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Raleigh on Film; Bethune on Theatre; Behrens on Music; Trevens on Dance; Seckel on the Cultural Scene; California Impressionists at Boca Raton Museum of Art; Rembrandt and his “School” at The Frick; New Art Books; Short Fiction & Poetry; Extensive Calendar of Events…and more! ART TIMES Vol. 27 No. 5 March/April 2011 Rembrandt at The Frick (Photos Courtesy of The Frick Museum) By RAYMOND J. STEINER “REMBRANDT NEVER PALLS” — Netherlands Cultural Services, and so I began a review of his works at the Netherland-America Founda- Vassar College’s Loeb Center back tion. There are, in fact, only five in June of 2006, and the sentiment paintings featured from the Frick’s still holds true as I revisited his collection — three by Rembrandt works at The Frick, an exhibition (including the regal and recently that combines the collections of restored Self-Portrait painted in both the Frick and of Frits Lugt 1658) and two by his followers or of Paris. Appropriately titled “school” — along with a wealth of “Rembrandt and His School: Mas- prints, drawings and etchings (some terworks from the Frick and Lugt sixty-five from the Frits Lugt Collec- Collections”* the exhibit features tion (Paris) along with those of The paintings, drawings and etchings Frick’s permanent (and rarely seen) of the great Dutch master and his collection. followers, the ensemble arranged It is difficult for me, whenever by the combined efforts of Colin I view Rembrandt’s works, to com- P. Bailey, Peter Jay Sharp, Mar- prehend the modern stance against garet Iacono, and Joanna Shers the need of present-day art students with support from the Christian of studying the art of draftsman- Humann Foundation, Fiduciary ship. To my eyes, it is precisely Trust Company International, the Rembrandt’s use of line that per- Robert Lehman Foundation, the manently seats him in the halls of Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) Self-Portrait, 1658 Oil on canvas (The Frick Collection, New York) great artistic geniuses. As skillful as I had my first “up-close-and-per- he may have been with the brush — sonal” encounter with Rembrandt’s and assuredly he was — it was his work in 1992 at the exhibition “Rem- use of the pen and the burin that brandt: The Master and His Work- forever sets him apart — and it is shop” at the Rijksmuseum in Am- assuredly this assessment of mine sterdam, a show that was mounted that reveals my own prejudice for shortly after the Rembrandt Re- his etchings over his admittedly search Project had drastically glorious paintings. Continued on Page 3 CSS Publications, Inc. Support the Arts; PO Box 730 Enrich your Life Mt. Marion, NY 12456-0730 www.arttimesjournal.com 845-246-6944 Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) Christ Preaching (The Hundred Guilder Print), c. 1643–49 Etching, drypoint, and burin on cream-colored Japanese wove paper Subscribe to ART TIMES (state II of II) (The Frick Collection, New York) ART-LITERATURE-DANCE-MUSIC-EXHIBITIONS-THEATRE-FILM-ART-LITERATURE-DANCE-MUSIC March/ April 2011 ART TIMES page 2 Peeks and Piques! ART TIMES Commentary and Resource for the Fine & Performing Arts I AM NOT an avid ‘snowbird’ — back you mean there’s ‘nothing to paint’ ible artists with extensive solo and ART TIMES (ISSN 0891-9070) is published bi- in my early twenties, I lived and in Florida!” A multi-medium painter group exhibition résumés. 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Turner, indignantly says: “What do and all three award-winning collect- ef Nothing in this publication may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. the HeartShare artists again for the 3rd Annual ArtShare show coming this November 2011! Quick•Reliable•Affordable Letters Barbara Nowak-Cuthel To the Publisher: Curator for ArtShare for Pastel Society of America would like HeartShare 2010 New York, NY to thank you for sponsoring an award F u l l Color Postcards in our 39th Annual International complete in just one day Open Juried Exhibition 2011. This yearly event certainly could not take 500 cards - $99 place without the generosity of sup- Art ……………………1, 7 1000 cards - $169 port like yours. Art Book Review ……18 All awards further the endeavors Calendar of Events……4 of artists and help to spread the word Classifieds ……………18 x ” about pastel as an art medium.