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  • This painting, the Blue Room by Picasso, can strike us as a bit, well, disconcerting. Given the incredible angle of…
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  • A look at the colors and pictorial space in this painting that create an enveloping experience.
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  • “That is the most touched painting in the museum” ~ Security guard at the RISD Art Museum in reference to…
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  • Perhaps the biggest decision in Paul Klee’s life was whether to pursue a career as a musician or as a…
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  • In thinking about a series of paintings he gave to the Tate Gallery in 1968 and 1969, Rothko spoke of…
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  • Lucretia, detail of head and shoulders

    Background: The story of Lucretia has been painted many times. The story dates back to early Roman times when Lucretia…
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  • Robert Ian Najlis

    There will always be something irreplaceable about the silent contemplation of a great painting. However, there is opportunity for that…
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  • Robert Ian Najlis

    Robert Najlis Receives Fulbright Scholarship I have been awarded a Fulbright scholarship. The Fulbright scholarship, whose goal is to improve…
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  • This past summer I went to China where I assisted in teaching a painting class, and then had a painting…
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  • Chinese calligraphy and painting has been an important influence in my art
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