Matthew Hargraves
@matthewhargraves.bsky.social
Director, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art — Hartford, Connecticut
(all opinions my own)
(all opinions my own)
Congratulations to the Frick on a great reopening tonight. A spectacular expansion and stunning reinstallation of masterpieces in all media.
April 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Congratulations to the Frick on a great reopening tonight. A spectacular expansion and stunning reinstallation of masterpieces in all media.
NEW ACQUISITION! Hartford-born Frederic Church’s oil on paper study of a meteor procession seen over the skies of Catskill, NY in July 1860 — the finest Church in private hands and now at The Wadsworth • Frederic Church, ‘The Meteor,’ 1860, oil on paper, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
April 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
NEW ACQUISITION! Hartford-born Frederic Church’s oil on paper study of a meteor procession seen over the skies of Catskill, NY in July 1860 — the finest Church in private hands and now at The Wadsworth • Frederic Church, ‘The Meteor,’ 1860, oil on paper, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
Fabulous loan from the Palazzo Barberini while Caravaggio’s ‘St Francis in Ecstasy’ is in Rome, Holbein’s (with workshop) portrait of Henry VIII from 1540, now on view at the Wadsworth.
March 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Fabulous loan from the Palazzo Barberini while Caravaggio’s ‘St Francis in Ecstasy’ is in Rome, Holbein’s (with workshop) portrait of Henry VIII from 1540, now on view at the Wadsworth.
The Wadsworth’s Van Gogh self-portrait, now on temporary loan to MFA Boston for its exhibition “Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits” opening March 30.
March 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The Wadsworth’s Van Gogh self-portrait, now on temporary loan to MFA Boston for its exhibition “Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits” opening March 30.
New Acquisition! Louise (Mayer) Ochsé’s mask of Claude Debussy, probably made for the Debussy Festival held in Paris in 1932. Tragically, Ochsé and her husband were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis • Louise Ochsé (Belgian, 1884–1944),
“Mask of Claude Debussy, probably 1932, cast by Claude Valsuani
“Mask of Claude Debussy, probably 1932, cast by Claude Valsuani
February 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
New Acquisition! Louise (Mayer) Ochsé’s mask of Claude Debussy, probably made for the Debussy Festival held in Paris in 1932. Tragically, Ochsé and her husband were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis • Louise Ochsé (Belgian, 1884–1944),
“Mask of Claude Debussy, probably 1932, cast by Claude Valsuani
“Mask of Claude Debussy, probably 1932, cast by Claude Valsuani
The Wadsworth Atheneum’s great founder and patron Daniel Wadsworth (1771–1848). Wadsworth donated his collection to form the first public art gallery in the United States • Thomas Sully (American, born England, 1783-1872) “Daniel Wadsworth,” 1807, oil on canvas, Gift of William P. Wadsworth, 1976.79
February 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Wadsworth Atheneum’s great founder and patron Daniel Wadsworth (1771–1848). Wadsworth donated his collection to form the first public art gallery in the United States • Thomas Sully (American, born England, 1783-1872) “Daniel Wadsworth,” 1807, oil on canvas, Gift of William P. Wadsworth, 1976.79