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Exhibition Review
Gifts of the Sultans. Los Angeles and Houston
10/2011 | 1303 | 153
Pages: 702-703
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
places:
United States / Los Angeles / Houston
print:
Islamic art
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Islamic art / Islamic / Muslim / Gifts / Persian / Diplomacy
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts | institution: Los Angeles County Museum of Art , institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
86. Sardonyx cameo. Mughal India, seventeenth century. 6.7 by 7.2 cm. (Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
87. Jewelled gold case for a bezoar (Goa stone). Probably Indo-Portuguese, seventeenth century. 10.3 by 7.6 cm. (Topkapı Palace Museum, Istanbul; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
88. Poems of Hilali, from the Ardabil shrine, Iran. Qazvin or Mashhad, AH 967/1568 AD. 23.8 by 14.5 cm. (page). (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Non-western art unattributed:
89. Latticino mosque lamp, with stencilled decoration. Venice and Ottoman Turkey, sixteenth century. 28 cm. high. (Topkapı Palace Museum, Istanbul; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Exhibition Review
Neo-classicisms. Paris and Houston
05/2011 | 1298 | 153
Pages: 357-358
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Reviewer:
Padiyar, Satish (Padiyar, Satish)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1700-1799
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
places:
United States / Houston
places:
Paris / France
print:
Neo-classicism
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Neo-classicism / Sculpture / Paintings / Drawings / History paintings / European
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Antiquity Revived: Neoclassical Art in the eighteenth cen­tury | institution: Musée du Louvre , institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Illustrations
Attributed works:
67. Psyche abandoned, by Jacques-Louis David. c.1795. Canvas, 80 by 63 cm. (Private collection; exh. Mus­eum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Attributed works:
68. Study for Love carving his bow from Hercules’ club, by Edmé Bouchardon. 1742. Red chalk, 61.2 by 46 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Exhibition Review
Heinrich Kühn. Vienna, Paris and Houston
04/2011 | 1297 | 153
Pages: 283-285
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Reviewer:
Clegg, Elizabeth (Clegg, Elizabeth)
Subjects
artists:
Kühn, Heinrich
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States / Albertina, Vienna, Austria / Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France
places:
Austria / Houston / France / Paris / United States / Vienna
print:
Kühn, Heinrich
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Heinrich Kühn: The Perfect Photograph | institution: Albertina , institution: Musée d'Orsay , institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Illustrations
Attributed works:
88. Burgstall near Brixen in the southern Tyrol, by Heinrich Kühn. c.1915. Multiple oil transfer print, 22.7 by 26.7 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Attributed works:
89. Evening by a canal in the park at Schleissheim, by Heinrich Kühn. 1899. Multiple gum bichromate print, 55 by 73 cm. (Museum Folkwang, Essen; exh. Mus­eum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Attributed works:
90. Toys, by Heinrich Kühn. 1907–08. Autochrome, 18 by 24 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Exhibition Review
Sargent. Washington, Houston and London
08/2010 | 1289 | 152
Pages: 560-561
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Reviewer:
Curry, David Park (Curry, David Park)
Subjects
artists:
Sargent, John Singer
dates:
2000-2009 / 2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain / Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States / Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, United States
places:
Washington DC / United States / London / Houston / England
print:
Sargent, John Singer
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sargent and the Sea | institution: Corcoran Gallery of Art , institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , institution: Royal Academy of Arts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
55. Net and boat, by John Singer Sargent. c.1879. Watercolour and graphite on paper, 25.3 by 35 cm. (Private collection; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
56. Two octopi, by John Singer Sargent. c.1875. Canvas, 40.6 by 32.1 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
57. Atlantic storm, by John Singer Sargent. 1876. Canvas, 58.5 by 81.5 cm. (Curtis Galleries, Minneapolis; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
58. Setting out to fish, by John Singer Sargent. 1878. Canvas, 78.8 by 122.8 cm. (Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Exhibition Review
The Moon. Cologne and Houston
09/2009 | 1278 | 151
Pages: 637-638
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Reviewer:
Krämer, Felix (Krämer, Felix)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany / Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States
places:
United States / Houston / Germany / Cologne
print:
Moon
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Moon / Paintings / Photographs / Maps / Astronomy
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Moon | institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , institution: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
61. Madonna of the rose bush, by Stefan Lochner. c.1442. Panel, 51 by 40 cm. (Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne).
Attributed works:
62. Stormy night, by Anton Melbye. 1846. Canvas, 93 by 127 cm. (Letter Stiftung, Cologne; exh. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne).
Attributed works:
63. Diorama of the moon, by Wilhelm Kranz. 1919. Canvas, 151 by 326 cm. (Deutsches Historisches Museum, Munich; exh. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne).
