Inspiration
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Inspiration: “Petite Fille,” by Pierre Auguste Cot
Cot was born in Bédarieux, Hérault, and initially studied at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse before going to Paris. He studied…
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Inspiration: “Isabella Stewart Gardener in Venice,” by Anders Zorn
Isabella Stewart was born in New York City on April 14, 1840, the daughter of wealthy linen-merchant David Stewart and Adelia…
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Inspiration: “Femmes au Puits,” by Paul Signac
Signac experimented with various media. As well as oil paintings and watercolors he made etchings, lithographs, and many pen-and-ink sketches composed…
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Inspiration: “Her Favorite Pets,” by Sophie Gengembre Anderson
Sophie was born in Paris, the daughter of Charles Antoine Colomb Gengembre, a French architect and artist, and his English wife,…
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Inspiration: “The Ivory Fan,” by Frank Dicksee
Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee (London 27 November 1853 – 17 October 1928) was an English Victorian painter and illustrator, best known…
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Inspiration: “A Young Girl By a Pool,” by Herbert James Draper
Draper’s most productive period began in 1894. He focused mainly on mythological themes from ancient Greece. His painting The Lament for Icarus (1898)…
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Inspiration: “Annunciation,” by Arthur Hacker
Arthur Hacker was the son of Edward Hacker (1812–1905), a line engraver specializing in animal and sporting prints (who was also…