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 | NU Symphonic Orchestra | Jan 27, 2007 | pt 1 On January 27, 2007 NUAMPS spent an evening with the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra. The program included Nocturnes by Debussy, Five Pieces by Schoenberg, and Don Quixote by Strauss.Nocturnes, composed by Claude Debussy, was inspired by three paintings of James McNeill Whistler of the same titles. Just as Whistler was a proponent of color as the focal point of his paintings, so too do Debussy's works make use of colorful timbres. |
 | Amp - Tomorrow "Tomorrow", off of Amp's 1998 album Stenorette.Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). |
 | NU Symphonic Orchestra | Jan 27, 2007 | pt 2 On January 27, 2007 NUAMPS spent an evening with the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra. The program included Nocturnes by Debussy, Five Pieces by Schoenberg, and Don Quixote by Strauss. Nocturnes, composed by Claude Debussy, was inspired by three paintings of James McNeill Whistler of the same titles. Just as Whistler was a proponent of color as the focal point of his paintings, so too do Debussy's works make use of colorful timbres. In Five Pieces, Arnold Schoenberg toys with abandoning traditional aspects of tonality. Instead of creating rapid harmonic movement, he allows the color of each chord to transform almost unnoticeably, moving the listener to new emotional plateaus with each.. |
 | 2006 Clarice Smith Distinguished Lectures in American Art #3 David Park CurryComplete Lecture: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/clarice_smith/david_park_curry_webcast.cfm?siref=youtube&video=2006CurryWilliam Merritt Chase: A Little Fish StoryNovember 8, 2006 David Park Curry is a distinguished curator and scholar of American art. He is the senior curator of decorative arts, American painting, and sculpture at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Over the course of his career, Curry has served as curator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Denver Art Museum, and the Freer Gallery of Art. He has organized several award-winning exhibitions of James McNeill Whistler's work and is currently planning an exhibition on Theodore David and the Hayes presidential china. Curry has authored American Dreams: Paintings and Decorative Arts from the Warner Collection; Fabergé: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915; Childe Hassam: An Island Garden Revisited; Winslow Homer: The Croquet Game; and most recently, James McNeill Whistler: Uneasy Pieces, which was released in November 2004. Complete Lecture: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/clarice_smith/david_park_curry_webcast.cfm?siref=youtube&video=2006Curry |
 | NU Symphonic Orchestra | Jan 27, 2007 | pt 3 On January 27, 2007 NUAMPS spent an evening with the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra. The program included Nocturnes by Debussy, Five Pieces by Schoenberg, and Don Quixote by Strauss. Nocturnes, composed by Claude Debussy, was inspired by three paintings of James McNeill Whistler of the same titles. Just as Whistler was a proponent of color as the focal point of his paintings, so too do Debussy's works make use of colorful timbres.In Five Pieces, Arnold Schoenberg toys with abandoning traditional aspects of tonality. Instead of creating rapid harmonic movement, he allows the color of each chord to transform almost unnoticeably, moving the listener to new emotional plateaus with each... |
 | John Twachtman 1853-1902 Oil Painting SOLD At Auction-6/2008 This painting "Chateau Near Dieppe" sold for $20,000 at Freeman's Auction House in Philadelphia, Sunday, June 22, 2008. It is oil on panel and measures 12 x 15 x 7/8 inches and comes from a private Philadelphia collection. Originally purchased from Spanierman Gallery in New York, it is fully documented and authenticated. Spanierman is the leading authority and dealer of Twachtman's work.To bid or to view listing go to:http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/110-JOHN-HENRY-TWACHTMAN-AMERICAN-1853-1902_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ28243QQihZ004QQitemZ140235452801QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVWJohn Henry Twachtman (August 4, 1853 - August 8, 1902) was an American painter best-known for his impressionist landscapes, though his painting style varied widely through his career. Art historians consider Twachtman's style of impressionism to be among the more personal and experimental of his generation. He was a member of "The Ten", a loosely-allied group of American artists dissatisfied with professional art organizations, who banded together in 1898 to exhibit their works as a stylistically-unified group.Landscape artist John Henry Twachtman was one of the most original and modern artists of the late nineteenth century. Trained in Munich and Paris, and a member of the most advanced American artist groups of his day, Twachtman was at the forefront of the American avant-garde throughout his career. The work of his Greenwich Period, for which he is best known, was influenced by Impressionism and Tonalism, yet Twachtman's stylistic synthesis was unique. Often compared with Claude Monet and James McNeill Whistler, Twachtman developed an experimental technique and explored innovative compositional means to create subtle and poetic images that