Erin Hackmann

The minute detail of Frederic Church.

American Impressionism in gallery 216

There's more than meets the eye in Dutch still life paintings like this one by Pieter Claesz. britannica.com/EBchecked/topi…

I'll spend some time in gallery 205, which features 17th c Netherlandish art.

Twachtman was a Cincinnati Impressionist painter who painted a great number of wintery landscapes.

Rookwood Pottery was based in Cincinnati and produced highly respected examples of art pottery in the 19th c.

Cincinnati was a flourishing center for the decorative arts in the 19th century.

Starting in the Cincinnati Wing (beginning with gallery 110)

"Color deceives continuously."—Josef Albers #TheDress

Polyclitus' doryphoros (spear-bearer) is constructed on a precise set of ratios #FridayFigure ow.ly/JJwcS

Tom Wesselmann, born today in 1931, planned to be a cartoonist before switching to painting. bit.ly/1BILhi5

Over the course of his decade-long career (1880–90), Van Gogh produced nearly 900 paintings. met.org/1DBwje8

Kazimir Malevich, born today in 1878, was one of the pioneers of abstract art. bit.ly/1BHgMJo