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Helen Frankenthaler*“Paintings 1961-1973”

Helen Frankenthaler*“Paintings 1961-1973”
Abstract Expressionist Helen Frankenthaler has an exhibit on view, “Paintings 1961-1973” at the Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco. She “introduced the technique of painting directly onto an unprepared canvas so that the material absorbs the colors. She heavily diluted the oil paint with turpentine...

Mystical Impressionism

Mystical Impressionism
“Mystical Impressionism” is the name of the presentation at the Paul Mahder Gallery in San Francisco, CA. The work of 2 Nicaraguan artists, Otto Aguilar and Omar d’Leon, are on view until January. Their paintings are steeped in color, myth and beauty. “Otto Aguilar is an expert using...

Otto Dix at the Neue Gallery

Otto Dix at the Neue Gallery
The New York Neue Gallery is highlighting the work of German artist Otto Dix, 1891 – 1969.  “The exhibition includes more than 100 masterpieces by Otto Dix, and addresses four themes. The first is Dix’s traumatic experiences as a soldier in World War I. The second is portraiture, a genre at...

Giverny-Monet’s Water Lilies

Giverny-Monet’s Water Lilies
I,  like everyone else, makes mistakes. I spent a summer in France painting and did not go to Giverny.Of course there are always missed opportunities, some are missed because you have a temporary brain malfunction and others happen just because. When I was about 19,  Olympia Harchuck who I worked for...

Pard Morrison – Color!

Pard Morrison – Color!
The Brian Gross Fine Art space is hosting an exhibit of colorful Colorado artist Pard Morrison. “Morrison creates stunning geometric paintings in patinated aluminum. On view are four new wall reliefs created specifically for the exhibition, which continues through June 25. Morrison’s works...

Morris Graves – Mysticism and Symbolism

Morris Graves – Mysticism and Symbolism
The 100th birthday of American painter Morris Graves, (1910-2001) is celebrated with the exhibit “The Visionary Art of Morris Graves“ at the Meridian Gallery in San Francisco CA until May 15th.  “…Largely a self-taught artist closely associated with the Pacific Northwest region of the United...

Fort Mason Center S.F.

Fort Mason Center S.F.
One of the great things about living in the Bay Area are the flowers in bloom (if you don’t suffer from allergies) contrasted by both Mount Tam and the San Francisco Bay. During the winter and pre-spring it rains a bit but once the rain stops a fun thing to do is to walk the SF Marina people watching...

The Look of Fresh Paint and Gallery Space

The Look of Fresh Paint and Gallery Space
I don’t  know that Galleries have a smell and when I see pictures of the Betty Cuningham Gallery I can do one better then smelling it I can almost taste it. When I see paintings with tons of space around them for viewers to soak up each painting as if it were for them alone I feel joy and some...

The Frick and “Masterpieces”

The Frick and “Masterpieces”
Beginning March 9, 2010, the Frick will showcase “Masterpieces of European Painting from Dulwich Picture Gallery”. “The Frick Collection is pleased to announce the loan of nine Old Master paintings from the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, one of the major collections of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century...

Friends Of Artists

Friends Of Artists
It is said that creativity is what has us (not sure who the us is) excel in the world, which in my thinking is another way to say we better support the arts. Bedroom at Arles - Roy Lichtenstein I don’t think you need to know a lot about art, just know what it is that you like and can afford. Regardless...

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