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His name is Rembrandt van Rijn, the most famous 17th century Dutch painter and one of the great artists of all time
His name is Rembrandt van Rijn, the most famous 17th century Dutch painter and one of the great artists of all time. And you can see him in all his glory in a stunning new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It is called "Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher." CBS News "60 Minutes" Correspondent Morley Safer takes viewers on a journey, revealing the inner workings of an old master. (Originally aired December 7, 2003.)
Morley Safer visits a major show of works by the revered British painter J.M.W. Turner
Morley Safer visits a major show of works by the revered British painter J.M.W. Turner, featuring 140 paintings and watercolors, on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington - the first major Turner retrospective in America in nearly half a century. (Originally aired December 30, 2007.)
In 1890, at age 42, Paul Gauguin - a merchant seaman, successful Paris stockbroker, full-time eccentric and Sunday painter - was about to fulfill a romantic dream to go to the South Seas and cultivate his art i
In 1890, at age 42, Paul Gauguin - a merchant seaman, successful Paris stockbroker, full-time eccentric and Sunday painter - was about to fulfill a romantic dream to go to the South Seas and cultivate his art in, as he called it, "its primitive and savage state." Morley Safer visits a retrospective of the Impressionist giant at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. (Originally aired April 18, 2004.)
Gustav Klimt's portraits, both romantic and erotic, captured the golden age of Vienna at the turn of the century
Gustav Klimt's portraits, both romantic and erotic, captured the golden age of Vienna at the turn of the century. A notorious ladies man, Klimt was obsessed with women - pale beauties dressed in extravagant gowns, or nothing at all. Morley Safer takes in the first major Klimt retrospective in this country, at New York's Neue Galerie. (Originally aired March 9, 2008.)
Edward Hopper was a towering figure of 20th century art in America
Edward Hopper was a towering figure of 20th century art in America. A realist, he captured humble and mundane settings with a deep emotional reserve. A new show at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts dedicated to Hopper's work from 1925 to 1950 includes 100 paintings, watercolors and prints. Morley Safer reports. (Originally aired June 10, 2007.)
Corita Kent: An overshadowed pop art icon
A new exhibition showcases the stylized work of the Catholic nun eclipsed by her male art world contemporaries and dissed by her archdiocese
Eye candy: The art of jelly beans
Kristen Cumings uses a tasty medium for her very special paintings
Reappraising the art of Norman Lewis
A Philadelphia museum mounts the first major retrospective of the African-American abstract expressionist artist, a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance
Jackson Pollock's black period
A rare exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art focuses on a little-known series of paintings by the abstract artist
The tragedy of avant garde artist Ernst Kirchner
The German painter who was a pioneer of Expressionism was also a victim of Nazi attacks on Modern Art
Passage: Ellsworth Kelly
The artist won fame for the geometric shapes and bold colors of his works
Chicago launches its first Architecture Biennial
The city celebrates both old and new, with the latest designs of leading architects redefining space, function and community
From prison cells to egg shells
Artist Gil Batle uses a unique medium for etching his stories of incarceration: the fragile shells of ostrich eggs
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