Posts by lindilou

Johannes Vermeer, Girl Reading a Letter Before an Open Window, 1657-59, oil on canvas It’s thought this young woman Vermeer painted around 1659 wants out of that open window and into a larger life, perhaps with the person who has sent the love letter she is reading.  Why?  Well, in the mid-17th century (their Golden Age) the Dutch made...

Edward Hopper, Western Motel, 1957, oil on canvas So, today I’ve been thinking about the relationships between Richard Diebenkorn’s and Edward Hopper’s art.  They aren’t accidental.  When Richard Diebenkorn was learning to paint in the 1950’s, Abstract Expressionism was the vogue.  So much so that, in a determination...

Granville Redmond, Malibu Coast, Spring, @1910, oil on conavas Richard Diebenkorn, Cityscape #1, 1963, 60 1/4 x 50 1/2″, oil on canvas Which painting do you prefer? One of my favorite art critics recently wrote of the painting on the bottom “There may be no more beautiful painting of California than this 1963 work by Richard Diebenkorn.”*  And,...

Certain American artists live in an exalted realm for me, their works so excellent and reviews so extensive that I shy away from saying anything about them.  But today images of two of them, the writer E.B. White and the painter Winslow Homer, unexpectedly arrived in my email, and this has prompted me to dare a few words. Probably I needn’t worry about taking...

A friend asked for my thoughts on the Asian Art Museum’s current show Looking East, How Japan Inspired Monet, Van Gogh, and Other Western Artists.  Certainly, it’s a very high quality show, broad-based from fine art to clothing, furniture, photography, the decorative arts. The signage is thorough and informative and the crowds it is attracting would be...