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National Portrait Gallery

Sunday, March 15, 2009

{ detail } { detail } I was enamored of this oil on paper piece depicting art collector and philanthropist Vera List by Jon R. Friedman. It hung in the new arrivals hall by the front entrance of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC. It was one of the first paintings I saw and [...]

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Art Institute of Chicago

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

While in Chicago, I had to take a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago. The museum houses a vast collection of Impressionism. I think that viewing Monet and Degas and Post-Impressionist works by Van Gogh and Gauguin at a young age subconsciously instilled in me my love and fascination for color. Shannon, my best [...]

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