Sentences with phrase «over academic painting»

Fortunately, the Annual does not fuss unduly over academic painting, and at times a residual conservatism pays off handsomely.

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Despite contemporary and localizing references in The Little Patriots, such as the dome of the Pantheon in the background or the paving - stone barricade to the left, the pall of the academic poncif hangs heavier over the painting than the smoke of revolutionary fervor; one is made all too aware, in the pose of the little patriot in the center — reminiscent of that of Donatello's David, and so appropriate in its iconographic implications — that Jeanron was an art historian as well as an artist.

The exhibition, which will only be seen at MoMA, presents an unparalleled opportunity to study the artist's development over nearly seven decades, beginning with his early academic works, made in Holland before he moved to the United States in 1926, and concluding with his final, sparely abstract paintings of the late 1980s.