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Joseph Mallord William Turner was quite a painter and quite a character. He's described as vulgar, uncouth, unsophisticated and cheap. And yet, he became one of England's most beloved artists through his groundbreaking vision and skill.

We'll see how his interest in the Industrial Revolution and love of the natural world come together in this dazzling image and take a look at how he created something so gorgeous yet ominous.

See the artwork at https://alonglookpodcast.com/11-keelmen-heaving-in-coals-by-moonlight-turner/

"A Long Look" theme is "Ascension" by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo

Episode theme is "The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), Op. 26" by Felix Mendelssohn https://musopen.org/music/306-the-hebrides-fingals-cave-op-26/

Turner information https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/turner-keelmen-heaving-in-coals-by-moonlight.html

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1225.html#overview

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Hi everybody!

Just wanted to remind you all that Slow Art Day is this Saturday, April 14!

If you've been listening to the show, you know that Americans on average, spend about six to 10 seconds looking at works of art in museums and the slow art movement encourages people to slow down and spend more time with a work of art. So, let's change that statistic! Go visit your favorite museum or gallery and take a long look. You can find participating locations at www.slowartday.com.

Let us know in the comments what you discover and what your experience was like!

Have fun!

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This gelatin silver print by American artist Charles Sheeler is one of several images he created while experimenting with the modernist ideas he'd discovered in the breakthrough work of artists like Cezanne, Matisse and Picasso.

We'll find out how these experimental images, created in an old country house in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, led to Sheeler becoming one of the most innovative and important American artists. (By the way, Bucks County is lovely, I highly recommend visiting!)

And we'll discover his connection to Vogue and Vanity Fair!

See the artwork at https://alonglookpodcast.com/09-doylestown-house-the-stove-sheeler/

"A Long Look" theme is "Ascension" by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo

Episode theme is "Dead From the Beginning Alive Till the End" by Doctor Turtle. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/none_given_1561/Dead_From_The_Beginning_Alive_Till_The_End

Doylestown House — The Stove information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.103272.html

https://www.nga.gov/global-site-search-page.html?searchterm=sheeler&category=Online%20Features&pageNumber=1&lastFacet=category

"Charles Sheeler," NGA Online Editions, https://purl.org/nga/collection/constituent/2745

Gelatin silver process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatin_silver_process

Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com

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This sunny, warm painting is a welcome relief in this miserable March. "Skiffs" is one in a series of young men boating by Gustave Caillebotte who was a lesser known Impressionist painter until a beautiful 2015 exhibition at the National Gallery.

We'll find out about his relationship with his fellow Impressionists, his killer art collection and how he turns up in one of Renoir's most famous paintings.

I'd like to thank the staff at the Phillips Collection for their help with this episode.

See the artwork at https://alonglookpodcast.com/08-skiffs-caillebotte/

"A Long Look" theme is "Ascension" by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo

Episode theme is "Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15 – V. Happiness by Robert Schumann performed by Donald Betts. https://musopen.org/music/2326-scenes-from-childhood-op-15/

Skiffs information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.66404.html

Introduction to the Exhibition—Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter's Eye

Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter's Eye, Exhibition Cataloghttps://shop.nga.gov/item/645727p/gustave-caillebotte-the-painter-s-eye-exhibition-catalog/1.html

Renoir and Friends: Luncheon of the Boating Party https://www.amazon.com/Renoir-Friends-Luncheon-Boating-Party/dp/191128200X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520629125&sr=8-1&keywords=renoir+and+friends+phillips

Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com

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This warm and welcoming self-portrait by Dutch master Judith Leyster is a gallery favorite. Join me while I talk about how this remarkable woman accomplished what few women artists did in her time only to disappear from history until an English court case began her revival.

We'll discover the reason why her impractical outfit served a larger purpose and her clever two-birds-with-one-stone marketing technique.

See the artwork at https://alonglookpodcast.com/07-judith-leyster-self-portrait/

"A Long Look" theme is "Ascension" by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo

Episode theme is "Concerto for 2 Flutes in C major, RV 533 – III. Allegro" by Antonio Vivaldi performed by the Orchestra Gli Armonici https://musopen.org/music/3613-concerto-for-2-flutes-in-c-major-rv-533/

Self-Portrait information Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., "Judith Leyster/Self-Portrait/c. 1630," Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century, NGA Online Editions, https://purl.org/nga/collection/artobject/37003 (accessed February 12, 2018).

https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/leyster-self-portrait.html

Court case information

https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/leyster-self-portrait.html#judith-leyster-self-portrait-c-1630

Judith Leyster: A Woman Painter in Holland's Golden Age, by Frima Fox Hofrichter, Doornspijk, 1989, Davaco Publishers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Leyster#Leyster_and_Frans_Hals

Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com

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Today, I'll be looking at "The Railway" by Édouard Manet. This enigmatic painting has fascinated viewers since its creation in 1873. Set in a rapidly modernizing Paris, the work raised loads of questions (and critics' hackles.)

