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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Visual Art Currently Hanging

Posted by Jen Graves on Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:17 AM

The Baltimore Museum of Art has the best Matisse collection in the country. It's called the Cone Collection, and it has The Blue Nude and The Large Reclining Nude—two serious hits of art history—in a single room. The other rooms are pretty much just as good. It's a killer.

What I loved was a little image next to the Large Reclining Nude

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that demonstrates the phases it went through. Click to enlarge.

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Jen - thanks for posting this; I've always enjoyed Matisse, and I like the demonstration of the phases it went through as well. Question from someone who appreciates art history but has never studied it: do the phases represent studies on six different canvases, or was Matisse constantly re-working and painting over the same canvas?

Posted by two shoes on June 24, 2009 at 9:47 AM

so i live in bmore and am realizing that while i go to the walters way too much (i'm a huge fan of ancient art) i don't visit avam or the bma hardly enough. Thank you for reminding me of this. If you're still in town in mid-july, you must hit artscape, it is bmore's biggest festival and is definitely worth a visit!

Posted by bwtchd9 on June 24, 2009 at 9:52 AM