Inspiration
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Inspiration: “Rodica” by Nicolae Grigorescu
Romanian artists don’t get their fair-share one the world art-scene, but in The Art Bog they do! “Rodica” by Nicolae Grigorescu…
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Inspiration: “The Girl With The Cigarette,” by Anders Zorn
The Girl With The Cigarette. The Girl With The Cigarette is an oil on canvas painting. It was created by Swedish…
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Inspiration: “Dame Alice Ellen Terry Choosing,” by George Frederic Watts
Watts was born in Marylebone in central London on the birthday of George Frederic Handel (after whom he was named), to the second wife of…
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Inspiration: “Portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne,” by Amedeo Modigliani
Described by the writer Charles-Albert Cingria (1883–1954) as gentle, shy, quiet, and delicate, Jeanne Hébuterne became a principal subject for Modigliani’s art. In…
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Inspiration: “Dimanche,” by Paul Signac
Paul Signac experimented with various media. As well as oil paintings and watercolors he made etchings, lithographs, and many pen-and-ink sketches composed of small, laborious…
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Inspiration: “The Little Shepherdess,” by Paul Peel
THE LITTLE SHEPHERDESSPaul Peel1892CanadianOil on CanvasDimensions: 160.6 × 114.0 cmArt Gallery of Ontario Peel was born in London, Ontario, and received…
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Inspiration: “Jeune Fille Sous la Pluie,” by Evariste Carpentier
Évariste Carpentier, (1845 in Kuurne – 1922 in Liège), was a Belgian painter of genre scenes and animated landscapes. Over the years, his painting evolved from academic art to impressionism. He is, alongside Emile Claus, one of the earliest representatives of luminism in Belgium. Evariste Carpentier was a pupil at the Antwerp Academy. He lived in Paris from 1879 till 1886. The talent and personality of the artist never ceased to develop. Changing Direction After having painted religious subjects and a large number of Vendée scenes, he sought in rustic life and the open air those choice subjects which can only be tackled by artists who have the talent to take on the difficulty of painting the human figure in bright sunshine, in the green countryside, and beneath the ever beautiful, harmonious Flemish sky. Carpentier taught at the Liège Academy and was its director until his death. His “Mrs. Roland at Sainte-Pélagie” was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1886 and his “Farniente, Souvenir of Flanders” at the Salon of 1887. Source: Wikipedia.
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Inspiration: “Admiration,” by Karl Witkowski
Karol Dominik Witkowski was born to a Polish family in Jazłowiec (Jaslowiec), near Buchach, Czortków (Podole, Poland, now Ukraine). As young…
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Inspiration: “L’heure du Thé,” by Jules Ernest Renoux
Renoux employed a palette based in yellow-orange and ochre in which he painted street scenes admired for their understated beauty and…
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Inspiration: “Portrait Of Oda Krohg,” by Christian Krohg
Christian Krohg was born at Vestre Aker (now Oslo), Norway. He was one of five children born to Georg Anton Krohg (1817–1873) and…
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Inspiration: “In Repaus,” by Nicolae Grigorescu
He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia now called Romania. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age (between 1846…
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Inspiration: “Pikkusisloaan Ruokkiva Poika,” by Helena Schjerfbeck
In Paris, Schjerfbeck painted with Helena Westermarck, then left to study with Léon Bonnat at Mme Trélat de Vigny’s studio. In 1881 she…
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Inspiration: “Sleeping Angel,” by John George Brown
John George Brown was born in Durham, England on November 11, 1831. His parents apprenticed him to the career of glass…
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Inspiration: “Red Stockings,” by Anders Zorn
Zorn’s art made him wealthy and he was thus able to build up a considerable collection of art. The objects were…
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Inspiration: “Visare,” by Nicolae Grigorescu
He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia now called Romania. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young…
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Inspiration: “Frileuse (Shivering Girl),” by Anders Zorn
Zorn is known to use a basic color palette consisting of Lead White (Flake White), Yellow Ochre, Vermilion and Ivory Black.…
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Inspiration: “Harmony in Blue and Gold,” by James McNeill Whistler
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American artist, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.…
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Inspiration: “Mira Bauer,” by Max Kurzweil
Maximilian Franz Viktor Zdenko Marie Kurzweil (12 October 1867, Bisenz – 9 May 1916, Vienna) was an Austrian painter and printmaker. He moved near Vienna in…
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Inspiration: “La Conversation,” by Jean Béraud
Béraud was born in Saint Petersburg. His father (also called Jean) was a sculptor and was likely working on the site of St.…
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Inspiration: “In The Oak Grove,” by Guy Rose
Guy Orlando Rose was born March 3, 1867, in San Gabriel, California. He was the seventh child of Leonard John Rose and Amanda Jones…
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Inspiration: “La Pose,” by Luis Ricardo Falero
Luis Ricardo Falero was born in Granada and originally pursued a career in the Spanish Navy, but gave it up to…
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Inspiration: “Les Buveurs,” by Emile Friant
Friant was born in the commune of Dieuze in 1863. His father was a locksmith and mother a dressmaker. The wife of a chemist, Madame Parisot would hire the wife…
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Inspiration: “Leda and the Swan,” by Jean Leon Gerome
Jean-Léon Gérôme was born at Vesoul, Haute-Saône. He went to Paris in 1840 where he studied under Paul Delaroche, whom he…
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Inspiration: “Young Lady,” by William Brymner
YOUNG LADYWilliam Brymner1855-1925CanadianCirca 1910Oil on PanelDimensions: Height: 33.4 cm (13.1 ″); Width: 25 cm (9.8 ″)National Gallery of Canada Born in Greenock, Scotland,…
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Inspiration: “Primavera,” by Pierre-Auguste Cot
This flirtatious duo in classicizing dress, painted with notable technical finesse, reflects Cot’s allegiance to the academic style of his teachers,…
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Inspiration: “Young Nude Woman Sunbathing on the Beach in Skagen,” by Laurits Tuxen
Laurits Tuxen grew up in Copenhagen and studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art where together with P. S. Krøyer…
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Inspiration: “La Modiste Sur Les Champs,” by Jean Béraud
Jean Béraud was born in Saint Petersburg. His father (also called Jean) was a sculptor and was likely working on the site…
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Inspiration: “Supper at a Finnish Farmhouse,” by Venny Brofeldt
Supper at a Finnish Farmhouse” is a captivating work of art by the Finnish painter Venny Soldan-Brofeldt (1863-1945), who was also…