Impressionists – dr richard stemp

Day 84 – Boston Street Scene

Edward Mitchell Bannister, Boston Street Scene (Boston Common), 1898-99, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. Another landscape today, very different in style to yesterday’s, but, in some very subtle way, connected by a common mindset. Edward Mitchell Bannister’s work contains even less reference to social status or racial issues than paintings by Robert S. Duncanson, but,Continue reading “Day 84 – Boston Street Scene”

Day 15 – The Tea

Day 15 – Mary Cassatt, The Tea, about 1880, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Originally posted on 2 April 2020 A change of mood: let’s calm things down a little, and have a nice cup of tea, brought to us by Mary Cassatt, and the good people of Boston (www.mfa.org). There are some paintings which justContinue reading “Day 15 – The Tea”