Word: bruegels
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Pumpkins & Artichokes. A reminder that the birth of Christ has fruitfulness for one of its main themes is The Holy Family, a collaboration between Jan Bruegel ("the Velvet Bruegel," to distinguish him from his father, Pieter) and a virtually anonymous fellow Fleming, Pieter van Avont. With pagan profusion, Bruegel lavished his brushwork on the garlands shaped like an M in homage to the Virgin. Incorporated into the salady festoon are samples of all that the hothouses, orangeries and private zoos of Flemish aristocracy could offer. Roses and carnations are mixed with more pungent garlics, cabbages and peppers; common wheat...
LEONARD BASKIN-Associated American Artists, 605 Fifth Ave. at 49th. Ten etched portrait studies of Ensor, Bruegel, Callot and other figures from the past. As a portraitist, Baskin is incisive; crisscrossing a face as if tracing its nerve network, he seems to probe the subject's inner nature. His Munch is a memorable expressionistic achievement of the Norwegian painter's own aim to synthesize modern form and symbolic expression. Through April...