No, he’s not the guy from the company that boxes and sells baking soda (that’s Arm & Hammer). And he’s not the guy who played The Lone Ranger and has been in celebrity news for, um, offbeat sexual proclivities (that would be Armie Hammer). But Armand Hammer (1898-1990) was one...
. And he’s not the guy who played The Lone Ranger and has been in celebrity news for, um, offbeat sexual proclivities was one of the country’s most famous businessmen and capitalists, best known for his decades-long heading of Occidental Petroleum. He was also a world class art collector and enthusiast, with a special love for Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works, and even more specifically French painters of the mid-1800s.
Rarely are any of those works seen outside their walls. But the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will have quite the haul on display in. On display will be more than 60 paintings, works on paper, and sculptures. Two of Rembrandt to Van Gogh’s marquee offerings are from painters right there in the title. The first is Rembrandt’sstyle with incredible technique,” Aurisch offers. “The way he handles paint is astonishing. And he uses every trick in the book, including making indentations into the paint layer with the end of his brush. He even used his fingers!”. “It’s a late Van Gogh, and he only painted for 10 years.
“These really energized trees are all over the campus, and you see the hospital itself in the distance. It’s. And it’s the kind of Van Gogh you really want: colorful, bright, and with a thick layering of paint that he just handled so brilliantly.”
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