Inspiration
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Inspiration: “Portrait of Mme. Lina Cavalieri” by Giovanni Boldini
Boldini was born in Ferrara, Italy. He was the son of a painter who specialized in religious subjects. In 1862, Boldini went…
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Inspiration: “The Little Girl With Red Headscarf” by Nicolae Grigorescu
The Little Girl With Red Headscarf” by Nicolae Grigorescu. Simple, painterly beauty. In the autumn of 1861, young Grigorescu left for…
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Inspiration: “A Roman Peasant Girl,” by Frederic Leighton
Leighton was born in Scarborough to Augusta Susan and Dr. Frederic Septimus Leighton. He had two sisters including Alexandra who was Robert Browning‘s biographer. Leighton was…
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Inspiration: “Breton Girl, Louise” by Elizabeth Adela Forbes
The artist, Elizabeth Adela Forbes also painted a watercolor with a similar title “Louise, Breton Girl.” Forbes lived from 1859 to…
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Inspiration: “Rodica” by Nicolae Grigorescu
Romanian artists don’t get their fair-share one the world art-scene, but in The Art Bog they do! “Rodica” by Nicolae Grigorescu…
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Inspiration: “The Girl With The Cigarette,” by Anders Zorn
The Girl With The Cigarette. The Girl With The Cigarette is an oil on canvas painting. It was created by Swedish…
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Inspiration: “The Sleeping Princess,” by France MacDonald
Frances MacDonald’s painting The Sleeping Princess (1909) holds a special place in early 20th-century art, embodying the ethereal and mysterious style…
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Inspiration: “Dame Alice Ellen Terry Choosing,” by George Frederic Watts
Watts was born in Marylebone in central London on the birthday of George Frederic Handel (after whom he was named), to the second wife of…