“Plein-air tour de force” Summer afternoon on the Wensum, Costessey is a plein-air tour de force imbued with colour, light and atmosphere… Christie’s ‘His pure landscapes would of themselves have made a reputation. Contemplating them in the Diploma Gallery, along with the best of the gypsy studies and Exmoor ponies, one was forced to the…
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Renoir: Dance at Bougival I
Another Favorite Dance at Bougival (French: La Danse à Bougival) is an 1883 work by Pierre-Auguste Renoir currently in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, Sebastian Smee of The Boston Globe writes that this Renoir painting is “one of the museum’s most beloved works“. (Smee 2014). The Museum of Fine…
Emile Claus: Winter Orchard (1911)
“Go Home Quickly” Emile Claus, a Belgian painter, draughtsman, pastellist, and print-maker, became one of the leading artists in Belgium supporting the movement of “Luminism.” Influenced by French Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism after viewing the works of Henri Le Sidaner and Claude Monet, Emile Claus changed his painting style to “brighter colors and pleinairisme.” in an…
James Jebusa Shannon: Jungle Tales (Contes de la Jungle) 1895
Who Is James Jebusa Shannon? James Jebusa Shannon was born in the United States and moved to England in 1878 where he trained at South Kensington. According to ArtUK, “Shannon enjoyed early success and, under the influence of Sargent, developed a bravura portrait style which made him one of the most sought after society portraitists…
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…
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…
Paul Cézanne: Madame Cézanne in the Conservatory
See More Paul Cezanne At Sunnyside Post-Impressionism At Sunnyside Paul Cezanne at Christie’s Paul Cezanne at wikimedia Read More Paul Cezanne at wikiwand Thanks for Visiting 🌻 ~Sunnyside
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,…
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,…
Lilla Cabot Perry: The Blue Kimono
Who Is Lilla Cabot Perry? Lilla Cabot Perry (1848 – 1933) was an American Impressionist artist and writer who published four volumes of original poetry and a translation of classical Greek verse. According to National Museum of Women in the Arts, “Although she had no formal art training until age 36, Lilla Cabot Perry became a professional painter…
Edgar Degas: The Entrance of the Masked Dancers (1879)
Connection: Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ According to ClarkArt.edu, “Unlike many of Degas’s ballet scenes, which combine details from sketches made at different times, this pastel relates to a specific production of Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’. The viewpoint is that of an abonné, a subscriber with privileged access, like the top-hatted gentleman on the far side of the…
Maurice Denis: September Evening (1891)
Who Is Maurice Denis? Maurice Denis (November 1870 – 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist and writer who was an important figure in the transitional period between impressionism and modern art. He was associated with Les Nabis then the Symbolist movement, and then with a return to neo-classicism. His theories contributed to the…
Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky: Latgalian Girls
Latgalian Girls Listening Latgalian Girls belongs to a series of paintings depicting the children of the territory of eastern Latvia which provided great inspiration for the artist following his permanent move to Riga in 1921. These sun-suffused canvases which captured the local peasant children in their native countryside were exhibited to great acclaim at the…
Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky: Symphony (1920)
Well, No Wonder! For most of this year, I have searched for good quality images of Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky’s paintings. His work deserves close study, which demands images of the highest resolution. Furthermore, many of us won’t find his works in museums near us for scrutiny. Symphony is one of my favorites. Sotheby’s writes, “Bogdanov-Belsky studied…
Emile Claus: Sunny Day (1899)
A Risk: Google Translates Emile Claus’ oeuvre gives us a picture of everyday life in the Leie region around the turn of the 1900s. A painting as Sunny Day, which was created exactly that year, is a model for his narrative impressionism. The canvas displays remarkable parallels with the work of a well-trained photographer. After…
Kojima Torajiro and His Patron
Japan Meets Modern Western Art Torajiro Kojima (1881-1929) was a Japanese artist who chose to use the same visual language as the Impressionists. After a course in Western painting at the University of Fine Arts and Music in Tokyo, Japan, Torajiro Kojima left Japan in 1908 to study in Paris, aided by his patrons, the Ohara…
Jenny Montigny: “The Gardener”
Google Said ‘oeuvre’, not I 😉 Jenny Montigny preferred to paint everyday scenes from the countryside and village life in Sint-Martens-Latem. As here in “The Gardener”, these snapshots are not a reason to visualize social abuses or emphasize the weight of labor. On the contrary, Montigny always painted a harmonious society. The subject itself seems…
Eric Sloane: Barn in the Valley
Click for Enlarged Image: Best viewed At Sunnyside To be auctioned November 8: Eric Sloane, Barn in the Valley.Oil on Masonite, 17-1/2 x 22-3/4 inches (44.5 x 57.8 cm), Signed, image source: MutualArt: https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Barn-in-the-Valley/9B9F8C2531AAE839 Thanks for visiting! 🙂 The End
Maurice Brazil Prendergast: Portrait of a Girl with Flowers (1913)
Click for Enlarged Image Details Title: Portrait of a Girl with Flowers Artist: Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American, St. John’s, Newfoundland 1858–1924 New York) Date: ca. 1910–13 Medium: Oil on canvas Credit Line: Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876–1967), 1967 Read More Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History At Sunnyside: Maurice Prendergast: Biography and Central…
Maurice Brazil Prendergast: Picnic by the Inlet
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Smoke and Mirrors – Existential Poetry
Smoke and Mirrors And you, with all your glorious flowering self-deception – your words are glowing embers and your tongue stokes the fire that engulfs me like paper but I think it fills the void inside of you. How does it feel to sleep with the lies you’ve fashioned from the flames? Some may wonder…
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Party in the Country (1882)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, “Party in the Country” Owner/Location: Private collection Dates: circa 1882 Artist age: Approximately 18 years old. Dimensions: Height: 46.7 cm (18.39 in.), Width: 38.8 cm (15.28 in.) Medium: Painting – oil on canvas Click for image detail: Image source: Athenaeum and wikiart
Charles Conder: The Shore at Dornoch (c.1880)
The Shore at Dornoch (c.1880). Charles Conder (British, 1868-1909). Oil on canvas. Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums. The lady sitting on the beach reading is Amaryllis Robichaud who was a friend of both Conder and Toulouse Lautrec. She owned this painting. This captures the beauty and elegance for which she was famed and with its…
Jan Preisler: Prague Printemps Spring 1906
Jan Preisler: Prague Printemps Spring 1906 (photo by jean louis mazieres) Click for enlarged view: Original Image credit: Flickr photo by jean louis mazieres Image detail photos: Sunnyside
Helen Galloway McNicoll, The Chintz Sofa (1913)
Helen Galloway McNicoll, The Chintz Sofa (1913) Oil on canvas. (Canadian) 1879-1915 One of the foremost Canadian female practitioners of Impressionism in her time, McNicoll is known for her sunlight-infused genre paintings of women and children in rural environments. Here, she moved inside to depict a woman reading. Via books0977
Emily Carr: Arbutus Tree (c.1909)
via The Athenaeum Also See: Emily Carr: Who Is She?
Maurice Brazil Prendergast: A woman and two girls sitting in the park
the-met-art: Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: A woman and two girls sitting in the park by Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Robert Lehman Collection Medium: Recto: watercolor over pencil; bordered in pencil and watercolor Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459540
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