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Bashkirtseff

Ukrainian painters: Marie Bashkirtseff

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Born near Chuhuiv, she settled in Paris where she trained and rose to success as Jules Bastien-Lepage’s protege, then died at the age of 25.

January 11, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Late Autumn

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As the fiery reds of falling leaves change to dull earth browns, and we get the odd flurry of snow, we know that winter is almost upon us.

November 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Autumn Leaves 1

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Come leaf-peeping with painters from Samuel Palmer in the Weald of Kent, to Julian Alden Weir’s autumn rain.

October 9, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Reject: Jules Bastien-Lepage’s Annunciation to the Shepherds

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Submitted for the final round of the Prix de Rome in 1875, the jury rejected it on a trumped-up technicality. The effect was to change the history of painting.

August 12, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Selfies: self-portraits to cherish 1

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Unusual self-portraits by Sofonisba Anguissola, Rembrandt, Artemisia Gentileschi, Courbet, Gérôme and others.

June 19, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Still Life ++ : paintings of the artist’s studio 2

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More fascinating paintings of the studios of William Merritt Chase, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Jacek Malczewski, Claude Monet and others.

June 13, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Life is Short: 1 Brilliant painters killed by tuberculosis

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From the brilliant pioneer animal painter Paulus Potter to the short and intense star of Amedeo Modigliani, King Death shortened the art of far too many painters.

January 9, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The Missing Mud of Winter 1

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Mud was a common problem in the streets of cities, and on all the roads, tracks and paths of the country. Why isn’t it seen more in paintings before 1850?

December 7, 2019 General, Life, Painting

From revenge at the Salon to the Nabis: the Robert-Fleurys 2

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Tony Robert-Fleury’s pupils included Lovis Corinth, Cecilia Beaux, Lydia Field Emmet, Marie Bashkirtseff, George Clausen, Édouard Vuillard, and Ker-Xavier Roussel.

March 1, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting Reality: 1 Emergence (1883)

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The very large Paris Salon of 1883 introduced the public and critics to a new and growing movement in painting. It wasn’t Impressionism or Post-Impressionism, though.

December 5, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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