November 29 / Micah Christensen / Art

Consider a Contrast: Young Contemporary British Artist versus Nineteenth-Century Academic Student

Today, I was looking through a collection of nineteenth-century Spanish Academic drawings–which I will explore…

November 24 / Micah Christensen / Art

Feriarte 2008: Visiting Spain’s Largest Annual Art Fair

According to Victor Bardia, Feriarte is Europe’s largest annual Fine & Decorative Art fair. Bardia…

November 20 / Micah Christensen / Art Fairs

Photo of upturned tree trunk placed with 18th-century Persian rug. Seen at Feriarte Madrid This…

November 10 / Micah Christensen / Art

Donato Barcaglia (Italian, 1849-1930) La Giovanezza che Tenta di Arrestare il Tempo, or Beauty Holding…

November 2 / Micah Christensen / Art

Ilya Repin (Russian, 1844-1930) Portrait of Vasily Polenov, Detail (c. 1880) Oil on canvas. 80…

September 22 / Micah Christensen / Ramblings/Ideas

Today’s Washington Post features a story on a major work by the ninteteenth-century painter, Paul…

September 20 / Micah Christensen / Art

Since I am now here in Madrid I do not regret at all my coming.…

September 15 / Micah Christensen / Frames

Tabernacle frame. (Italian, late nineteenth or earth twentieth century). Samuel Kress Collection. National Gallery, Washington,…

September 8 / Micah Christensen / museums

Edward Moran (American, 1829-1901). Seated in a side pose in front of a work in…

September 1 / Micah Christensen / Art

Titian (Venetian, a. 1506-1576) Bacchus and Ariadne (1520-23) Oil on canvas. 176.5 BY 191CM. National…