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Léon Bakst, artist to the Ballets Russes

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Trained in St Petersburg, he spent much of his career in Paris, where he designed stage sets and costumes for the Ballets Russes. But there was more to his art.

January 29, 2021 General, Life, Painting

In Memoriam Luc-Olivier Merson, storyteller in paint

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Highly original visual stories, of the Soldier of Marathon, Saint Francis of Assisi and the Wolf of Agubbio, plus illustrations for ‘Notre Dame de Paris’.

November 13, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Soul and Light: the paintings of Louis Welden Hawkins 2

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Some of his more popular Symbolist paintings from the 1890s, a portrait of a humanitarian journalist, and more.

June 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The demons and stories of Mikhail Vrubel 2

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As well as designing stage sets and costumes for opera, he painted bogatyrs from East Slavic legends, and Azrael, the Angel of Death.

February 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The demons and stories of Mikhail Vrubel 1

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Known now as one of the great Russian Symbolists, in life he was independent, and painted in very modern style from legends and literary sources.

February 27, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Symbolist Landscape: Giovanni Segantini 2

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In the first article about the Symbolist painting of Giovanni Segantini (1858–1899), I showed a selection of his […]

October 11, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Paul Ranson: the heart of the Nabis 2

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As he moved away from Nabi style, he made a few narrative works, and painted idyllic realist landscapes.

April 19, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Paul Ranson: the heart of the Nabis 1

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He introduced the Nabis’ argot, gave them all names, and remained true to their style for longer than most.

April 18, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Between Klimt, Mucha, and Hodler: The art of Kolo Moser 4, 1914-18

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He turned more to figurative painting in his final years, inspired by Hodler. Superb stained glass design for an Art Nouveau church in Vienna’s psychiatric hospital, and a dress for Klimt’s partner.

October 18, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Between Klimt, Mucha, and Hodler: The art of Kolo Moser 2, 1899-1910

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He returned to painting in 1907, when he started making landscapes inspired by those first of Klimt, then of Hodler.

October 9, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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