A Fresh Look at Old Art

Frederick Remington, The Mexican Major

Mary Cassatt, After the Bullfight

I went to the Art Institute of Chicago yesterday. I decided not to wander the Modern Wing again, having done so in the last several months, at least five times. Instead, I went downstairs in the American wing, to the 19th and 18th centuries. Here's some pleasant surprises.

Winslow Homer, The Herring Net