Alice Neel: “My analyst said to me, ‘Why is it so important to be honest in art?’ I said, ‘It’s not so important, it’s just a privilege.'” – Quote provided by Suzanne Walker, BA, MA, PhD, BFD
…From the upcoming lecture on Portraiture After Photography – part of our ongoing WTF Art History Lecture series with Suzanne Walker (BA, MA, PhD, BFD). These lectures are one of a kind, and not recorded. Don’t miss this!
“The only art historian I’ve ever wanted to listen to for 2.5 hours” – Lendy Hensley, League Provost
WTF Art History Lecture: Portraiture After Photography Sunday, March 17, 1:00-3:30pm
Active League Students and members are invited to attend WTF Lectures for free. Contact us for your coupon code.
Last Thursday I posted over 100 orange artworks. Now there are more! Image right: A Dalecarlian horse is a traditional carved, painted wooden statue of a horse originating in the Swedish province of Dalarna (Dalecarlia). Several different types of Dalecarlian horses are made, with distinguishing features common to the locality of the site where they are produced. This one is from around 1950 and is …
You are 2/3 the way through our 30 Day Challenge. To see what you missed in the past 19 days, click here. Today we have transcription challenge. For this, make something inspired by Winslow Homer’s “The Herring Net” (oil on canvas 30 1/8 × 48 3/8 in). What’s a transcription? In art, to transcribe is to copy or …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7935″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] In January we did a series of creative challenges. January 15 was “Strange Mail” an invitation to “let standardized paper and implements be darned. Mail us something strange.” And you did! Here is our postman, posing with one of Strange Mail pieces (he had previously shoved it under the door …
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! As difficult as it is to get painters to apply enough paint, it’s even harder to get them to take it back off again, unless they’re trying to rub out a mistake. The “Lift Up” or “Wipe Out” method is not for obliterating mistakes, it’s a fast way to …
WTF? Alice Neel on honesty in art
…From the upcoming lecture on Portraiture After Photography – part of our ongoing WTF Art History Lecture series with Suzanne Walker (BA, MA, PhD, BFD). These lectures are one of a kind, and not recorded. Don’t miss this!
WTF Art History Lecture: Portraiture After Photography
Sunday, March 17, 1:00-3:30pm
Active League Students and members are invited to attend WTF Lectures for free. Contact us for your coupon code.
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