Vlad the Impaler’s Bloody Legacy: Dracula’s Influence on Art
Vlad the Impaler, or Vlad III, has become a figure synonymous with fear, bloodshed, and dark power. His reign over Wallachia during the 15th century was soaked in blood, earning him a…
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Biography: Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso, born on October 25, 1881, in Málaga, Spain, stands as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His extensive body of work spans various styles and periods,…
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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 evolved from the academic art to impressionism. He is, alongside Emile Claus,…
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Biography: Guillaume Van Strydonck
Guillaume Van Strydonck (1861–1937) was a Belgian painter renowned for his transition from realism to impressionism throughout his career. Born in Namsos, Norway, where his father was working for a company from…
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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 young when he went to live in Paris with his mother;…
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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 established a studio in Newlyn, sharing the building with a fisherman…
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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. Beginning in the 1870s, she modeled for European and American artists, including…
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Biography: John Constable
John Constable, born on June 11, 1776, in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England, is one of the most celebrated British landscape painters, whose work has come to define English pastoral art. He was…
