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  • The Artist’s Wife and his Setter Dog by Thomas Eakins

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    The Artist’s Wife and His Setter Dog by Thomas Eakins, ca. 1884-89

    Dallas Art News reports:

    The Amon Carter Museum has been loaned two American masterpieces from the Metroploltian Museum of Art in New York. The paintings are The Artist’s Wife and His Setter Dog (1884-89) by Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) and Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly (1880) by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926). The paintings will be on view at the Amon Carter Museum through January, 25, 2010.“Both
    are intimate portraits of the artists’ loved ones, although the artists
    approached their subjects quite differently,” says Rebecca Lawton,
    curator of paintings and sculpture at the Amon Carter Museum. “Eakins
    depicts his wife and setter Harry with an uncompromising realism, while
    Cassatt portrays her ailing sister Lydia with the delicacy and
    directness of the Impressionists’ brushstroke.”

    While these two paintings are in Fort Worth, the Carter has in return loaned two of its own masterpieces to the Met, Swimming (1895) by Thomas Eakins and Idle Hours
    (ca. 1894) by William Merritt Chase. Both paintings are in the Met’s
    exhibition American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915.

    The Amon Carter will host free gallery talks about the Eakins and Cassatt paintings on November 12 at 6 p.m.

    Lovely.

  • William Wegman: From Maine Turnpikes to The Met

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    Famed Weimaraner lover and artist, William Wegman, must have had an exciting week. On Wednesday, the Maine Turnpike Authority announced they’ve chosen his artwork to adorn three travel plazas on the highway, two in Kennebunk and one in West Gardiner. Then, last night, a series of four Polaroids, including a triptych of his dogs dressed in Hansel and Gretel costumes from next year’s Englbert Humberdink’s opera, were sold for $50,000 at The Metropolitan Opera’s “Art for Opera” event. Visit the artist’s Wegman World Website to pick up a book, t-shirt or print featuring his funny, strange, and enduringly popular work.