The very first post in this series went live on April 1, 2020, amidst the first waves of shutdowns (including […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
The Quiet Dignity of Everyday Life
A year ago, I wrote about John Sloan’s The Women’s Page as part of a discussion of the prevalence of […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
Joseph Cornell, James Rosenquist, and Generational Transmission
Back in September, I wrote about the affinities between Joseph Cornell and Earl Cunningham, two untrained eccentrics who made collecting […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
George Grosz and America
When I saw the listing on the CFAM website for the artist George Grosz, I wondered if someone had made […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
The Underappreciated Tom Wesselmann
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Wayne Thiebaud, whose career has been much more varied than I had previously […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
Some Notes on Historical Notability
Usually in this space I am eager to share my most exciting finds, such as my renewed appreciation for Wayne […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
California Dreamin’ With Wayne Thiebaud
There is just something about landscape art that helps transport me to past times and places. I was reminded of […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
More Thoughts on the Materiality of Paint: David Stern
Previously in this space, I have written about the necessity of seeing works of art in person, as well as […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
Jim Dine, Mark di Suvero, and the Echoes of Downtown
In one of those quirks of the alphabet I wrote about when considering Joseph Cornell and Earl Cunningham, my list […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
More Thoughts on Photography as Art: Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand
Back in October, I wrote about the moment around the turn of the twentieth century when photography became art. In […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
Esphyr Slobodkina and American Abstraction
This article was originally posted on February 2, 2021 by Grant Hamming. Recently I wrote about the changing taste for […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
On Changing Artistic Tastes and American Modernism, Part 2: Grandma Moses
Last week, I wrote about the shifting American taste in modern art at the middle of the twentieth century. I’d […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
On Changing Artistic Tastes and American Modernism
Recently, while conducting research on the painter Elizabeth Murray (herself worthy of a future blog post), I came across an […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
Winter Scenes
Flashback to December, and I am looking out the window at a sheet of ice, deposited in my corner of […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
Reginald Marsh, Depression-era New York, and Old Masters
In this blog series, I have tended to focus closely on American art. This is, of course, mostly by design: […]