Posts by lindilou

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...

If you wish to collect art, your walls needn’t look like this picture.  In fact, you can buy just one artistic object, learn from it that you have no interest in collecting and be done.  And that piece can be from an art or craft fair, an artist friend, a rummage sale. It can cost only a few dollars. However you begin, I guarantee you that your life will be...