Constable? Part 1- solving a mystery in art history

08/08/18 • 10 min

Kerri Lowe and Shannon DeJong visit Milwaukee for the first time, explore the Milwaukee Art Museum, and learn about a painting with a questionable past, attributed to John Constable and covered in grime.

Featuring Tanya Paul, Isabel and Alfred Bader Curator of European Art, and Catherine Sawinski, Assistant Curator of European Art as well as a visit to the conservation lab.

In conjunction with the exhibition Constable? A Landscape Rediscovered at the Milwaukee Art Museum. A Layton Art Collection Focus Exhibition.

Created by House of Who for the Milwaukee Art Museum

Featuring Tanya Paul, Isabel and Alfred Bader Curator of European Art, and Catherine Sawinski, Assistant Curator of European Art as well as a visit to the conservation lab.

In conjunction with the exhibition Constable? A Landscape Rediscovered at the Milwaukee Art Museum. A Layton Art Collection Focus Exhibition.

Created by House of Who for the Milwaukee Art Museum

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Constable? Part 2 - Solving a mystery in art history

This episode explores all the facets of art research: digging deep into provenance, painting style, the influence of newly invented portable paint, and a trip down to the conservation lab in the depths of the Museum. The candidates for the painter of the work narrows.

Led by storytellers Kerri Lowe and Shannon DeJong from House of Who interviewing Tanya Paul, Isabel and Alfred Bader Curator of European Art and Catherine Sawinski, Assistant Curator of European Art as well as a visit to the conservation lab.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Constable? A Landscape Rediscovered at the Milwaukee Art Museum. A Layton Art Collection Focus Exhibition.

Created by House of Who for the Milwaukee Art Museum.