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Goya at the Frick.(Francisco de Goya)
Why is Francisco de Goya so difficult to write about? Is it because his oeuvre encompasses everything from official portraiture and altarpieces to private nightmare fantasies and etchings? Or is it because over the course of his long career he addressed-with equally impressive results--such wide-ranging subjects as aristocratic children and the most progressive thinkers in Spain, young women and ancient crones, the horrors of war and piles of produce destined for the kitchen? Or does discussing Goya pose problems because he transformed himself from a rather provincial maker of tight, stylish Rococo pleasantries into one of the most ferocious and "painterly" painters in ...
- Goya's final flowering: the Frick is displaying Goya's late work in...
- Magazine article from: Apollo Wilson-Bateau, Juliet May 1, 2006 700+ words
...The presentation of 'Goya's Last Works' at the Frick Collection offers a subdued...such numbers. They span Goya's last four years in...chronologically pivotal work is the Frick's own Portrait of a...acted as a witness for Goya in Madrid in the year...
- No surrender: as old age consumed Goya, his art grew purer and ever more...
- Magazine article from: New York Stevens, Mark March 13, 2006 700+ words
...made the black paintings, Goya painted the Frick's Portrait of a Lady (Maria...lantern on a dark night. The Frick, like Goya working on a bit of ivory...seeing too much too well. GOYA'S LAST WORKS THE FRICK COLLECTION. THROUGH MAY 14...
- Museum quality: despite its name, the Frick Collection's young fellows ball...
- Magazine article from: Town & Country Cantrell, John November 1, 2006 700+ words
...Tango and Tapas" in honor of "Goya's Last Works," a special...then on display. WHERE: The Frick Collection, in New York. WHEN...NORMALLY, THE LOUDEST sound at the Frick Collection is the splashing...permanent residents of Henry Clay Frick's incomparable mansion turned...
- In Spite of Age and Infirmity, Goya's Sharp Gaze Persisted.(Culture)
- Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY) March 20, 2006 700+ words
...within memory, the Frick Collection has mounted...to an Old Master. Goya's Last Works may...revelation, but many of Goya's most famous prints...challenge for the Frick lies in overcoming...encroaching mortality. Goya had battled grave...vivid pictures at the Frick is a small self...
- Masterpiece theater: New York's Frick Collection has everything--great art, a...
- Magazine article from: Sarasota Magazine Plunket, Robert November 1, 2001 700+ words
...Street. Housed in what was the Frick residence back when millionaires...can't come in at all. The Frick is designed in the style of...Greco's "St. Jerome," Goya's "The Forge," Renoir...always comment on about the Frick is the way the paintings all...
- New York news: the calm and scholarship for which the Frick is justly admired...
- Magazine article from: Apollo Nicholson, Louise April 1, 2006 700+ words
...familiar place. But while the Frick cherishes the building (whose...The current exhibition, of Goya's last works (until 14 May...as its catalyst one of four Goya paintings in the collection...It is a reflection of the Frick approach: quality at all times...
- The Frick Art & Historical Center Presents The Early Work of Henry Koerner; On...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 16, 2003 700+ words
...Henry Koerner, on view at The Frick Art Museum from September 13...exhibition is organized by the Frick Art & Historical Center...masters Bosch, Brueghel and Goya. Upon his return to New York...Belvedere Palace in Vienna in 1997. Frick Art & Historical Center...
- Portraits without pity: Frick spotlights a realist.
- Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) June 23, 2006 700+ words
...23--When I heard that the Frick was showcasing an obscure 18th...this little-known master the Frick was touting as a neglected genius...beyond the Swiss border. The Frick show, featuring many pictures...imperfections of his sitters. Like Goya a generation later, he valued...
Source: HighBeam Research, Goya at the Frick.(Francisco de Goya)