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Recent Posts
- Bingham in Dusseldorf
- Eliza Bingham’s Death
- “Clear Perception and Practiced Eye”
- Dr. Joseph C. Hutchison
- Verso Stories: Supporting Actors
- Restoration vs. Conservation
- Stories Behind the Portraits: The Dunnicas
- Rediscovered Bingham Portraits: The Dunnicas, Part 3
- Rediscovered Bingham Portraits: The Dunnicas, Part 2
- Rediscovered Bingham Portraits: The Dunnicas, Part 1
Category Archives: Professional Art Research
Eliza Bingham’s Death
On this day in 1876, George Caleb Bingham wrote James Rollins his thoughts about the illness of his wife of 27 years, Eliza Thomas Bingham. Continue reading
George Caleb Bingham’s brother-in-law, Dr. Joseph C. Hutchison, was a prominent New York physician when nephew Horace Bingham visited him in 1857.
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Restoration vs. Conservation
“There are two ways for a painting to perish, the one is for it to be restored, the other is for it not to be restored.”—Étienne Gilson“Restoration is a necessary evil.”—Max Friedländer Restoration vs. Conservation is a frequent topic in … Continue reading
Rediscovered Bingham Portraits: The Dunnicas, Part 3
The work of E. Maurice Bloch (1925-1989), the world’s acknowledged expert on artist George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879), is awe-inspiring. At the University of California Los Angeles, where he was a professor of art history, he was known for his “meticulous scholarship and connoisseurship.” Without the aid of the Internet, and for most of his research, not even a computer, he compiled a wealth of information. But a major mistake needs to be corrected. Continue reading
Democratization of American Art
Some art critics of the the American Art-Union wondered how businessmen qualified as arbiters of taste. Critics also complained that by increasing the quantity of art, quality would suffer. But, over time, the democratization of art proved successful. Continue reading