H.B. Cavalcanti

Daily scene from 1750 Qing dynasty China at the San Antonio Museum of Art…
(photo: Unknown artist, “Vase,” 1750, porcelain with overglaze enamels and gilding; my photo)

Blechen exemplified the German Romantic ideals of natural beauty…
(photo: Carl Blechen, “The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel near Potsdam,” 1813-14, oil on canvas, in the Alte Nationalgalerie collection, in Berlin; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:18...)

In the process of marrying Pauline Bendemann, Hübner painted this evocative portrait. It’s in the style of the Düsseldorf school of painting…
(photo: Julius Hübner, “Portrait of Pauline Hübner,” 1829, in the Alte Nationalgalerie collection, in Berlin; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pa...)

Schinkel was a Prussian architect, city planner and painter. This painting was part of his effort to promote a Gothic revival in Germany…
(photo: Karl Friedrich Schinkel, “Gothic Cathedral by the Water,” 1813, in the Alte Nationalgalerie collection, in Berlin; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_...)

“I do not want art for a few any more than I want education for a few, or freedom for a few.” William Morris
(photo: William Morris and John Henry Dearle, “Cock Pheasant,” 1916, textile artwork, in the Birmingham Museum collection; www.mcgawgraphics.com/products/wil...)

Lionel Walden went to Paris to study art. A frequent exhibitor in the Paris salons, he specialized in seascapes and harbor scenes…
(photo: Lionel Walden, “Cardiff Docks,” 1894, oil on canvas, in the Musée D’Orsay collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ca...)

Painted just over a decade before Sisley's death in 1899, this is one of his most masterful compositions of the small medieval town where he lived...
(photo: Alfred Sisley, “Le Pont de Moret,” 1888, in the Minneapolis Institute of Art collection; collections.artsmia.org/art/61319/le...)

Sherald has transformed portrait style in American art, with figures with grayscale skin set against vibrant, monochromatic backgrounds…
(photo: Amy Sherald, “As soft as she is...,” 2023, oil on linen, in the Tate collection; whitney.org/events/exhib...)

Celebrating St. Louis founding (1764) with a work from its museum’s current exhibition.
(photo: Anselm Kiefer, “Am Rhein (On the Rhine),” 2025, created for the museum’s Sculpture Hall; www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...)

After evacuating due to the Los Angeles fires, artist Betye Saar said that “making art, making something positive out of a loss, is so important.”
(photo: Betye Saar, “The Wounded Wilderness,” 1962, in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art; www.moma.org/collection/w...)

This is a notable work of the Ashcan School, an art movement known for portraying urban life and everyday scenes…
(photo: Everett Shinn, “Snowstorm on Broadway,” 1909, pastel on paperboard, in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts collection; quadrogiz.blogspot.com/2011/10/demi...)

Hassam painted this a year before he married the model. Here he uses muted tones of ochres, browns and yellows to depict a warm and intimate setting…
(photo: Childe Hassam, “Maud Sewing,” 1883, watercolor, in the collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum; www.slam.org/collection/o...)

Associated with the Hudson River School of Art, Bierstadt painted this landscape in the White Mountains of New Hampshire…
(photo: Albert Bierstadt, “The Emerald Pool,” 1870, oil on canvas, in the Chrysler Museum of Art collection; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Al...)

“The thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it.” Bayazid Bistami
(photo: “Bayazid Bistami and Disciples,” second half 19th century, Persia, Qajar; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_...)

This life-sized bronze sculpture, featuring an elderly Plains Indian warrior, won the James Earle Fraser Sculpture Award at the 2011 Prix de West…
(photo: Blair Buswell, “How Many More,” 2011, in the Briscoe Western Art Museum collection, my photo)

Hurvin Anderson’s works meander between the UK and the Caribbean, reflecting his experiences of belonging and diaspora…
(photo: Hurvin Anderson, “Grace Jones,” 2020, acrylic, oil on linen; fadmagazine.com/2025/12/03/t...)

Manescau is widely known for the beauty of his Venetian vedutas, for his accurate depiction of architectural detail and mastery of color…
(photo: Antonio Reyna Manescau, “Canal in Venice,” ca. 1915, oil on canvas, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection; collections.mfa.org/objects/31515)

This print is part of Cattlet’s Black Woman series (15 woodprints), created in Mexico to rally against the hardships face by African American women…
(Photo: Elizabeth Cattlet, “Sharecropper,” 1952, linoleum cut, in the collection of Samella Lewis; narmassociation.org/the-art-of-e...)

Le Sidaner was an intimist painter, known for his paintings of quiet street scenes, blending aspects of impressionism and pointillism…
(photo: Henri le Sidaner, “The House of Gerberoy, Evening,” ca. 1930, in the Carnegie Museum of Art collection; collection.carnegieart.org/objects/282f...)

Probably one of my favorite exhibitions last year…
(photo: Anni Albers, “Smyrna Knotted Rug,” 1925, in “Anni Albers: In Thread and On Paper,” Feb 11 – Jun 30, 2024 at the Blanton Museum of Art; blantonmuseum.org/exhibition/a...)

This painting belonged to the Corcoran Gallery until it closed in 2014. Most of its collection was transferred to Washington, DC’s National Gallery…
(photo: Mary Cassatt, “Young Girl at a Window,” ca. 1883-84, oil on canvas, in the National Gallery collection; www.nga.gov/artworks/976...)

Starting Black History Month with a favorite painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner. “The Banjo Lesson” was his first entry into the Paris Salon…
(photo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ban...)

Afternoon visit to the Latin American gallery of San Antonio Museum of Art…
(photo: Roberto Montenegro, Mexican, “People from Tehuantepec,” 1932, oil on canvas)

“It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.” Vincent van Gogh, letter to Theo van Gogh, early January 1874…
(photo: Vincent van Gogh, “Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy,” 1889, oil on canvas,
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Boudin was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors. A son of a ship’s captain, he favored seascapes…
(photo: Eugène Boudin, “The Harbor of Trouville,” 1895, oil on canvas, in the Baltimore Museum of Art collection; collection.artbma.org/objects/3745...)

Awarded the grand prize at the 1878 Exposition Universelle, this was one of Tiffany & Co.’s most celebrated Japoniste designs…
(photo: Edward C. Moore, “Pitcher,” 1878, Tiffany and Company, in the Art Institute of Chicago collection; www.facebook.com/groups/14472...)

Nguyễn Phan Chánh was a graduate of the first class to attend the Fine Arts School of Indochina, which opened in 1925…
(photo: Nguyễn Phan Chánh, “Young Woman Combing Her Hair,” 1933, ink and pigments on silk, in the Musée Cernuschi collection; www.cernuschi.paris.fr/en/https%3A/...)

No one etched rain quite as skillfully as Kawase Hasui. His rainy landscapes are exquisite…
(photo: Kawase Hasui, “Night Rain at Kawarago,” 1947, woodblock print, in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco collection; searchcollection.asianart.org/objects/1917...)

Maxence specialized in medieval and mythical subjects that brought him recognition as a French symbolist painter…
(photo: Edgard Maxence, “Woman with an Orchid,” 1900, oil on canvas, in the Musée d’Orsay collection; www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/f...)

Félix Valloton’s landscapes avoided conventional views and techniques, presenting unusual perspectives…
(photo: Félix Valloton, “An Evening on the Loire,” 1923, oil on canvas, in private collection;
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