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Category Archive: General

Ukrainian Painters: Abraham Mintchine

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Trained at Kyiv Art School, he went to Berlin 1923, and on to Paris a couple of years later. Almost all his known paintings come from the last 6 years of his life.

May 16, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Trojan Epics: 12 Extinguishing the line

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The Greeks had three objectives: to extinguish the line of succession in the Trojan royal family; to raze the city to the ground; and to seize booty.

May 15, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 203

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 203. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Unwelcome […]

May 15, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

A weekend with painters in Skagen 2

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With PS Krøyer, Laurits Tuxen, and a British visitor to the artists’ colony at Skagen, Adrian Stokes.

May 14, 2023 General, Life, Painting

A weekend with painters in Skagen 1

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With the Danish and other Nordic Impressionists, Anna Ancher, her husband Michael, and Christian Krohg, in this artists’ colony.

May 13, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 203

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Unwelcome hanging around […]

May 13, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Paintings of Eugène Delacroix: Introduction

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Two of his paintings secured support for Greek independence, another had to be hidden from public view because it glorified liberty, and he was a major influence over Impressionism.

May 12, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Hard reality: 4 Cast shadows in landscapes

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How to paint a landscape with faithful and coherent cast shadows, why most painters don’t do so, and a few get it wrong.

May 11, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 55 Lions

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In the Roman arena, with a runaway slave, sparing the life of Daniel, at the feet of St Jerome and St Rufina, and snoring gently on the rug.

May 10, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Ukrainian Painters: Arnold Lakhovskyi

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He studied in Odesa, Munich and St Petersburg, then painted in Russia until he emigrated to Paris in 1925, and on to New York in 1933.

May 9, 2023 General, Life, Painting

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