A Long Look Podcast Karen Jackson

Henry Sturgis Drinker and Cecilia Beaux had a complicated history but that didn’t get in the way of Cecilia making him the subject of one of her best portraits.

In today’s episode, we’ll find out how Henry was just one example of the lengths this renowned Gilded Age artist went to pursue her dream of an art career. And how her talent, hard work--and the help of a good friend--got her started.
 
SHOW NOTES
“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/
 
Episode music
“Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 21 'Sunday'” by Frédéric Chopin
Courtesy of the European Archive and musopen.org
https://musopen.org/music/82-preludes-op-28/
 
“Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 17 'Scene on the Place de Notre-Dame'” by Frédéric Chopin
Performed by Ivan Ilic. Courtesy of musopen.org
https://musopen.org/music/82-preludes-op-28/
 
“String Quartet no. 12 in F major 'American', Op. 96” by Antonín Dvořák.
Courtesy of the European Archive and musopen.org
https://musopen.org/music/4887-string-quartet-no-12-in-f-major-american-op-96/
 
Artwork information
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/man-cat-henry-sturgis-drinker-1635
 
Les Dernier Jours d’Enfance
https://www.pafa.org/museum/collection/item/les-derniers-jours-d-enfance
 
Cecilia bio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Beaux#cite_ref-16
 
“Cecilia Beaux: A Modern Painter in the Gilded Age” by Alice A. Carter.
https://archive.org/details/ceciliabeauxmode0000cart
 
“Cecilia Beaux: American Figure Painter” by Sylvia Yount. 
https://archive.org/details/ceciliabeauxamer00beau
 
Henry Sturgis Drinker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sturgis_Drinker
 
Transcript is available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/cecilia-beaux/

Putting ordinary people in odd, unsettling surroundings was the specialty of Hughie Lee-Smith. In today’s episode we look at his “Confrontation” from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 

We’’ll find out how an encounter with Italian Surrealism and a forbidden childhood carnival forged a visual language he used to depict universal feelings of loneliness, separation, and alienation in post-war America.

SHOW NOTES

“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode music:
“Passing Fields” by Quantum Jazz
Courtesy of Free music Archive (CC BY-SA) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Quantum_Jazz/End_of_Line/05_-_Quantum_Jazz_-_Passing_Fields/

“Ghost Carousel” by LAURENT BUCZEK
Courtesy of Pixabay https://pixabay.com/music/build-up-scenes-ghost-carousel-155303/

“Between Worlds” by Tobias Webster (CC-BY)
http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/tobias_weber/56664

"Shades of Spring" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Artwork information 
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/confrontation-78130

Artist information
Biography
Hughie Lee-Smith by Leslie King-Hammond and Aiden Faust. San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2010.

Hughie Lee-Smith papers, c 1890-2007, bulk 1931-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

https://americanart.si.edu/artist/hughie-lee-smith-6317

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Lee-Smith

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/04/nyregion/art-a-painter-finally-gets-his-due.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/12/nyregion/art-review-a-painter-s-evolution-visual-and-political.html
Transcript available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/confrontation

Merry Christmas! For this year’s holiday episode we're looking at this kind of unusual Nativity scene jammed packed with the detail those Northern European Renaissance artists just loved!

We’ll find out how the birth of Christ went from early spring to late December, the story of the arch, and the mystery of the missing gold platter!

SHOW NOTES

“A Long Look” opening theme is "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and the closing music is “Bring a Torch Jeannette Isabella” performed by John Sayles
http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/holidaymusic.htm
Episode music:
“Away in a Manger” and “Angels We Have Heard on High” performed by John Sayles 
http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/holidaymusic.htm
“Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem” and “Teller of the Tales” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artwork information 
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.47.html
“Early Netherlandish Painting” 
https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/early-netherlandish-painting.pdf
“Petrus Christus: Renaissance Master of Bruges” 
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Petrus_Christus_Renaissance_Master_of_Bruges
“Petrus Christus in Renaissance Bruges : An Interdisciplinary Approach”
https://archive.org/details/petruschristusin0000unse/page/167/mode/1up
How Dec. 25 became Christmas
The Christmas Story in Art 
https://www.history.com/news/why-is-christmas-celebrated-on-december-25
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/12/25/why-is-christmas-on-dec-25-a-brief-history-lesson-that-may-surprise-you/
Transcript available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/?p=2865
 

Just in time for Thanksgiving, we take a look at this sumptuous feast by one of the stars of still-life painting, Pieter Claesz. We'll find out three hints that tell us who might have owned this fabulous artwork and the amazing connection between the Dutch and one of your favorite ballpark treats!  

If you want to follow along, you can find it here on the Gallery's site.

SHOW NOTES 
“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode music
“Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 'Autumn' - III Allegro” composed by Antonio Vivaldi. Performed by John Harrison. Courtesy of musopen.org https://musopen.org/music/14910-the-four-seasons-op-8/

“Meadow Waltz” by Keys of Moon Music
https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon/meadow-waltz-classical-piano-orchestra-free-download
“Take Me Out to the Ballgame” performed by Kevin MacLeod
https://www.incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100313

Artwork information
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.132271.html

Artist information
https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.18426.html

“Pieter Claesz : Master of Haarlem Still Life” by P. Biesboer, Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 2004.

History of still life
https://mymodernmet.com/what-is-still-life-painting-definition/

“The Dutch Gamepiece” by Scott A. Sullivan 

Dutch cuisine
“The Sensible Cook : Dutch Foodways in the Old and the New World” by Peter G. Rose. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press, 1989.

For a transcript, visit https://alonglookpodcast.com/?p=2825

In today’s episode we’re looking at “Childhood” by Thomas Cole. It’s the first of a series of enormous paintings he did called “The Voyage of Life.” 

We’ll find out how Cole used this series to push the boundaries of landscape painting from just pretty pictures to something much more meaningful. And we’ll learn why the Gallery’s version isn’t the original! 

SHOW NOTES 

“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode music: 
“Scenes from Childhood,” Op. 15, Robert Schumman https://musopen.org/music/2326-scenes-from-childhood-op-15/

“His Last Share of the Stars” by Doctor Turtle https://doctorturtle.bandcamp.com/album/free-turtle-archive-everything-cc-by-by-turtle

Artwork information 
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.52450.html

https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/cole-the-voyage-of-life-childhood.html

https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/american-paintings-19th-century-part-1.pdf

Thomas Cole information
https://thomascole.org/biography-of-thomas-cole/

https://thomascole.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PDF-for-Website-2022.pdf

Thomas Cole National Historic Site 
https://thomascole.org/
For a transcript visit https://alonglookpodcast.com/?p=2804
 

Autumn is a season of change, so it seemed like the perfect time to announce a few changes happening with the show! 
First, I've got new music! The current theme did the job when I started way back in 2017, but it’s time for a refresh so I went with a couple tunes that are welcoming and relaxed, but a little funky. I hope you like it!
I've also updated the intro and am moving to a monthly release schedule. These changes will start with the next episode, which drops soon.  Listen below for more details!
I hope you enjoy the new sound and if you do, it would mean so much if you spread the word! Personal recommendations are one of the top ways people discover podcasts. Just send folks here or tell them to search for “A Long Look” wherever they get their podcasts.

SHOW NOTES 

“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

For a transcript visit https://alonglookpodcast.com/?p=2772