She started training at the age of 15 in New York, then in Paris, where for a decade she was one of the most successful American painters, but died soon after her return to the USA.
Category Archive: Painting
Twenty-three scenes integrated into Memling’s Passion, nine into Tintoretto’s huge Crucifixion, and three into Poussin’s Gathering the Manna.
A summary of the development of visible brushstrokes and marks in European painting, from 1400, with links to articles in this series.
Portraits by Sisley, Delacroix, Cabanel, Piet Mondrian early in his career, William Morris Hunt, Astrup, Schwabe, and Claude Monet.
Heracles pays the penalty for multiple murders, as he is subjugated, stripped of his lion-skin and club, dressed in women’s clothing, and forced to serve Queen Omphale.
Paintings by Paul Signac, Claude Monet, Félix Vallotton, Millet, John Singer Sargent, Maurice Denis, and others.
Paintings by JMW Turner, Clarkson Stanfield, Virginie Demont-Breton, Lepic, Boudin, Carpentier, Eugène Isabey, Jongkind, Monet, and others.
Winner of the Prix de Rome in 1866, he showed great promise as a history painter until he was killed in the Franco-Prussian War in 1871.
Masaccio’s Tribute Money deciphered, and examples from masters including Duccio, Jacopo da Sellaio, Botticelli, Fra Bartolomeo and the Carraccis.
By the 20th century artists were starting to understand why painterly images rich in brushstrokes were often more effective than those in fine detail.
