Morgan Meis on Three Painters (Rubens, Marc, Mitchell)
3 Quarks Daily • 3/10/2026 – 3/11/2026
Summary
Morgan Meis, an essayist and critic, discusses three painters—Peter Paul Rubens, as well as others—during an interview with Donovan Hohn for Lapham’s Quarterly. Meis is the author of a trilogy of books that explore the history of art, civilization, and war. In his book, The Drunken Silenus: On Gods, Goats, and the Cracks in Reality (2020), he specifically investigates a painting by Rubens.
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