Art Talk: 2020 Posts

It is the end of the year and I want to do a recap of the Art Talk posts for 2020. This way I also have one post with all links for the year and don't have to list them individually at the end of each post.

I had a great time this year recreating tours that I made for my friends while living in DC of the National Gallery of Art. All the pictures for the tours are ones that I took at the Gallery in DC.

Each week had a different theme.

During the month I will post:
-a tour (most from the National Gallery of Art in DC)
-highlight an artist from the tour
-highlight a selected piece from the tour
-highlight an interesting topic from the tour
-Special Guest bloggers!

March

Italian Renaissance
The first tour I gave to my friends at the National Gallery of Art in 2001.

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Out of the North

Art Talk: Guest Blogger, @laurabellamy

April

French Impressionism
This tour will introduce you to six of the main artist that showed in the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874 from oldest to youngest and then a two more French artists that I adore. They didn't show in the first exhibition but were friends with those that did..
First given at the National Gallery of Art in 2002.

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May

Hudson River School
These were a group of New York City based artists that painted American landscapes, mostly in the Hudson River Valley starting in the 1850s. They also branched out to other places like South America and the American West.
First given at the National Gallery of Art in 2004.

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June

Andrew Mellon and the Hermitage
Andrew Mellon (1855-1937) was a successful banker and industrialist and politician (US Ambassador to the United Kingdom and US Secretary of the Treasury). He was also a predominate art collector. He began collecting art in the 1890s and his most spectacular purchase happened in 1930-1931 when he acquired 21 paintings from the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
First given at the National Gallery of Art in 2007.

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July-Portraiture
Portraits from 1500-1900 and Italy, Netherlands, and the United States.
First given at the National Gallery of Art in 2005.

Art Talk: Portrait of My Grandmother

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October

NGA Highlights
I took two paintings from each of the tours I had given in previous years for the highlights tour.
First given at the National Gallery of Art in 2006.

Giorgione
The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1505/1510
Art Talk: NGA Highlights tour

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November

Dale Chihuly
A fun highlight of one of my favorite artists, including a tour of Cheekwood Estates that I went on in October 2020.

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December

Madonna and Child
The Madonna and Child is one of the central icons of Christianity. During the 15th and 16th centuries Italian painters started painting historical events, independent portraits and mythological subjects, it was religious subjects that were most common as commissions were from from religious patrons and were used to decorate churches.
First given at the National Gallery of Art in 2008.

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2020
Art Talk: Recycled Plastic Art Movement
Art Talk: Gates of Paradise
Art Talk: Sunrise as abstract art

March- Italian Renaissance
Art Talk: NGA Italian Renaissance Tour
Art Talk: Raphael
Art Talk: Venus
Art Talk: Egg Tempera
Art Talk: Guest Blogger, @laurabellamy

April- French Impressionism
Art Talk: NGA French Impressionism Tour
Art Talk: Fredric Bazille
Art Talk: The Mother and Sister of the Artist
Art Talk: En plein air

May- Hudson River School
Art Talk: NGA Hudson River School Tour
Art Talk: Albert Bierstadt
Art Talk: The Voyage of Life
Art Talk: Romanticism & Nature & Hudson River School

June-Andrew Mellon and the Hermitage
Art Talk: NGA Andrew Mellon and the Hermitage Tour
Art Talk: Rembrandt
Art Talk: The Annunciation
Art Talk: Provenance

July-Portraiture
Art Talk: NGA Portrait Tour
Art Talk: Rembrandt Peale
Art Talk: Portrait of My Grandmother

October- NGA Highlights
Art Talk: NGA Highlights tour
Art Talk: Artist highlight
Art Talk: Ginevra de’ Benci

November- Dale Chihuly
Art Talk: Chihuly at Cheekwood Estate and Garden
Art Talk: Artist Dale Chihuly
Art Talk: Guest Blogger: Frankie O'Neill

December- Madonna and Child
Art Talk: Madonna and Child Tour
Art Talk: Fra Lippo Lippi
Art Talk: Madonna and Child by Albrecht Durer
Art Talk: Mother and Child