and many of us have mixed a little water with the hard, dry cakes of pigment to brush
and many of us have mixed a little water with the hard, dry cakes of pigment to brush
Painters took up the brush to create small vignettes of nature in shades of black
Painters took up the brush to create small vignettes of nature in shades of black
August 1, 2015 – March 27, 2016 | Gallery 353 | Free exhibition Like a tree pruned one too many times, some of the museum’s finest artworks have been forced to stay quiet. These are watercolors, pastels, gouaches, charcoals, and ink drawings that are rarely exhibited out of concern for their light-sensitive materials
Drielst Dutch, 1745-1818 Landscape with Trees near Hillegom, c. 1800 Black chalk with brush
August 1, 2020 – April 9, 2023 | Gallery 251, Gallery 252, Gallery 253 | Free Exhibition In East Asia, calligraphy has been hailed as the highest of all art forms for more than 15 centuries. It’s not hard to understand why: With more than 80,000 Chinese characters and infinite graphic variations, the expressive potential is unlimited
linearity, which did not lend itself to the fluid strokes of the calligrapher’s brush
July 14, 2018 – March 31, 2019 | Gallery 353 | Free “First Blush” presents 15 color drawings that are new to Mia’s collection or galleries. They range from a Swiss landscape from the early 1800s to an abstract composition from the 1950s
or her career, an original voice captured with extraordinary facility in crayon, brush
Traditional techniques such as wet on wet, wet-on-dry, and dry brush will be demonstrated
Paul Klee “It’s all a big game of construction – some with a brush – some with a
September 17, 2016 – January 29, 2017 | G200, G201, G203 | Free exhibition Liu Dan is one of China’s most renowned living artists, translating his fastidious observations of the world around him into ink through fresh ideas about composition and original brushstroke techniques. This expansive selection of his recent paintings—meticulous and unexpected landscapes, rocks, and still-lifes—showcase both his technical virtuosity and unrestrained imagination. Uniquely classical yet refreshingly contemporary, Liu’s paintings blend his deep appreciation of the Western art canon with the 2,000-year-old heritage of Chinese painting
Artistic traditions become a point of departure as Liu resists schematized brush
Paul Klee “It’s all a big game of construction – some with a brush – some with a
Paul Klee “It’s all a big game of construction – some with a brush – some with a
