A Long Look Podcast

Well, here we are my friends, the 100th and final episode!

We go back to where it all started, the National Gallery of Art, for a look at one of Pieter de Hooch's idealized depictions of what a Dutch household was supposed to be. This cozy home may have been more wishful thinking than reality, though!

We'll find out how an embarrassing meeting helped create the Gallery! And I'll share final thoughts and thank yous and a few podcast recommendations I think you'll really like (listed below).

SHOW NOTES

"A Long Look" themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and "At the Cafe with You" by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode Music "The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869 - Prelude No. 19 in A major, BWV 864" composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Performed by Kimiko Ishizaka. Courtesy of musopen.org https://musopen.org/music/43466-the-well-tempered-clavier-book-i-bwv-846-869

"Hand in Space" by Quantum Jazz https://archive.org/details/jamendo-046377

Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/artworks/1172-bedroom

https://www.nga.gov/research/publications/online-editions/dutch-paintings-seventeenth-century-bedroom-16581660

Pieter de Hooch information "Pieter de Hooch, 1629-1684" by Peter C. Sutton (Archive.org) https://archive.org/details/pieterdehooch16200sutt

https://www.theartstory.org/artist/de-hooch-pieter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_de_Hooch

"Public and Private Life in the Art of Pieter de Hooch" by Martha Hollander (JSTOR) Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek (NKJ) / Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art 51 (2000): 272–93. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24706499

Women in Dutch life "The Embarrassment of Riches" by Simon Schama (Bookshop.org)

Gallery history https://www.nga.gov/about-us/our-history

https://www.doaks.org/resources/cultural-philanthropy/national-gallery-of-art

"America's National Gallery of Art" by Philip Kopper (Internet Archive) https://archive.org/details/americasnational0000kopp/americasnational0000kopp

Jazz in the Garden https://www.nga.gov/calendar/jazz-garden

"The Mill" by Rembrandt https://www.nga.gov/artworks/1201-mill

The Object Podcast--Minneapolis Institute of Art https://new.artsmia.org/the-object-podcast

The Modern Art Notes Podcast https://manpodcast.com Tyler Greene presents in-depth discussions with artists about their practice and curators about current shows for a fascinating look at today's art world.

Immaterial https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/series/immaterial-podcast The Metropolitan of Art's limited series podcast tells us surprising stories about the stuff art is made from.

When critics hinted Maurice Prendergast was getting a little repetitive as he approached 50, he could've hung up his brushes. After all, he'd been pretty successful. Instead, he headed back to where it all began--Paris--and came away reinvigorated with "a new impulse," as he called it.

Today's episode takes us to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC. We'll find out how an idea that started with Congress just before the Depression led to an official modern art museum on the National Mall!

SHOW NOTES

"A Long Look" themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and "At the Cafe with You" by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode music

"Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15 - IX. King of the Hobbyhorse" by Robert Schumman

Performed by Donald Betts.

"Children's Corner, L. 113 - III. Serenade of the doll" by Claude Debussy

Performed by Edward Rosser

Both courtesy of musopen.org

"Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Artwork information

https://hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/artwork/?edanUrl=edanmdm%3Ahmsg_66.4131

Prendergast info

https://www.theartstory.org/artist/prendergast-maurice/

https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.5270.html

Maurice Prendergast. Wattenmaker, Richard J, and National Museum of American Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1994.

https://archive.org/details/mauriceprenderga0000watt/page/n5/mode/2up

Maurice Prendergast : By the Sea. Homann, Joachim. Brunswick, Maine: Bowdoin college Museum of Art, 2013.

"The Early Art Education of Maurice Prendergast." Glavin, Ellen. Archives of American Art Journal 33, no. 1 (1993): 2–12. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1557569. (JSTOR)

Hirshhorn info

https://hirshhorn.si.edu/explore/the-founding-donor/

https://hirshhorn.si.edu/about-us/

https://siarchives.si.edu/history/hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden : The Collection. Brunet, Briana Feston, and Romare Bearden. Edited by Stéphane Aquin, Anne Reeve, and Sandy Guttman. New York: DelMonico Books, 2022.

So much better than Instagram! Pierre-Auguste Renoir invited 14 friends to lunch one summer--several lunches actually--and ended up creating this spectacular work of art.

In today's episode we find out about this happy group and that beautiful riverside restaurant they're clearly enjoying. And I'll tell you a pretty funny story about how Duncan Phillips was able to get this stunner for his new modern art museum, the Phillips Collection in Washington DC.

SHOW NOTES

"A Long Look" themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and "At the Cafe with You" by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode music "Parisian" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

From Blue Dot Sessions: "Via Verre" https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/306837

"Symphony 40 In G Minor" https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/306840

"Etude 9 Stefan" https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/306841

Artwork information https://www.phillipscollection.org/event/2017-10-06-renoir-and-friends-luncheon-boating-party

"The Eye of Duncan Phillips: A collection in the making" by Duncan Philips and David W. Scott. 1999. Edited by Erika D. Passantino. Washington, DC: Phillips Collection in association with Yale University New Haven.

