Franklin Einspruch

Franklin Einspruch reviews William Merritt Chase at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, on view through January 16, 2017. Einspruch observes: "There is also Hide and Seek (1888), in which a golden-haired girl (and good heavens, the paint handling on that hair is exceptional), ensconced in the lower left corner of the picture, peers from

Franklin Einspruch reviews Cagnacci’s “Repentant Magdalene”: An Italian Baroque Masterpiece from the Norton Simon Museum at the Frick Collection, New York, on view through January 22, 2017. Einspruch observes: "Parts of this scene are exquisite... Parts of this scene are not exquisite... Nevertheless, the whole of the thing is a marvel. Light catches on an

Franklin Einspruch remembers painter Walter Darby Bannard (1934 - 2016) and considers Bannard's recent paintings as the culmination of a lifelong exploration of abstraction: "Modernism isn’t a style, [Bannard] insisted, it’s a working attitude oriented toward visual excellence. 'Modernism is aspiring, authoritarian, hierarchical, self-critical, exclusive, vertically structured, and aims for the best,' he wrote in

Franklin Einspruch remembers painter Walter Darby Bannard (1934-2016). Einspruch writes: "[Bannard's] was a life full of brilliant friends, talented colleagues, and passionate relationships. Throughout it all and up to the end, he painted. When he was painting, canvases tacked to the floor, surrounded by jars of acrylics, and an arsenal of squeegees, brooms, and brushes

An essay by Franklin Einspruch about the paintings of Sue Post on the occasion of her exhibition Weed/Garden at The Painting Center, New York, on view through October 1, 2016. Einspruch writes: "Post began her graduate work on the landscape, finished a devout non-representational painter, and for five years worked within an abstract format consisting

Franklin Einspruch interviews Irving Sandler about the Tenth Street painters and sculptors on the occasion of the exhibition Irving Sandler: Out of Tenth Street and Into the 1960s at Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, on view through October 11, 2014. Einspruch introduces the conversation by noting: "While there are only eight objects on display in