Inspiration
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Inspiration:”Path of The Nightmare,” by Jazeps Grosvalds
Jāzeps Grosvalds was born on 24 April 1891 in Riga as son of well-known Latvian lawyer Frīdrihs Grosvalds. His family was quite wealthy…
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Inspiration: “On The Way to School,” by Emile Claus
From 1869 to 1874, Claus trained at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts with, amongst others, the landscape painter Jacob Jacobs. During his training,…
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Inspiration: “Carrinho de Criança,” by Eliseu Visconti
Decorative schemes executed for the Biblioteca Nacional in (Rio de Janeiro) date from this period as does another gold medal he received at…
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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)…
