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Jules Breton: La Falaise
Jules Breton, Realist Painter of Rustic Life Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (1827 – 1906) was a 19th-century French Realist painter, poet, and writer born in Courrières, a small Pas-de-Calais village. He was one of the best known painters of his period in his native France, as well as England and the United States. The…
Frederick Carl Frieseke: Girl in Blue Arranging Flowers (c.1915)
Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874 – 1939) was an American Impressionist painter who spent most of his life as an expatriate in France. An influential member of the Giverny art colony, his paintings often concentrated on various effects of dappled sunlight in scenes of female subjects. wikipedia Click For Enlarged Detail: Slideshow best viewed At…
Louis Anquetin: Jeune Femme à l’ombrelle (1891)
Anquetin drew Jeune femme à l’ombrelle during this landmark period in the development of Post-Impressionist modernism. This pastel may have been done in preparation for an oil painting executed in the same year. The artist’s subject is a stylish modern woman of the petit boulevard, taking an evening stroll. Anquetin composed this scene using a…
John Duncan Fergusson: Cassis Through the Trees (1920s)
Cassis through the trees shows the raw beauty of nature as the main character, and even when it reveals a glimpse of the village of Cassis, Fergusson’s stylised Provençal landscape dominates the foreground. Looking beyond, white architecture with oranges roofs and the shiny blue of the sea can be seen in the centre of the…
Alfred James Munnings: Gorse on Ringland Hills
Landscape painting was Sir Alfred Munnings’s first love, and the artist would return to depicting the landscape of his native East Anglia throughout his career, emulating his great predecessor John Constable. In 1910-11 Munnings explored the Ringland Hills near Norwich with the gypsy boy Shrimp, a caravan and a string of ponies. ‘The gorse was…
William-Adolphe Bouguereau: Girl With a Pomegranate
Who Is William-Adolphe Bouguereau? William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 –1905) was a French academic painter who favored realistic genre paintings using mythological themes, thus making modern interpretations of classical subjects. Bouguereau explained his work in 1895, “One has to seek Beauty and Truth, Sir!” As I always say to my pupils, you have to work to the…
Matthijs Maris: Brook in the Woods near Oosterbeek (c.1860)
Read More Wikipedia contributors, “Matthijs Maris,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthijs_Maris&oldid=861294392 (accessed January 13, 2019). Sources Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue Wikimedia Commons contributors, “File:Beek in het bos bij Oosterbeek Rijksmuseum SK-A-2275.jpeg,” Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Beek_in_het_bos_bij_Oosterbeek_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-2275.jpeg&oldid=334552519 (accessed January 13, 2019). Thanks for Visiting 🙂 ~Sunnyside
Fernand Toussaint: Her New Hat
Click For Enlarged Detail: Best viewed At Sunnyside Details Fernand Toussaint 1873 – 1956 BELGIAN HER NEW HAT signed F Toussaint lower left oil on panel 47 by 37cm., 18½ by 14½in. Source: Sotheby’s Link: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/19th-century-european-ptgs-l18102/lot.79.html Thanks for Visiting 🙂 ~Sunnyside
Paul Cézanne: Madame Cézanne in the Conservatory
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John Duncan Fergusson: Fleurs (1908)
In 1907, with his interest in the advancement of contemporary art in Paris and frustration with conservative Scotland, an inheritance following his father’s death in 1906 allowed Fergusson to move to Paris permanently. Fleurs wonderfully epitomises the dramatic effect the European influences had on Fergusson’s work: a lighter palette, flattening of form and a heavy…
Han Snel: Market Scene (1977)
BALI: ISLE OF INSPIRATION The island of Bali has long been a rich source of inspiration to artists, writers, musicians and dancers from around the world. A province of Indonesia located between the islands of Java and Lombok, Bali has been celebrated by locals and visitors alike for its natural beauty as well as its…
Joaquim Mir: SÓLLER, MALLORCA (c.1901)
Drawn to the Tramontana mountains’ most inaccessible and least frequented landscapes, Mir explored the drama of the peaks and canyons between Puerto de Sóller and Pollença. The ensuing canvases that he completed of this isolated region reflect an expressive abandon that abstracts the beauty of the landscape, capturing the wild terrain through an explosive range of…
Emily Carr: Who Is She?
