Tulip Fields near The Hague (1886) by Claude Monet (1840-1926). The vibrant colors of the Dutch tulip fields profoundly struck Monet. In the spring of 1886, he wrote, ‘It’s impossible to convey with our poor colors.’ Although Monet had visited the Netherlands before, this was his first attempt at painting this sea of flowers.

https://stellar-art.pixels.com/featured/tulip-fields-near-the-hague-1886-claude-monet-1840-1926.html

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Carrie Moyer by Bruce Pearson

A studio visit with the abstract painter where she reflects on past and present work and on resisting the conventions of late modernism.

"I’ve followed New York painter Carrie Moyer’s work for a couple of decades, and it’s been exciting to see her ongoing experimentations with paint, different textures, techniques, and references." Bruce Pearson

https://bombmagazine.org/articles/carrie-moyer

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