Paul Cezanne

60 Years Of Light

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.25.2012

Lois Dodd is not interested in telling stories. Just as snapshots transport us back to forgotten feelings, physical states, and even temperatures, so ...

O'Keeffe As An Outsider

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.24.2012

Georgia O'Keeffe referred to herself as an "outsider," and in many ways she was, being one of the first women to demand serious attention in a male-ce...

Close and Not-So-Close Encounters With Famous Authors

Dave Astor | Posted 05.23.2012

Dave Astor

Literature fans love "encounters" with living or dead authors. These might involve seeing novelists at book signings, listening to them give a talk, or visiting homes/museums connected with famous authors of the past.

Rare Cezanne Painting Fetches Over $19 Million At Auction

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.02.2012

NEW YORK — A rare watercolor study by Paul Cezanne believed lost for nearly 60 years fetched over $19 million at a New York City auction on Tues...

Damaged Cezanne Painting Can Be Restored

AP | Posted 04.27.2012

GENEVA — A Swiss art expert says a $110 million painting by Paul Cezanne damaged following a robbery four years ago can be restored. The direct...

Painting Believed To Be A Stolen Cezanne Found

AP | DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 04.12.2012

BELGRADE, Serbia — Police from Serbia and Switzerland have recovered a Paul Cezanne masterpiece that was stolen from a Swiss museum in 2008 and ...

LOOK: Rare Cezanne Watercolor Study Is For Sale

Posted 03.28.2012

A rare watercolor study by the French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne will be auctioned at Christie's in New York soon. For over sixty years, ...

Rare Cezanne Watercolor Study Coming To NY Auction

AP | Posted 05.27.2012

NEW YORK — A rare watercolor study by Paul Cezanne believed lost and last seen in 1953 will be auctioned in New York City where it's expected to...

'The Scream' And Other Shockingly Expensive Works Of Art

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.22.2012

With an estimated price tag of more than $80 million, some may gawk right back at Edvard Munch's "The Scream," the iconic painting to be auctioned in ...

Can You Guess The Price?

Posted 02.03.2012

Hold onto your hats ladies and gentlemen, the art world has a new record holder for most expensive piece of artwork. The royal family of Qatar reporte...

Rodin's Drawings

David Galenson | Posted 04.01.2012

David Galenson

As far back as he could remember, Auguste Rodin loved to draw. When it came time for him to prepare for a career, his parents sent him to a school of commercial art. There, he recalled, "I thought I had gone to heaven."

Happy Birthday Cezanne!

Posted 01.19.2012

Today marks the 173rd birthday of the French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne. If Impressionism is considered to be the first modern art moveme...

Guess The Artist

Posted 09.10.2011

One of the most prominent Post-Impressionist painters, this nineteenth-century artist is best known for his lurid color palette and provocative subjec...

PHOTOS: Artistic Explorations Of Space

Posted 07.31.2011

The show "Pursuing a Calculated Distance" with works by Seth Curcio, Bradley Hyppa, and Benjamin Meyer is an exploration of visual perception and the...

Self-Portrait of an Experimental Painter: Jon Schueler and The Sound of Sleat

David Galenson | Posted 06.04.2011

David Galenson

The Sound of Sleat will delight anyone interested in the inner lives of artists who consider their work, and their lives, as a quest to create images as beautiful as those they see in nature.

February NYC Exhibitions: New York Overflows With Painting

Brett Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Brett Baker

In New York, in February 2011, the diverse possibilities of painting are alive and filling the galleries and museums.

Stop, Thieves!

Christian Josi | Posted 05.25.2011

Christian Josi

The greatest art theft in history is happening right now in the suburbs of Philadelphia -- and the odds are that you've never heard of it.

Late Bloomers In Art And Science

David Galenson | Posted 04.17.2012

David Galenson

There is a common belief that creativity is the exclusive domain of the young, but this belief is simply wrong -- a product of the drama of early conceptual breakthroughs.

Using Google Art To Explore Famous, Unfinished Paintings

James Elkins | Posted 05.25.2011

James Elkins

I have been writing about looking slowly, taking the time to see the visual world. My first column was about a Mondrian painting, and it included some...

Frustration-Filled Vacations Can Be Fun (in Retrospect)

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

Dave Astor

It goes without saying that the most snafu-riddled trips can be the most memorable ones. Actually, I just said it, but it's true.

Google Logo Honors Paul Cezanne's Birthday (PICTURES)

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Google has given its logo over to a colorful, Paul Cezanne-inspired "Google Doodle" in honor of the French artist's birthday. Today marks the 172nd a...

Mari Lyons: Every Object Rightly Seen

John Seed | Posted 04.11.2012

John Seed

One of the values she seems to have absorbed from Cezanne is that there is an inherent abstract order to be gleaned from nature.

Three Must-See Exhibitions Around the World Right Now

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Edward Goldman

Here is my advice to travelers on the best way to avoid getting wet: go to a museum, browse its bookstore, check out the gift shop, eat well in the museum café. And of course, don't forget about the art.

The Radical Nature of Powerful Convictions

Bill Lasarow | Posted 05.25.2011

Bill Lasarow

Nobody reminds us more of how radical it once was for an artist to turn their back on representational painting -- or of the rewards of persistent conviction -- than Paul Cézanne.

Meatless Monday: Growing Eggplant And Nature's Abundance

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.25.2011

Ellen Kanner

In this moment, I have to stop bemoaning the oil spill I can't control and be grateful for nature's benevolence, the everyday miracle of this eggplant right before me.