Back on May 8 I replied to a comment on my post about Stephen King etc. that I'd post something about my favorite paintings. I'll mention something close to that I started on Pinterest. So that I can figure out what I think of Pinterest and learn about art history, for one of my boards I decided to create an art museum stocked with whatever I wanted. A lot of the artworks I chose are to help create variety. Sometimes I see there is a hole in the collection and use that as a way to do some research. That's how I learned about abstract expressionist paintings by women and found that I prefer their works. It's been months since I've added anything to the board.
Here it is:
https://www.pinterest.com/chuckditzler/my-art-museum/
A problem for someone in China is that I think you have to sign on with an account to see my full board.
If you have any suggestions, such as a hole I should fill, or want to know why I included something, please let me know.
I like this sculpture in Baltimore's
Walters Art Museum because of how bronze and marble are combined and it probably is based on a famous African American actor of the 1800s,
Ira Aldridge, who was known for portraying Shakespeare's Othello. Museum's page on this artwork:
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/98789/othello/
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| "Othello" by Pietro Calvi, modeled 1868, this executed in 1873 |
