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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Derrick Adams
As warmer weather approaches, we are all dreaming of lazy summer days. This recent acquisition by Derrick Adams captures the pleasures and poignancy of timeless summer afternoons. Using 68 puzzle-cut […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverDaily Art Moment: M.C. Escher
As we move into spring from winter, I am reminded of M.C. Escher’s woodcut Day & Night, which captures another transition. In this engaging yet perplexing image, white and black […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: M.E. Norton
As the old adage reminds us, March roars in like a lion and out like lamb. This poster advertising the March 1895 edition of The Bookman makes witty reference to […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Jacques Callot
For many artists, printmaking is the ideal medium in which to explore the mysterious, the unseen, and the unknowable. Demons and monsters hold a special appeal, as seen in this […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Claude Monet
Impressionist Claude Monet was a gifted painter as well as a talented and attentive draughtsman. This pastel—a recent gift to the Museum—is an informal study of various elements of a […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Beth Van Hoesen
Beth Van Hoesen’s cocktail drinkers, though created in 1946, seem to show the same world-weariness that has gripped many of us throughout the tumultuous year. They are prepared, I imagine, […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Edward Penfield
In the 1890s, color posters advertising books, magazines, and newspapers exploded onto the scene. Initially inspired by French designs, American artists soon created their own unique style. Edward Penfield led […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Félix Vallotton
In 1896–97, Félix Vallotton captured the private joy and solace of music played only for oneself. In Musical Instruments,” a suite of six woodblock prints, he used the sparest means […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Honoré Daumier
When it comes to skewering politicians, Honoré Daumier is unmatched. The French caricaturist was born in Marseille in 1808 and moved to Paris in 1816. He was largely self-taught as […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Will Barnet
“On Monday, curator Grace Kook-Anderson shared Jacob Lawrence’s inspiring image of voters, a screenprint he prepared for the Kent Bicentennial portfolio. As she notes, the commissioned artists were asked to […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Vincent Hamel
“When the news becomes overwhelming, as it often has in 2020, I escape into pure color. Prussian Blue by Dutch artist Vincent Hamel offers a calming retreat. Hamel limits himself […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: George Johanson
“For the last week, thick yellow smoke from wildfires across the West Coast has choked the Portland skies. I am reminded of George Johanson’s evocative print City with Small Skull […]