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FRAME|WORK: The Gold Scab: Eruption in Frilthy Lucre (The Creditor) by James McNeill Whistler

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on May 30, 2012

Although the special exhibition The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860–1900 (on view at the Legion of Honor through June 17) primarily features art by English artists, the impact of American expatriate James McNeill Whistler cannot be ignored. Whistler is best known for his subdued but complicated portraits—such as the world-famous Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1 or “Whistler’s Mother”—but today’s FRAME|WORK highlights a rather unusual painting by this American in England. The Gold Scab: Eruption in Frilthy Lucre (The Creditor) is in the permanent collection of the de Young but is currently on view as a part of The Cult of Beauty. 

Frilthy Lucre

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). The Gold Scab: Eruption in Frilthy Lucre (The Creditor), 1879. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mrs. Alma de Bretteville Spreckels through the Patrons of Art and Music. 1977.11

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FRAME|WORK: Mrs. Robert S. Cassatt, the Artist's Mother by Mary Cassatt

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on May 23, 2012

In celebration of Mary Cassatt’s birthday yesterday, this week’s FRAME|WORK—a weekly blog series highlighting an artwork in the Museums’ permanent collection—features the artist’s penetrating portrait of her mother, Mrs. Robert S. Cassatt, the Artist’s Mother (ca. 1889). This painting is currently on view in Gallery 28 at the de Young.

Mrs. Robert S. Cassatt

Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926). Mrs. Robert S. Cassatt, the Artist's Mother, ca. 1889. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase, William H. Noble Bequest Fund. 1979.35

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FRAME|WORK: The Salon Doré at the Legion of Honor

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on May 15, 2012

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series highlighting an artwork in the Museums’ permanent collection. This week, we feature an unusual treasure in the Legion of Honor—it is unusual because it’s not a painting or a sculpture, but rather an entire room. The Salon Doré, an 18th-century French period room, is currently on view.

Salon Dore

Salon Doré from the Hôtel de la Trémoille. French, Paris, ca. 1781. Painted and gilded wood with mirror. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Rheem. 1959.123 (Photograph of the 1962 installation).

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FRAME|WORK: Zig V by David Smith

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on May 9, 2012

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series highlighting an artwork in the Museums’ permanent collection. This week, we feature David Smith’s monumental sculpture, Zig V (1961).

Zig 5

David Smith (American, 1906–1965). Zig V, 1961. Steel and automotive paint. Museum purchase, Gift of Mrs. Paul L. Wattis. 1999.66

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FRAME|WORK: The Grand Canal, Venice by Claude Monet

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on May 2, 2012

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series highlighting an artwork in the Museums’ permanent collection. This week we take a closer look at Claude Monet’s impressionist depictiion of the Grand Canal in Venice, from 1908.

The Grand Canal, Venice

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FRAME|WORK: Untitled XX by Willem de Kooning

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on April 25, 2012

Yesterday was the birthday of renowned Abstract Expressionist painter Willem de Kooning. Today’s FRAME|WORK—a weekly blog series highlighting an artwork in the permanent collection—features de Kooning’s 1977 painting, Untitled XX, which is currently on view in Gallery 15 at the de Young Museum.

Untitled XX

Willem de Kooning (American, 1904–1997). Untitled XX, 1977. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase, gift of Nan Tucker McEvoy. 2002.1

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