From 1872, as symbolism developed in his paintings. From ‘Death and the Maiden’, through ‘The Poor Fisherman’, to his recurring theme of the Sacred Grove.
Category Archive: Life
First of two articles celebrating the 200th anniversary of his birth. Covers the period up to the years after the Franco-Prussian War, when he achieved popularity.
Portraits in pastel by Baes and Laikmaa, and oils from Lovis Corinth, Christian Krohg, Emily Carr, Pierre Bonnard and Paul Sérusier.
Painted by Jules Breton, Jean-François Millet, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Léon Augustin Lhermitte and others during the late 19th century.
Pygmalion carves an ivory statue of the perfect woman, and prays to Venus for a bride in its likeness. When he showers the statue with his kisses, it turns into the woman he wanted.
A brilliant pupil of David who won the Prix de Rome, he survived the Revolution unscathed, and even won a battle with one of his models when she refused to pay him.
From Anna Hills’ unspoilt coast near Laguna Beach in 1915, to Paul Dougherty’s California Cliffs of 1935, with others by Guy Rose, Granville Redmond, and more.
From Albert Bierstadt’s visit to the Farallon Islands in 1872, to George Bellows in 1917, with paintings from Mannheim, Granville Redmond and others in between.
In each of his interiors from the late 1870s to the early 20th century, there’s something not quite right, starting with a painting hanging at an odd angle.
Rural depopulation as labour moved to work in city factories, dominance of larger suppliers in food markets, draining waterlogged land, and the development of the tractor.
The Eclectic Light Company 