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Caillebotte v. Renoir Super Impressionist Sunday, Interview with an Artist, part 7, by Paul Shampine
by paulshampine , February 5, 2011—12:00 AM
The Milwaukee Art Museum (Packers) and the Carnegie Museum of Art (Steelers) go head-to-head or frame-to-frame this Super Bowl Sunday as they wager (temporary loan) one of their prize impressionist possessions -- Milwaulkee's Caillebotte, Boating on the Yerres v. Carnegie's Renoir, Bathers with Crab.
The new tradition, started by last year's Indianapolis "Colts" Museum of Art and the NewOrleans "Saints" Museum of Art, finished with E. John Bullard leaving with Joseph Turner's "The Fifth Plague of Egypt" under his arm. The win marked 37 years for Bullard, Museum Director of NOMA, as he retired that year to be succeeded by first round draft pick, Susan Taylor from Princeton University (no relation to NFL Hall of famer Lawrence Taylor)…
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