Inspiration
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Inspiration: “Harmony in Blue and Gold,” by James McNeill Whistler
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American artist, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.…
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Inspiration: “Mira Bauer,” by Max Kurzweil
Maximilian Franz Viktor Zdenko Marie Kurzweil (12 October 1867, Bisenz – 9 May 1916, Vienna) was an Austrian painter and printmaker. He moved near Vienna in…
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Inspiration: “La Conversation,” by Jean Béraud
Béraud was born in Saint Petersburg. His father (also called Jean) was a sculptor and was likely working on the site of St.…
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Inspiration: “In The Oak Grove,” 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…
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Inspiration: “La Pose,” by Luis Ricardo Falero
Luis Ricardo Falero was born in Granada and originally pursued a career in the Spanish Navy, but gave it up to…
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Inspiration: “Les Buveurs,” by Emile Friant
Friant was born in the commune of Dieuze in 1863. His father was a locksmith and mother a dressmaker. The wife of a chemist, Madame Parisot would hire the wife…
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Inspiration: “Leda and the Swan,” by Jean Leon Gerome
Jean-Léon Gérôme was born at Vesoul, Haute-Saône. He went to Paris in 1840 where he studied under Paul Delaroche, whom he…
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Inspiration: “Young Lady,” by William Brymner
YOUNG LADYWilliam Brymner1855-1925CanadianCirca 1910Oil on PanelDimensions: Height: 33.4 cm (13.1 ″); Width: 25 cm (9.8 ″)National Gallery of Canada Born in Greenock, Scotland,…
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Inspiration: “Primavera,” by Pierre-Auguste Cot
This flirtatious duo in classicizing dress, painted with notable technical finesse, reflects Cot’s allegiance to the academic style of his teachers,…
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Inspiration: “Young Nude Woman Sunbathing on the Beach in Skagen,” by Laurits Tuxen
Laurits Tuxen grew up in Copenhagen and studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art where together with P. S. Krøyer…
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Inspiration: “La Modiste Sur Les Champs,” by Jean Béraud
Jean Béraud was born in Saint Petersburg. His father (also called Jean) was a sculptor and was likely working on the site…
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Inspiration: “Supper at a Finnish Farmhouse,” by Venny Brofeldt
Supper at a Finnish Farmhouse” is a captivating work of art by the Finnish painter Venny Soldan-Brofeldt (1863-1945), who was also…