Sitters identified https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luncheon_of_the_Boating_Party

Holston papers William H. Holston papers, 1915-1964. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Reel D-169 #1029-31

"Luncheon of the Boating Party" by Susan Vreeland https://bookshop.org/p/books/luncheon-of-the-boating-party-susan-vreeland/11716075?ean=9780143113522&next=t

Maison Fournaise https://www.maisonfournaise.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maison_Fournaise

Caillebotte episode https://alonglookpodcast.com/08-skiffs-caillebotte

No bows and arrows, no hunting buffalo on horseback. Walter Ufer saw first-hand that Native Americans in the 1920s weren't the romanticized caricatures from the old Wild West shows.

In today's episode we're looking at "Callers" and find out how a city boy from Chicago ended up in Taos, NM and broke all the rules when it came to depicting his friends and neighbors as real people trying to balance the modern world with tradition.

SHOW NOTES "A Long Look" themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and "At the Cafe with You" by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode Music "Free Guitar Riding Blues" and "Follow the Little Creek" by Loco Lobo. Courtesy of Free Music Archive https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/completly-free/free-guitar-riding-blues-f-014

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/verona/follow-the-little-creek-faster-id-1386

"Clusticus the Mistaken" by Doctor Turtle. Courtesy of the artist https://doctorturtle.bandcamp.com/album/free-turtle-archive-everything-cc-by-by-turtle

Artist info https://americanart.si.edu/artist/walter-ufer-4912

https://www.historynet.com/walter-ufer/?f

https://cometatomic.com/walter-ufer-a-remarkable-journey-through-art-and-activism/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Ufer

https://www.illinoisart.org/essays/walter-ufer#_ftn23

Ufer letter https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll1/id/1930

Taos Artists Society "The Taos Society of Artists : Masters & Masterworks" by Amy Scott (Internet Archive) https://archive.org/details/taossocietyofart0000scot

While I'm taking a break, I thought you might enjoy this encore presentation of a popular episode from 2019—the gorgeous Woman Holding a Balance at the National Gallery of Art. If you want to follow along, you can find it at alonglookpodcast.com/vermeer.

And make sure to stick around to the end for a special announcement!

SHOW NOTES

"A Long Look" themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and "At the Cafe with You" by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode theme is "Caro Mio Ben in C Major" by Giuseppe Giordani, performed by Joel Meza. https://soundcloud.com/joel-meza-1/caro-mio-ben-in-c-major

"Women Holding a Balance" information https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/vermeer-woman-holding-a-balance.html

Vermeer information https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1951.html

"Essential Vermeer" website (extensive amount of info!) https://www.essentialvermeer.com

Widener information "Dutch Paintings at the National Gallery of Art: The Untold Stories behind the Acquisitions of the Rembrandts, Vermeers, and Other Treasures in the Collection" (audio) https://www.nga.gov/global-site-search-page.html?searchterm=wheelock+audio

RECOMMENDED READING "Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting" by Adriaan Waiboer, et al. Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, 2017.

Exhibit brochure https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/exhibitions/pdfs/2017/vermeer-brochurel.pdf

"Vermeer: Faith in Art" by Daniel Arasse

And you thought YOU were gonna have a lot of holiday company! Poor Mary, who's only given birth a week or so ago, now faces this onslaught of unexpected visitors in today's episode.

We'll find out who exactly all those folks are, their connection to one of the most powerful families in Europe, and what's up with the peacock. Pretty sure that wasn't one of the animals at the Nativity...

SHOW NOTES

"A Long Look" themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and "At the Cafe with You" by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode music "Joy to the World" and "We Three Kings" performed by John Sayles http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/holidaymusic.htm

"Mass for 4 Voices," composed by William Byrd, performed by Ensemble Morale. Courtesy of musopen.org

https://musopen.org/music/44138-mass-for-4-voices

"Suite in F Major" composed by Michael Praetorius. Performed by Michel Rondeau. Courtesy of musopen.org

https://musopen.org/music/43633-suite-in-f-major

Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/angelico-lippi-the-adoration-of-the-magi.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi_(Fra_Angelico_and_Filippo_Lippi)

https://www-jstor-org.dclibrary.idm.oclc.org/stable/20074684?seq=6 (JSTOR article, may need to log in through your library)

Magi gifts https://uscatholic.org/articles/202212/why-did-the-magi-bring-jesus-gold-frankincense-and-myrrh

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/jesus-historical-jesus/why-did-the-magi-bring-gold-frankincense-and-myrrh/

Medici information https://www.britannica.com/topic/Medici-family

Karen's favorite illuminated manuscript "The Hours of Catherine of Cleves" https://www.themorgan.org/collection/Hours-of-Catherine-of-Cleves

Recommended Reading: "Fra Angelico" by Laurence Kanter and Pia Palladino. Published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press, 2005. Pgs 278-283. Explains Magi's visitation. (Free PDF) https://cdn.sanity.io/files/cctd4ker/production/f9c70388da067f22ea0e43e5e512fb5f8d2b0d33.pdf

Today's episode is all about relaxing, taking a little break after a long year and before the holidays hit. So I offer you a quiet beach at the Jersey Shore in this serene painting by William Trost Richards.

