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Monthly Archives: November 2009

December 2009: Pieter Claesz, Still-Life with Herring, 1636

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Painted in 1636 by Dutch artist Pieter Claesz (1597-1660),  36 x 46 cm, Oil on Panel, Museum Bijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
Claesz’s paintings almost always amaze me. They possess an impossible balance between illusion and form, between display and decay, between whisper and knock-out punch. His best still life’s are all about balance. Balance is evident [...]

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November 2009: Antonio López García, Sink and Mirror, 1967

Monday, November 2, 2009

Painted in 1967 by Spanish artist Antonio López García (born 1936), 38.5 x 33 in., Oil on Wood, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
For more information on López García and as my source of information,  “Antonio López García,” MFA Publications, Boston, 2008.
The wonderful thing about López García’s paintings is that after I’ve spent some time looking at [...]

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