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Jean-Baptiste Pillement
The Interrupted Sleep by Francois Boucher (1750) Louis XIV, known as the Sun King died in 1715, at the age of seventy-seven after reigning for seventy-two years. He had outlived all his legitimate...
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Theodore Robinson. Part 1 – the early years of the American Impressionist
Theodore Robinson When we think of Impressionism and Impressionist painters we immediately think of French artists and if I was to ask you to name a few French Impressionist painters, I guess you...
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Theodore Robinson. Part 2 – Naturalism, Realism and Giverny
Theodore Robinson ……………………Theodore Robinson returned with some of his fellow students to the Fontainebleu Forest in the summer of 1878 to carry on with their en plein air painting but probably the...
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Theodore Robinson. Part 3 – Monet, Giverny and Robinson’s muse, Marie.
At the Piano by Theodore Robinson (1887) Whilst Robinson often depicted women at work, other paintings of his portrayed women at rest, sometimes relaxing at the piano as was depicted in his 1887...
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John Charles Dollman
Salford Museum and Art Gallery My blog today stems from a visit I made to an art gallery in one of our major cities, Manchester. I have been to the two main galleries, the Manchester Art Gallery and...
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Anna Elizabeth Klumpke. – Her talented siblings and Rosa Bonheur
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke in her studio Anna Elizabeth Klumpke was born in San Francisco on October 28th 1856. She was the elderst daughter of a German-born father, John Gerald Klumpke and his American...
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Jennie Augusta Brownscombe
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (1850 – 1936) In my last blog I looked at the life of the nineteenth century American painter, Anna Elizabeth Klumpke. Today I want to look at the life of one of her...
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Neil Simone. The Visual Surrealist
Neil Simone My blog today is quite different to most of my others for two reasons. My love of art is quite traditional, some would say boringly middle-ground. If you imagine visual art as a spectrum,...
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John William Godward. Part 1 – Early life and works and the notorious...
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Observing things of beauty is one of the pleasures of life and in my blog today I am looking at the life of an artist who constantly depicted feminine beauty in...
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John William Godward. Part 2 – Life’s decisions and independence
John William GodwardIs this the artist ? ………………The year is 1887 and John William Godward had to make a decision about his life. For twenty-six years he had lived with his parents and siblings and had...
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John William Godward. Part 3 – Italy and the sad end to life.
Dolce Far Niente by John William Godward (1906) …………………John William Godward made his first visit to Italy in 1905, a year after his father died. He travelled around visiting the islands of Ischia and...
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The ter Borch family
Gerard ter Borch the Elder by Moses ter Borch (1660) Today I am looking at a dynasty of Dutch artists – the ter Borch family. The head of the family was Gerard ter Borch the Elder who was born in...
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Sally Moore
Catnapping by Sally Moore When I decide on a subject for my blog I look for three criteria to be met. Firstly, and on a personal note, I need to be interested in the person or their art. Secondly, I...
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Josefina Holmlund
Just in case you haven’t read my previous blog featuring the Welsh artist, Sally Moore, let me explain why this blog, like the previous one, is much shorter in length than my usual ramblings. When I...
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Charles Leickert. Part 1. The early years, influences and tutors
Charles Leickert by Nicolaas Pieneman (1853) My featured artist today and over the next two blogs, is the Dutch nineteenth century landscape painter Charles Henri Joseph Leickert. His painting genre...
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Charles Leickert. Part 2 – The influences of Andreas Schelfhout, Wijnand...
Portrait of Charles Leickert by Charles Pieneman (1853) …………………………………………In 1834, whilst attending the The Hague Drawing Academy Leickert gained a First Prize in the Third Grade which allowed him to...
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Charles Leickert. Part 3 – the middle and latter years.
View on the Ij with Amsterdam in the Background by Charles Leickert (1848) …………………..In hindsight, Leickert’s decision to move away from The Hague in 1848 and base himself in Amsterdam was probably a...
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Sophie Gengembre Anderson
Sophie Gengembre Anderson The art genre I am highlighting today gets very mixed responses from people One either loves or hates the depictions. On one hand, the depictions are looked upon as...
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Florence Ada Fuller
Florence Fuller (1867 – 1946) The artist I am featuring today is the South African-born, Australian portrait and landscape artist Florence Ada Fuller. She was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in...
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Frits Thaulow. Part 1 – the early days.
Portrait of Frits Thaulow by Christian Krohg As a painter, I wonder whether you have a favourite motif. Is there one aspect of your landscape work, maybe the sky, maybe trees, etc., which you feel...
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