anthony Van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck – Thursday 22 March 1599 Antwerp, Belgium to Thursday 9 December 1641 London, England

Flemish Baroque Era Painter


Although I prefer the city with the name of this painting – Paris, 1632 – I can appreciate the depiction of a major character in Greek Mythology.




Last Monday’s Artist – William Lamb Picknell
Next Monday’s Artist – Édouard Manet


Images:
Left: Emperor Theodosius Forbidden by St. Ambrose to Enter Milan Cathedral, circa 1619-1620 from the website wga.hu
Center: Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-Stricken of Palermo, 1624 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: St. Martin Dividing His Cloak, 1618 from the website wga.hu
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: William Lamb Picknell

William Lamb Picknell – Sunday 23 October 1853 Hinesburg, Vermont to Sunday 8 August 1897 Marblehead, Massachusetts

American Landscape Painter


Not sure if I like this painting by Picknell – Solitude, 1888 – more for the actual image or for the title, which reflects my state of being.



Last Monday’s Artist – Johannes Vermeer
Next Monday’s Artist – Anthony van Dyck

Images:
Left: Grey Day, Moret, 1895 from the website the-athenaeum.org
Center: Banks of the Loing, circa 1894-1897 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Man in a Boat, year unknown from the website cgfa.acropolisinc.com
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent