Monday Morning Museum: Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer – Wednesday 24 February 1836 Boston, Massachusetts to Thursday 29 September 1910 Prout’s Neck, Maine

American Maritime Art Painter


Though the location of Homer’s – An October Day, 1889 – is unknown, I venture it is a New England setting.




Last Monday’s Artist – Hubert Robert
Next Monday’s Artist – Eugène Atget

Images:
Left: Glass Windows, Bahamas, 1885 from the website artrenewal.org
Center: Palm Tree, Nassau, 1898 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Flower Garden and Bungalow, Bermuda, 1899 from the website the-athenaeum.org
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Monday Morning Museum: Hubert Robert

Hubert Robert – Tuesday 22 May 1733 Paris, France to Friday 15 April 1808 Paris, France

French Rococo Era Painter


On a few guided walks I have taken in Paris, the guides have mentioned that houses once stood on some of the bridges – The Demolition of Houses On The Notre Dame Bridge, 1786 – is evidence that such statements were true.



Last Monday’s Artist – Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins
Next Monday’s Artist – Winslow Homer

Images:
Left: La Bastille Dans Les Premiers Jours De Sa Démolition, 1789 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Center: The Bathing Pool, date unknown from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Ancient Ruins Used as Public Baths, 1798 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins

Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins – Thursday 25 July 1844 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Sunday 25 June 1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

American Realist Painter


My favorite sport is baseball and at this time of year very few baseball professionals are actually – Baseball Players Practicing, 1875 – and unfortunately, my favorite team is definitely not practicing baseball now.



Last Monday’s Artist – Berthe Morisot
Next Monday’s Artist – Hubert Robert


Images:
Left: Carmelita Requena, circa 1870-1871 from the website the-athenaeum.org
Center: The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), 1871 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Portrait of Amelia C Van Buren, circa 1886-1890 from the website pintura.aut.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Berthe Morisot

Berthe Morisot – Thursday 14 January 1841 Bourges, France to Saturday 2 March 1895 Paris, France

French Impressionist Painter


Although the view I have seen from Trocadero includes the Eiffel Tower, Morisot’s - View of Paris From the Trocadero Heights, 1872 – is a nice reminder of the area pre-Eiffel.



Last Monday’s Artist – Charles Rettew Sheeler, Jr.
Next Monday’s Artist – Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins

Images:
Left: Harbor in the Port of Fecamp, 1874 is from the website the-athenaeum.org
Center: Young Woman Seated on a Sofa, 1879 is from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Fall Colors in the Bois de Boulogne, 1888 is from the website the-athenaeum.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

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