Inspiration

Inspiration: “Farmer’s Girl,” by Walter Withers
FARMER’S GIRLWalter Withers (22 October 1854 — 13 October 1914)Australian/English1892Oil on canvas Withers was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, the son of Edwin Withers.…
Inspiration: “Reclining Nude,” by Luis Ricardo Falero
Falero was born in Granada and originally pursued a career in the Spanish Navy, but gave it up to his parents’…
Inspiration: “Cleopatra,” by John William Waterhouse
Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, nominally survived as pharaoh by her son Caesarion. As a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was…
Inspiration: “Jollen” by Anders Zorn
Zorn’s art made him wealthy and he was thus able to build up a considerable collection of art. The objects were…
Inspiration: “The Shrine,” by John William Waterhouse
John William Waterhouse RA (6 April 1849 – 10 February 1917) was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style…
Inspiration: “La Jeune Fille et le Lévrier dans le Jardin,” by Evariste Carpentier
Évariste Carpentier, (1845 in Kuurne – 1922 in Liège), was a Belgian painter of genre scenes and animated landscapes. Over the years, his painting…
Inspiration: “Marcel Renoux Painting,” by Jules Ernest Renoux
Renoux was the son of Jules Alphonse Renoux and Ernestine Veron. He showed early a talent for drawing and was still…
Inspiration: “The Orchard,” by Elizabeth Adela Forbes
In the autumn of 1885, Elizabeth Adela Forbes (still named Armstrong at the time) and her mother moved to Newlyn, Cornwall. She…
Inspiration: “Rosina,” by John Singer Sargent
Of Greek ancestry, Rosina Ferrara was born in Anacapri on the island of Capri in 1861. She is considered a descendant of Barbarossa, a 16th-century pirate.…
Inspiration: “Paysage d’Hiver Le Chemin Neige,” by Robert Antoine Pinchon
The declaration of war in 1914 signaled a major break in European cultural history, and a major break in the life…
Inspiration: “Le Crabe,” by William Adolphe Bouguereau
In his own time, Bouguereau was considered to be one of the greatest painters in the world by the academic art…
Inspiration: “Breton Girl With Jar,” by Amelie Lundahl
Amelie Lundahl was the youngest of eleven children[. Her mother died when she was three months old and her father, Abraham,…