May 2013
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Inspiration: “Paysage d’Hiver Le Chemin Neige,” by Robert Antoine Pinchon
The declaration of war in 1914 signaled a major break in European cultural history, and a major break in the life…
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Biography: Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879) was a pioneering British photographer known for her powerful and emotive portraits and for her innovative approach…
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Inspiration: “Le Crabe,” by William Adolphe Bouguereau
In his own time, Bouguereau was considered to be one of the greatest painters in the world by the academic art…
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Inspiration: “Breton Girl With Jar,” by Amelie Lundahl
Amelie Lundahl was the youngest of eleven children[. Her mother died when she was three months old and her father, Abraham,…
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Inspiration: “A Woodland Nymph,” by Philip Hermogenes Calderon
Calderon was born in Poitiers, France. His father, the Reverend Juan Calderón ( 19 April 1791 in Villafranca de los Caballeros;…
