Inspiration
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Inspiration: “La Moglie di Balla Con La Figlia,” by Umberto Boccioni
Umberto Boccioni was born on 19 October 1882 in Reggio Calabria. His father was a minor government employee, originally from the Romagna region in…
Inspiration: “Sunflowers” by Olga Boznanska
“Sunflowers” is a pastel on paper portrait of a young girl. It was created by Olga Boznańska in 1891. Alternative titles…
Inspiration: “Aino Taru,” by Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Gallen-Kallela painted two versions of the Aino Taru stall, the first of which was completed in Paris in 1889 and is…
Inspiration: “Junge Frau im Lampenschein,” by Max Carlier
Max Albert Carlier is a Belgian painter born in 1872 in Tourcoing and died in Brussels in 1938, aged 66. Painter…
Inspiration: “La Toilette,” by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes’ career was tied up with a complicated debate that had been ongoing since the beginning of the…
