Louis Faurer, Broadway, New York, 1949-50. MoMA.
Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942-43. MoMA.
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The Gershwin Piano Quartet plays Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm.”
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August Weger, Engraved Portrait of Chopin, based on a painting by Ary Scheffer from 1846. Yale.
Chopin’s manuscript for the Polonaise in F minor, Op. 71, No. 3, ca. 1828-29. Yale.
Chopin owned one of these, a fortepiano by Conrad Graf. Metropolitan Museum.
Chopin spent time here. Eugene Delacroix, George Sand’s Garden at Nohant, 1840s. Metropolitan Museum.
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Sviatoslav Richter plays Chopin’s “Revolutionary Etude.” Richter was a force of nature!
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Tom Wesselmann, Still Life #30, April 1963. MoMA.
Jean Simeon Chardin, Still Life with a White Mug, c. 1764. National Gallery.
Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, ca. 1890. Metropolitan Museum.
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Scott Garner showcases his interactive still life project.
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Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward go shopping for books in Paris. Photographed by Gordon Parks, 1959. LIFE.
The Newmans lived away from the Hollywood environment, making their home in Westport, Connecticut. Newman was well known for his devotion to his wife and family. When asked once about infidelity, he famously quipped, “Why go out for a hamburger when you have steak at home?”
Cool.
Cressida Campbell (Australia b.1960)
Berry Island (1992)
hand painted and incised woodblock 92.0 x 122.0 cm
Frits Van den Berghe (Belgian, 1883-1939), In the garden, c.1910-12. Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm.
Before The Birds Begin To Sing, David Grossmann. American, born in 1984, Colorado.
- Oil on Linen on Panel -(Source: Altamira Fine Art )
A Christian account of…
Walker Evans, Brooklyn Bridge, 1929. Getty.