We'll find answers to some of the mysteries and (just like in "The Mill" episode) discover something I'd never seen before!

See the artwork at https://alonglookpodcast.com/06-the-railway-manet/

"A Long Look" theme is "Ascension" by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo

Episode theme is Claude Debussy's "Cello Sonata – III. Finale – Anime" performed by Paul Pitman and Bang-Eun Lee https://musopen.org/music/4516-cello-sonata/

The Railway https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.43624.html#relatedpages

Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com

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Today, I'll be looking at "Blue Morning" by George Bellows. Bellows lived and worked in New York at the turn of the 20th century and studied under artist Robert Henri (pronounced Hen-rye). His classmates included John Sloan and Edward Hopper. "Blue Morning" may have been inspired by Henri's call for his students to paint the world around them instead of more genteel academic scenes.

We'll find out how Bellows is connected to Mary Cassatt and how New Jersey inspired one of the greatest technological achievements of the 20th century.

And we'll see how an artist who's so highly regarded for realism bent the rules a little here!

See the artwork at https://alonglookpodcast.com/05-blue-morning-bellows/

"A Long Look" theme is "Ascension" by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo

Episode theme is "Frog Legs Rag," courtesy of WFMU's Free Music Archive http://freemusicarchive.org/music/James_Scott/Frog_Legs_Ragtime_Era_Favorites/01_-_james_scott_-_frog_legs_rag

Blue Morning Robert Torchia, "George Bellows/Blue Morning/1909," American Paintings, 1900–1945, NGA Online Editions, https://purl.org/nga/collection/artobject/46557 (accessed January 11, 2018).

"The Rise & Fall of Penn Station" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/penn/

Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com

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In this belated holiday episode, I'll be looking at another favorite of mine, "The Annunciation," by Jan Van Eyck. This complicated and fascinating painting illustrates the Biblical story of the Archangel Gabriel's arrival to announce to Mary that she's been chosen to bear the son of God.

We'll talk about how this innovative painter wove elaborate religious imagery into this composition and the technique he used to create such gorgeous detail. We'll also find out why a zodiac is involved, what Van Eyck did as a side gig and which Renaissance noble may have been the model for Mary. And you get to hear me mispronounce Latin!

See the artwork at https://alonglookpodcast.com/04-the-annunciation-van-eyck/

The Annunciation https://www.nga.gov/Collection/art-object-page.46.html

Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com

"A Long Look" theme is "Ascension" by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo goo.gl/daee6S

"The Annunciation" theme is "Greensleeves to a Ground" performed by Ariel Martin Bellio https://musopen.org/music/2096/anonymous/greensleeves-to-a-ground/

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Today, I'll be looking at Mary Cassatt's "The Boating Party." This large painting represents a big break in style for Cassatt. She was one of the few American Impressionists in Paris as well as one of the few American women working as professional artists. She's best known for her intimate domestic scenes of mothers and children but we'll find out how an exhibit of Japanese prints and summers on the Mediterranean influenced her to try new techniques and move beyond Impressionism.

See the artwork at https://alonglookpodcast.com/03-the-boating-party-cassatt/

"The Boating Party" https://www.nga.gov/Collection/art-object-page.46569.html#overview

For information on Mary Cassatt, visit NGA Mary Cassatt online feature and click on "Mary Cassatt – Selected Paintings" or "Mary Cassatt – Selected Prints"

Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com

"A Long Look" theme is "Ascension" by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo goo.gl/daee6S

"The Boating Party" theme is "Laideronnette, imperatrice des pagodes" by Ravel, performed by Luis Sarro https://musopen.org/music/539/maurice-ravel/ma-mere-loye/

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Today, I take a long look at Jean Honoré Fragonard's "Young Girl Reading," part of his famous series of "Fantasy Figures." Or is she?

Join me while we find out and explore the mystery of the woman lurking underneath.

See the artwork at https://alonglookpodcast.com/02-young-girl-reading-fragonard/

"Young Girl Reading: A Hidden Portrait Revealed" https://www.nga.gov/features/fantasy-figures-identified/hidden-portrait.html

"Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures" https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2017/fragonard-the-fantasy-figures.html

Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com

"A Long Look" theme is "Ascension" by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo goo.gl/daee6S

"Young Girl Reading" theme is Piano Sonata no. 9 in E, Op. 14 no. 1 – I. Allegro by Paul Pitman

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