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Beyond the Canon

I’ve previously expressed appreciation for exhibitions that reveal unknown or forgotten artists, or overlooked aspects of a well-known artist’s work. The Philadelphia Museum of Art has two such exhibitions at the moment: Renoir Landscapes and Antonio Mancini; Nineteenth-century Italian master Renoir In the Woods ca. 1877, oil on canvas, 22″ x18 3/8″, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Matsukata Collection More than Pretty Pictures of Plump GirlsI first came to a serious appreciation of Pierre-August Renoir as a landscapist a couple years ago in a previous exhibition at the PMA, Manet and the Sea. A painting of waves had ... More » »