Inspiration

Inspiration: “Forest Girl,” by Eero Järnefelt
FOREST GIRLEero JärnefeltFinnish | 1894Oil on canvasDiameter: 39 cm (15.3 ″)Järvenpää Art Museum *** In 1889, Järnefelt married the actress Saimi Swan .…
Inspiration: “Recling Nude,” by Luis Ricardo Falero
Falero was born in Granada and originally pursued a career in the Spanish Navy, but gave it up to his parents’…
Inspiration: “Female Model in a Studio,” by Oscar Björck
Born in Stockholm, from 1877 to 1882, Björck was a student of Edvard Perséus at the Academy where his paintings included…
Inspiration: “Jaune Femme au Foulard Jaune,” by Félix Vallotton
In 1887 Vallotton presented two portraits at the Salon, the Portrait de Félix Jasinski and Les Parents de l’artiste, which demonstrated his skill but…
Inspiration: “Priestess Of Delphi,” by John Collier
PRIESTESS OF DELPHIJohn Collier27 January 1850 – 11 April 19341891 The Delphic oracle may have been present in some form from 1400 BC,…
Inspiration: “The Painter’s Studio,” By Janis Rozentals
In the history of Latvian art, few names shine as brightly as Janis Rozentals. A central figure in the art scene…
Inspiration: “Lamia,” by John William Waterhouse
Lamia was a woman who became a child-eating monster after her children were destroyed by Hera, who learned of her husband…
Inspiration: “Japanese Dolls and Fan,” by Paul Peel
Peel was born in London, Ontario, and received his art training from his father from a young age. Later he studied under William…
Inspiration: “Samotna w Miescie,” by Teodor Axentowicz
In 1894, Teodor Axentowicz started a collaboration with Wojciech Kossak and Jan Styka during the preparation of the Racławice Panorama, one of the largest panoramic paintings in the…
Inspiration: “A Bag of Groceries,” by Karl Witkowski
Karol Dominik Witkowski was born to a Polish family in Jazłowiec, near Buchach, Czortków (Podole, Poland, now Ukraine). As young boy…
Inspiration: “Woman On A Balcony,” by Tom Roberts
Roberts painted a considerable number of fine oil landscapes and portraits, some painted at artist camps with his friend McCubbin. Perhaps…
Inspiration: “Market by Candlelight,” by Petrus van Schendel
Petrus van Schendel’s Market by Candlelight exemplifies 19th-century art’s ability to elevate the everyday into something magical and profound. Known for…