Inspiration
Inspiration: “Gather Ye Rosebuds” by John William Waterhouse
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May is an oil painting on canvas created in 1909 by British Pre-Raphaelite artist, John William…
Inspiration: Portrait of a Girl 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…
Inspiration: “Girl With Cats in a Summer Landscape,” by Elin Danielson-Gambogi
Elin Kleopatra Danielson-Gambogi (3 September 1861 – 31 December 1919) was a Finnish painter, best known for her realist works and…
Inspiration: “Les Amoureux,” by Émile Friant
The Lovers, Idyll on a Bridge or Autumn Evening is an 1888 oil on canvas painting by Émile Friant (1863–1932). It is now in the musée des beaux-arts…
Inspiration: “Haymaking,” by Jules Bastien Lepage
Haymaking (French – Les foins) or Resting in the Fields is an 1877 painting by Jules Bastien-Lepage. First exhibited at the…
Inspiration: “Fru Lisen Samson Arranging Flowers,” by Anders Zorn
Anders Zorn’s art made him wealthy and he was thus able to build up a considerable collection of art. The objects…
Inspiration: “Echo,” by Kenyon Cox
Cox’s art was very different from the cubist, neo-impressionist, fauvist, expressionist and modernist styles that emerged during his lifetime. He advocated…
Inspiration: “Hummingbird Perched on an Orchid Plant,” by Martin Johnson Heade
Martin Johnson Heade was born (in 1819) and raised in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, a small hamlet along the Delaware River in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Until the…
Inspiration: “Spring Evening,” by Arnold Böcklin
Arnold Böcklin was born on October 16, 1827, in Basel, Switzerland. His early education at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art placed…