We'll find out how this Philadelphia-born artist embraced the idea of nature and art as keys to a better life and his connection to the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C.

Thomas Cole and the Corcoran are key parts of the story, so here are previous episodes about them: "A Pastoral Visit" tells the story of the founding of this influential museum and "The Voyage of Life: Childhood" is one of Cole's dramatic allegorical paintings.

Click to view artwork

SHOW NOTES

"A Long Look" themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and "At the Cafe with You" by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode Music "Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

"Database Of Problems, Rolodex Of Lies" by Doctor Turtle https://doctorturtle.bandcamp.com/album/free-turtle-archive-everything-cc-by-by-turtle

William Trost Richards information https://chrysler.org/exhibition/seascapes-by-william-trost-richards/

https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.2710.html

New York Times article on Richards https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/16/arts/design/william-trost-richards-at-national-academy-museum.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

"William Trost Richards: American Landscape & Marine Painter" by Linda S. Ferber https://archive.org/embed/williamtrostrich0000ferb (archive.org)

"Niagara" by Frederic Edwin Church https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.166436.html

Episode on the Corcoran Gallery "A Pastoral Visit"

Episode on Thomas Cole "The Voyage of Life: Childhood"

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great summer. We'll be spending the rest of 2024 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, starting off with a stunning portrait of a red-headed Irish beauty that shocked London society. We'll find out who she is and how she was much more than a pretty face.

Then we'll learn about the very mercurial artist she had to put up with, James McNeill Whistler and the chaos he caused in his own life and others!

SHOW NOTES "A Long Look" opening and closing themes are by Ron Gelinas: "Ascension" https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo and "Easy" https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs

Episode music "Chopin Waltz in A Minor, B. 150." Performed by Aya Higuchi

String Quartet no. 2 in B minor - II. Minuetto moderato." Composed by Joseph Miroslav Weber, Performed by Steves Bedroom Band. Courtesy of musopen.org

Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/features/joanna-hiffernan-the-white-girl.html

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12198.html#relatedpages

https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2022/woman-in-white.html

https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/whistler-symphony-in-white-no-1-the-white-girl.html

https://www.nga.gov/blog/how-whistler-painted-white-in-full-color.html

James McNeill Whistler info https://www.theartstory.org/artist/whistler-james-abbott-mcneill

Joanna Hiffernan Bio https://www.dib.ie/biography/hiffernan-joanna-jo-a9605

The Peacock Room https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/interactives/peacock-room/making-the-peacock-room/

Oops. It's 2026 and after all my hoopla about ending the show with the 100th episode last year I discovered there are actually only 99…

Since it was driving me nuts (and because I don't want to look like a big liar!) I created this encore episode and tucked it in before the last season. Think of it as my Easter egg to you!

So please enjoy this repeat of "Still Life with Peacock Pie by Pieter Claesz"

SHOW NOTES "A Long Look" themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and "At the Cafe with You" by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode music

"Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 'Autumn' - III Allegro" composed by Antonio Vivaldi. Performed by John Harrison. Courtesy of musopen.org https://musopen.org/music/14910-the-four-seasons-op-8/

Meadow Waltz" by Keys of Moon Music https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon/meadow-waltz-classical-piano-orchestra-free-download

"Take Me Out to the Ballgame" performed by Kevin MacLeod https://www.incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100313

Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.132271.html

Artist information https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.18426.html

"Pieter Claesz : Master of Haarlem Still Life" by P. Biesboer, Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 2004.

History of still life https://mymodernmet.com/what-is-still-life-painting-definition/

"The Dutch Gamepiece" by Scott A. Sullivan

Dutch cuisine "The Sensible Cook : Dutch Foodways in the Old and the New World" by Peter G. Rose. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press, 1989.

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great summer. We’ll be spending the rest of 2024 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, starting off with a stunning portrait of a red-headed Irish beauty that shocked London society. We’ll find out who she is and how she was much more than a pretty face. 

Then we’ll learn about the very mercurial artist she had to put up with, James McNeill Whistler and the chaos he caused in his own life and others! 

SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” opening and closing themes are by Ron Gelinas:  “Ascension” https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo and “Easy” https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs

Episode music “Chopin Waltz in A Minor, B. 150.” Performed by Aya Higuchi

String Quartet no. 2 in B minor - II. Minuetto moderato.” Composed by Joseph Miroslav Weber, Performed by Steves Bedroom Band

Courtesy of musopen.org

Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12198.html

https://www.nga.gov/features/joanna-hiffernan-the-white-girl.html

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12198.html#relatedpages

https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2022/woman-in-white.html

https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/whistler-symphony-in-white-no-1-the-white-girl.html

https://www.nga.gov/blog/how-whistler-painted-white-in-full-color.html

James McNeill Whistler info https://www.theartstory.org/artist/whistler-james-abbott-mcneill

Joanna Hiffernan Bio https://www.dib.ie/biography/hiffernan-joanna-jo-a9605

The Peacock Room https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/interactives/peacock-room/making-the-peacock-room/

Transcript available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/symphony-in-white/