anticipated directions in twentieth-century abstract painting.Like many other artists of his generation, Twachtman felt the necessity of a term of study in Paris, and, in 1883, he departed for the French capital, where he continued his training at the Académie Julian under Gustave Boulanger and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre. His fellow students included American artists Childe Hassam, Willard Metcalf, Frank W. Benson, Edmund C. Tarbell, and Robert Reid, all of whom became lifelong friends. During his summers abroad, Twachtman painted near Honfleur and Dieppe, in Normandy, and at the end of his sojourn in the winter of 1885, he spent time in Venice with Robert Blum. Influenced by his training as well as by the art of James McNeill Whistler, that of the French pleinairiste Jules Bastien-Lepage, and by Japanese prints, his work changed during his French period; his palette remained low-key, but his tones became more closely modulated and his brushwork became fluid and large not apparent. His paintings dramatically shifted towards a soft, gray and green tonalist style. During this time he painted what some art historians consider to be his greatest masterpieces, including Arques-la-Bataille, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Springtime, in the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum.Freeman's is America's oldest auction house and is located at 1808 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215)-563-9275 www.freemansauction.comSale 1311 Lot 110 June 22, 2008JOHN HENRY TWACHTMAN(american 1853-1902)CHATEAU NEAR DIEPPEOil on canvas12 x 15 3/8 in.Executed circa 1884provenance:The artist.Violet Twachtman Baker, daughter of the artist, New York.Martha Baker, daughter of Violet Baker, Italy.By family descent.Spanierman Gallery, New York, New York.Private Collection, Pennsylvania.note:This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of John Henry Twachtman by Ira Spanierman and Dr. Lisa N. Peters.Estimate $20,000-30,000 |
 | James Abbott McNeill Whistler Musica: breve estratto dalla "Suite Symphonique" di Georges Delerue ("Jules et Jim" OST) |
 | Creative Quotations from James McNeill Whistler for Jul 10 A thought provoking collection of Creative Quotations from James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903); born on Jul 10. US artist, author; He is known for his studies in color tone and famous for his "Whistler's Mother" painting. |
 | A Gift of Whistler Llithographs UC Davis art students get the opportunity to learn about American artist James Whistler, using an alumnus gift of lithographic prints that are described in the art world as "masterful." |
 | Under the Leafless Trees by John Atkinson Grimshaw John Atkinson Grimshaw 1836-1893 ? British Under the Leafless Trees Signed "Atkinson Grimshaw 1880" (lower right) Oil on canvas Canvas: 33" high x 48" wide I considered myself the inventor of nocturnes until I saw Grimmy's moonlight pictures.--James McNeill Whistler A stunning, atmospheric scene by John Atkinson Grimshaw, one of the most prestigious and influential painters of the Victorian period. The artist, renowned for his paintings of landscapes, townscapes and dockyards, usually portrayed his subjects as seen by moonlight, lamplight or dusk. The palette of inspirational hues are magnificent and the artist's meticulous attention to detail, characteristic of all of Grimshaw's work, is captivating. Grimshaw received immense praise and acclaim for his nocturnal scenes during the 1870s. Urban lanes with leafless trees silhouetted against the moonlit sky have become synonymous with this incredible artist. Noted for the photographic qualities of his cityscapes, Grimshaw's realistic compositions provide an artistic commentary on the bustling, industrialized cities of England. Grimshaw painted with a highly personalized style, often using photography as a compositional aid and sometimes even mixing sand with his paints to create a textural effect. He was heavily influenced by John Ruskin's creed of "truth to nature" and adopted the detailed techniques of the Pre-Raphaelites. These influences combined to create Grimshaw's highly personalized style, which became so popular that imitations and forgeries appeared even during his lifetime. Though his breathtaking night scenes have become his best-known works, he also painted autumnal landscapes, portraits, interiors, fairy pictures and neo-classical subjects. Most of his works were created for private patrons and between 1874 and 1876, he only exhibited five of his paintings at the Royal Academy. Artist's Museums and Collections: Tate Gallery, LondonGuildhall Art Gallery, LondonLeeds City Art GalleryWalker Art Gallery, LiverpoolMusée des Beaux Arts, Brest, FranceNew Orleans Museum of ArtNelson-Atkins Gallery, Kansas City, MissouriMinneapolis Institute of ArtsYale Center for British Art, New Haven, ConnecticutRhode Island School of DesignWadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, ConnecticutShepparton Art Centre, Welsford, AustraliaKing George VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth, South Africa References: The Random House Dictionary of Art and Artists, Random House, 198819th-Century Art, Robert Rosenblum & H.W. Janson, 1984Dictionary of Victorian Painters, 1978, Christopher WoodDictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 1976, E. Bénézit |
