Inspiration
Inspiration: “The Apprentice Boy with Apple,” by William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase was born on November 1, 1849, in Williamsburg (now Nineveh), Indiana, to the family of Sarah Swain and David…
Inspiration: “Mother Love,” by Paul Peel
Peel was born in London, Ontario, and received his art training from his father from a young age. Later he studied…
Inspiration: “The Blind Beggar,” by Jules Bastien LePage
Bastien-Lepage was born in the village of Damvillers, Meuse, and spent his childhood there. Bastien’s father grew grapes in a vineyard…
Inspiration: “Vision de Sainte Genevieve,” by Alphonse Osbert
Vision de Sainte Geneviève” by Alphonse Osbert is a masterful painting that captures the mystical and spiritual essence of Saint Genevieve,…
Inspiration: “Girl With a Dog,” by Eero Järnefelt
Järnefelt, Eero (1863 – 1937) painter, professor In addition to Albert Edelfelt and Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Eero Järnefelt is one of Finland’s…
Inspiration: “Sleeping Child” by Anders Zorn
“Sleeping Child,” is a watercolor on paper by Anders Zorn. The dimensions are: Height: 15 cm (5.9 ″); Width: 13 cm…
Inspiration: “De Camino a la Iglesia,” 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: “Portrait of Girls” by Olga Boznanska
Boznańska was born in Kraków during foreign partitions of Poland. She was the daughter of a railway engineer, Adam Nowina Boznański, and Eugenia née Mondan of French…
Inspiration: “Laguna Eucalyptus,” 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…
Inspiration: “Idleness,” by John William Godward
Godward was a Victorian Neo-Classicist, and therefore, in theory, a follower of Frederic Leighton. However, he is more closely allied stylistically to…
Inspiration: “Edith Villiers,” by George Frederic Watts
EDITH VILLIERSGeorge Frederic Watts23 February 1817 – 1 July 1904English Edith Villiers was born on 15 Sep 1841 into the aristocratic…
Inspiration: “Tiganca,” by Aurel Baesu
Aurel Baesu, a Romanian painter whose name might not resonate as loudly in the global art scene as some of his…
