Tyson Scholar Matthew Bailey explores selected paintings by artists from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries. When looking at paintings, we often search for what they represent in terms of colors, shapes, space, objects, and figures - but what about the materials and physical surface…
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851 ‑ 1938) The Fortune Teller, ca. 1904‑1905 Oil on panel 15 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.
Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847 ‑ 1917) Misty Moonlight, ca. 1885 Oil on canvas mounted on panel 11 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.
Marsden Hartley (1877 ‑ 1943) Hall of the Mountain King, ca. 1908‑1909 Oil on canvas 30 x 30 in.
James McNeill Whistler (1834 ‑ 1903) Green and Violet: The Evening Walk, 1896 Oil on panel 5 x 8 1/2 in.
William Trost Richards (1833 ‑ 1905) Landscape, ca. 1863‑1864 Oil on canvas 23 1/2 x 33 1/2 in.
Tyson Scholar Matthew Bailey explores selected paintings by artists from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries. When looking at paintings, we often search for what they represent but what about their materials & physical surfaces?