Johannes Vermeer, the 17th-century Dutch master who ... at Washington’s National Gallery of Art. Paintings within paintings hang on walls in many of the show’s paintings, ten Vermeers and ...

Artist Joe Fig ’s Contemplating Vermeer gives visitors a glimpse into the world of the famous 17th-century artist while ...

An exhibition at the Sarasota Museum of Art, ‘Contemplating Vermeer’, highlights the art of experiencing art. The exhibition ...

The artist Joe Fig (b.1968) is renowned for his ongoing “Contemplation” series — small, intimate paintings of people looking at artworks in museums and galleries.

“Contemplating Vermeer” is his most recent series, curated by Rangsook Yoon at Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College. The 16 paintings in this series looks at the rapt viewers of Johannes ...

One of Vermeer’s most famous works, ‘Woman with a Water Jug’ shows a calm, everyday domestic life moment. A woman can be seen standing by the window, holding a water jug in hand, and the ...

Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer (baptized in Delft as Joannis ... perhaps because he produced relatively few paintings, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death. Vermeer worked slowly ...

Now on view at Sarasota Art Museum is Fig’s own contemplation of one such show. In 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam hosted a blockbuster exhibition of Johannes Vermeer, showcasing 28 of the 35 ...

He was influenced by Johannes Vermeer and Bartus Korteling, and studied at the Delft University of Technology, Delft, and the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. His works were exhibited in the ...