Manet started all the trouble.
When Edouard Manet painted these irreverent and loosely-brushed images in the 1860's the seeds of not only Impressionism, but the modernist movement itself began. The powerful and unblended use of paint that rivaled the content of the painting as well as the secular and non-traditional choice of subject matter showed the way for painting to stay relevant and potent during the industrial and photographic revolution.
How do we stay relevant today?
Newton Open Studios is this weekend, take a look and see what your peers are doing. I have 2 new paintings at the JCC on Nahanton Street.
See you next week. john.
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