Exhibition Review
Fontainebleau. Washington and Houston
08/2008 | 1265 | 150
Pages: 571-573
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Reviewer:
House, John (House, John; H., J.)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States
places:
United States / Houston / Fontainebleau
print:
Barbizon (style)
print:
Fontainebleau
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / French painting / Photography / Barbizon (style)
subjects:
Photographs / Landscapes (visual works)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet | institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , institution: National Gallery of Art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
62. Bazille and Camille, by Claude Monet. 1865. Canvas, 93 by 68.9 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Attributed works:
63. The rock oak (Forest of Fontainebleau), by Théodore Rousseau. 1860. Canvas, 88.9 by 116.8 cm. (Private collection, New York; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Exhibition Review
Pompeo Batoni. Houston and London
04/2008 | 1261 | 150
Pages: 269-270
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Reviewer:
Johns, Christopher M. S. (Johns, Christopher M. S.)
Subjects
artists:
Batoni, Pompeo
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States
places:
England / Houston / London / United States
print:
Batoni, Pompeo
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome | institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , institution: National Gallery , institution: National Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
74. The Blessed Bernardo Tolomei attending a victim of the Black Death, by Pompeo Batoni. 1745. Canvas, 261 by 173 cm. (S. Vittore al Corpo, Milan; exh. National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
75. The mystic marriage of St Catherine with Sts Jerome and Lucy, by Pompeo Batoni. 1779. Canvas, 226 by 149.5 cm. (Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome; exh. National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
76. Allegory of the death of two children of Ferdinand IV and Maria Carolina of Naples, by Pompeo Batoni. 1780. Canvas, 288 by 175 cm. (Palazzo Reale, Caserta; exh. National Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
77. Carl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1728–93), by Pompeo Batoni. 1753–54. Canvas, 273.5 by 172 cm. (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart; exh. National Gallery, London)
Exhibition Review
The Modern West. Houston and Los Angeles
07/2007 | 1252 | 149
Pages: 517-518
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Reviewer:
Anfam, David (Anfam, David)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States / Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States
places:
United States / Los Angeles / Houston
print:
American art
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / American painting (United States of America) / Landscapes (visual works) / Photographs
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890–1950 | institution: Los Angeles County Museum of Art , institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Illustrations
Attributed works:
69. Mountain of the holy cross, by Thomas Moran. 1875. Canvas, 208.6 by 163.2 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
70. Earth knower, by Maynard Dixon. 1931–35. Canvas, 101.6 by 127 cm. (Oakland Museum of California; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
71. The Catholic, Lutheran and Baptist churches, Great Plains, Dixon, South Dakota, by Dorothea Lange. 1938. Gelatin silver photograph, 26 by 26 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Exhibition Review
Jan van Huysum. Delft and Houston
02/2007 | 1247 | 149
Pages: 134-135
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Reviewer:
Meijer, Fred G. (Meijer, Fred G.)
Subjects
artists:
Huysum, Jan van
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States / Prinsenhof, Delft, Netherlands
places:
United States / Netherlands / Houston / Delft
print:
Huysum, Jan van
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Temptations of Flora: Jan van Huysum (1682-1749) | institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , institution: Prinsenhof
Illustrations
Attributed works:
68. Detail of Flowers in a vase, by Jan van Huysum. c.1717. Panel, 81.6 by 62.9 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
69. Detail of Flowers in a vase, by Jan Davidsz de Heem and Jan van Huysum. c.1665/1717 Canvas, 69.5 by 56.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Attributed works:
70. Flowers in a terracotta vase, by Jan van Huysum. c.1716. Canvas, 78.8 by 59.7 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Attributed works:
71. Flowers in a vase, a statue of Flora in the background, by Jan van Huysum. 1723. Panel, 81 by 61 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; on long-term loan to Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Exhibition Review
Landscapes and ruins. Houston and Sarasota
08/2005 | 1229 | 147
Pages: 578-580
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Reviewer:
Sutherland Harris, Ann (Sutherland Harris, Ann)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
dates:
1600-1699
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States / Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, United States
museums and institutions:
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, United States
places:
Houston / Louisville / Sarasota / United States
print:
Landscapes (visual works)
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Landscapes (visual works) / Ruins / French painting / Dutch painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Splendour of Ruins in French Landscape Painting, 1630-1800 | institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
subjects:
Time and Transformation in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art | institution: Ringling Museum of Art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
59. View of a Dutch town, by Daniel Vosmaer. Early 1660s. panel 66 by 53 cm. (The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie; exh. John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota).
Attributed works:
60. Landscape with classical ruins and figures, by Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger. 1698. 65 by 97 cm. (Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin; exh. Museum of Fine Arts , Houston).
Attributed works:
61. Coast view with the embarkation of Carlo and Ubaldo, by Claude Lorrain. c.1667. 92.7 by 138.4 cm. (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Attributed works:
62. Roman Ruins, by Hubert Robert. c.1760. 74.3 by 62.2 cm. (Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).