Emily Carr: A Compelling Story I started this post intending only to feature one interesting and beautiful totem watercolor, but then I discovered the compelling story of the artist herself. As stated in summary by the Vancouver Art Gallery, “Her independence as a woman when domesticity was expected, her resolve to travel frequently and unaccompanied…
A Tragic Life: Florence Carter-Wood
A Hint of Mystery: Florence Carter-Wood Portrait of Florence Munnings, at sunset (1912) is a key work in Munnings’ Cornish period and a rare painting by Munnings of his first wife, Florence Carter-Wood. Florence was an artist herself, exhibiting both at the Royal Academy and at Walker Art Gallery. According to Christie’s, “She is probably…
Childe Hassam: The Ledges, October in Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1907
From Tonalism to Impressionism “Already familiar with other New England art colonies, Childe Hassam found much to like in Old Lyme, including the town’s history and rugged terrain. He depicted the area’s rock ledges in both spring and fall during stays at Florence Griswold’s boarding house. Choosing a square canvas and setting a high horizon line,…
James Tissot: Waiting (In the Shallows)
Tissot: Master of Technique “‘Waiting’…demonstrates Tissot’s supreme skill as a painter in oils. The deft strokes and subtle colours of autumn leaves against shimmering water and filtered sunlight vie with Impressionist paintings, and the patch of water on the right, with reflected trees and floating leaves, is a painterly tour-de-force…Tissot is thought of principally as…
Paul Gauguin: Martinique Landscape
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Kathleen Munn, Part 1: Cows on a Hillside (c. 1916)
Who Is Kathleen Munn? Because I admire rebels, few artists have intrigued me to the same degree as the talented Canadian pioneer of modern art, Kathleen Jean Munn. Born into a Toronto family in 1887, Munn benefited from her family’s support in both her artistic education and career. Munn developed a devotion to international modernism…
Vincent van Gogh: Le moissonneur d’après Millet
Homage to Millet Painted at Saint-Rémy in September 1889 at a critical moment in the penultimate year of Vincent van Gogh’s life, Le moissonneur (d’après Millet) pays homage to the artist whom he most admired and respected: Jean-François Millet. Charged with intense colour and electrifying brushwork, this painting dates from the beginning of one of…
Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky: Two Girls on a Swing (1940)
Nikolai Goes to Latvia The Russian artist, Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky, is known for his paintings of peasant children, and when he left Russia for Latvia in autumn of 1921, he hoped to continue this peasant children series, “ often depicting his subjects in traditional Latvian costume.” Sotheby’s continues, He was frequently commissioned to paint portraits of friends…
Ivan Aivazovsky: Evening in Crimea
Who Is Ivan Aivazovsky? Born into an Armenian family in the Black Sea port of Feodosia in Crimea, Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817 – 1900) was an Armenian-Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. The vast majority of his works are seascapes, but he often depicted battle scenes, Armenian themes,…
Sigmund Walter Hampel: Portrait of the Artist’s Daughter, Ulrike Hampel (1908)
Who Is Sigmund Walter Hampel? Sigmund Walter Hampel was born in Vienna on July 17, 1867. Son of a glass painter, in his father’s workshop Hampel learned about design, material and technique. Studying the old masters at the Vienna Academy of Art, the artist quickly acquired a delicate colouring and improved his technical skills. From…
Birth of Les Nabis
Birth of Les Nabis The Talisman is a painting by French artist Paul Sérusier made in 1888, under the guidance of Paul Gauguin at the artist’s colony of Pont-Aven in Brittany. This painting, the starting point and icon of the group of young painters called The Nabis, was a landmark in early Post-Impressionism, Synthetism, and…
Nakazawa Hiromitsu: Touching, Daughter from Beautiful Women and the Senses (1905)
Touching: Daughter from the series Beautiful Women and the Senses Shoku: Musume from the series Bijin to kankaku, 触（娘） 美人と感覚よ Japanese, Late Meiji era, 1905 Nakazawa Hiromitsu (Japanese, 1874–1964) Publisher Sunbikai Place of Creation: Japan Dimensions: Overall: 13.8 x 8.8 cm (5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.) Medium or Technique: Color woodblock and stencil; organic and…
László Mednyánszky: Iron Gate on the Danube (1890-95)
Video Baron László Mednyánszky (1852 – 1919) Hungarian artist Baron László Mednyánszky or Ladislaus Josephus Balthasar Eustachius Mednyánszky, a Hungarian painter-philosopher, is one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of Hungarian art. Despite an aristocratic background, he spent most of his life moving around Europe working as an artist. Wikipedia Born: April 23,…
Vivaldi: La Primavera (Spring)
Image Credit Bibi Zogbé 1890 – 1973, LEBANESE, UNTITLED, signed and dated Bibi Zogbé Paris ’36 twice oil on wood65 by 59.5cm.; 25 1/2 by 23 3/8 in., Source: Sotheby’s Thanks for Visiting 🙂 ~Sunnyside
Hermenegildo Anglada-Camarasa: La Gata Rosa (c.1908)
La Gata Rosa corresponds to this period of large-scale works, having being painted in the usual size for large exhibitions and salons of the time. Here the painter shows us one of his favourite themes in this second Parisian period (1904 – 1914): the female portrait. In this case it is Georgette Leroy, wife of…
Kathleen Munn: Horses (c.1927)
Kathleen Munn: Pioneer of Modern Art Kathleen Jean Munn (1887– October 19, 1974) is recognized today as a pioneer of modern art in Canada, though she remained on the periphery of the Canadian art scene during her lifetime. She imagined conventional subjects in a radically new visual vocabulary as she combined the traditions of European…
Kari Jobe: Be Still My Soul
Image Credit La Falaise, Jules Breton, (1827-1906, FRENCH), signed Jules Breton (lower left) , oil on canvas , 32 1/8 by 46 1/2 in., 81.6 by 118.1 cm, Source: Sotheby’s Thanks for Visiting 🙂 ~Sunnyside
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