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Eakins – The Gross Clinic The countdown to spring is underway and with it comes the eagerness to get out of any winter bound humdrum. While it may not be warm enough for any outdoor adventures, there are plenty of opportunities indoors. Being the art geek that I am, I have compiled a short list [...]
Travel back in time to the seventeenth century with a trip to the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam. The museum, located on Jodenbreestraat 4, was the actual home where the artist lived and worked from 1639 to 1658. Works such as ‘The Night Watch’, ‘Hundred Guilder Etching (or Christ Healing the Sick)’ and ‘Self Portrait’ [...]
Our last trip enabled us to venture into some of the greatest museums in the world. We strolled through the halls of the Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam among several others. The start of our art adventure began with two of the grandest museums I have [...]
Located at 2306 Esplanade Ave in New Orleans, Louisiana lies the Degas House, where the famous French Impressionist painter, Edgar Degas stayed for a few months during 1872 – 1873 with his family, the Musson’s. The Degas House is located approximately 11 blocks north of the French Quarter – a short five minute, $5 taxi [...]
