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The enormous Studio is without doubt Courbet’s most mysterious composition. However, he provides several clues to its interpretation: “It’s the whole world coming to me to be painted”, he declared, “on the right, all the shareholders, by that I mean friends, fellow workers, art lovers. On the left is the other world of...
This painting is doubtless Renoir’s most important work of the mid 1870’s and was shown at the Impressionist exhibition in 1877. Though some of his friends appear in the picture, Renoir’s main aim was to convey the vivacious and joyful atmosphere of this popular dance garden on the Butte Montmartre. The study of the moving...
The late 1870s to the 1880s were a major turning point in the careers of Pissarro and the other Impressionists. We can find evidence of these changes in this Conversation. Here we can see Pissarro’s tendency toward pointillist techniques which would be further developed in the later 1880s under Seurat’s influence. In terms...
This painting exemplifies Caillebotte’s desire to produce truly modern art, expressing a new outlook on the world....
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Cezanne’s father purchased a large mansion called Jas de Bouffan on the outskirts of Aix-en-Provence in 1859. Cezanne stayed frequently in Aix at the beginning of the 1880s where he painted the surroundings of the estate. This work was painted near the back gate of the estate. The undulations that continue from the back...
This impressionist portrait of the artist in an apocalyptic Germany of 1946 is filled with sadness, anger, bewilderment and fear. The devastation to life, culture and environment brought by the Nazis left everything Huther saw in tatters. Probably painted earlier, and only released after the Nazi’s were out of power for fear...
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Bernard Frize is a French painter who works in a variety of materials and utilizes a multitude of techniques. As an artist he explores the bare minimal essence of painting, devoid of conception and aesthetic, instead focusing on an industrial approach to making art. His work is highly process-oriented, often requiring...
This painting is part of the Regency Girls series. For this series Paul looks back at artists such as Thomas Gainsborough and tries to create a different take on classical pieces. Paul uses his signature brush marks and rich palette to give these traditional pieces a modern edge....
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Even though each panel is smaller than two pieces of paper, one above the other (22.25 x 7.75), the level of detail is incredible - as is the source image (if you have the time to navigate there and zoom in, prepare for amazement)....
"To a greater degree than any earlier painter, Stubbs produced genuinely individual portraits of specific horses, paying intimate attention to details of their form. Minute blemishes, veins, and the muscles flexing just below the surface of the skin are all visible and reproduced with great care and realism. Whistlejacket had...
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