Showing posts with label Impressionism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Impressionism. Show all posts
TURNER: STEERING ART TOWARD IMPRESSIONISM

TURNER: STEERING ART TOWARD IMPRESSIONISM

Seas of change: "Spithead: Two Captured Danish Ships Entering Portsmouth Harbour" One of the most impressive paintings at t...
French Masters from the Pushkin

French Masters from the Pushkin

Vuillard's Interior, 1904 Getting High on a New Supply It’s no secret what the Japanese art public really like – soft, flowery...
DEGAS: DE-IDEALIZING THE NUDE

DEGAS: DE-IDEALIZING THE NUDE

After the Bath—Woman Drying Herself, 1896, and the photo that it is based on. When you have an exhibition of an artist as famous a...
The Candid Canvas of the Barbizon School

The Candid Canvas of the Barbizon School

Women Picking Daisies (1865-70) by Jean Baptiste-Camille Corot In the mid-19th century the French village of Barbizon was the artis...
Belgium's Bicultural Heart of Darkness

Belgium's Bicultural Heart of Darkness

Ghent, Evening (1903) by Albert Baertsoen Looking at the Tokyo listings, I see that there are a couple of exhibitions focusing on bygo...
Rules are Made to be Broken: Gervex, Renoir, Cezanne & Picasso

Rules are Made to be Broken: Gervex, Renoir, Cezanne & Picasso

Woman Seated in an Armchair, 1923 Nowadays an artist has complete freedom to paint, carve, construct, install, or simply do whateve...
American Impressionists: Following Monet to the Country

American Impressionists: Following Monet to the Country

Self Portait (1896), F.W. MacMonnies The charm of Impressionism was that it allowed a great deal of artistic freedom and expressivenes...