The Curator's View

The Curator’s View: Thomas Bouckley Collection, An Art Perspective Part 2

December 23, 2013

This post comes from the desk of Sonya Jones, Curator of the Thomas Bouckley Collection.

While studying and reviewing the photographs in the Thomas Bouckley Collection, I’m always looking for new ways to re-contextualize and interpret the Collection. What’s refreshing is that no matter how well I think I know the collection, I’m always pleasantly surprised to discover something new, or see something in a different light. For example, in a blog posted in 2012, (click here to view) I put on art historical lenses and selected a number of images from the collection that reminded me of famous artworks.

Since then, I’ve discovered more images that have similarities to artworks, whether through subject, composition, or both. Just for fun, here are a few more examples:

Jean Antoine Watteau Mezzetin, c. 1718

Jimmy Jacques With A Williams Banjo, 1910

Hans Holbein The Ambassadors, 1533

William and Wilkie White, 1890

L.S. Lowry The Fever Van, 1935

Traffic Signals at the Four Corners, 1920

Edward Hopper Office at Night, 1940

Tax Office, City Hall, 1957

Isabel McLaughlin Untitled, undated

Sand Filter Plant, Oshawa Harbour, 1919

Interested in exploring the Thomas Bouckley Collection? You can browse the collection online through our website here.

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