Rembrandt by himself
Rembrandt created a unique pictorial autobiography through his self portraits. No artist before him (and few since) has portrayed himself with the same obsessive frequency. Rembrandt painted himself before the mirror on at least forty occasions, etched himself about thirty times, and made a handful of drawn self portraits. New self portraits appeared annually and sometimes several times a year. What is more, these self portraits include some of his most important paintings and etchings, dating from his early years in Leiden in the late 1620s to the year of his death in Amsterdam in 1669.
At the heart of St. Petersburg stand five magnificent structures, formerly the residence of grand tsars and tsarinas of Russia, now the home of the State Hermitage museum. Two centuries of building and collecting have resulted in one of the largest and most exquisite art collections in the world.
Long restoration creates drastic changes in famous painting
MILAN, May 27 : After 20 years of peeling and polishing, Leonardo da Vinci’s restored masterpiece “The Last Supper” was finally unveiled Thursday amid a storm of controversy over the marathon makeover.
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Fine, Indecipherable Flourishes
BY ROBERT HUGHES
(Time Magazine May 24, 1999 )
A
Nation's Self-Image
Can all of American art in the 20th century be encompassed
in a museum show? In New York, the Whitney gives it a
brave try--with balance, care and a keen eye for the best
examples
BY ROBERT HUGHES
(Time
Magazine May 10, 1999 )
The
American Century:
Art
& Culture 1900-2000 is
on view until August 22, 1999, at the Whitney
Museum of American Art.