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Étretat, cradle of Impressionism 2 Monet and after

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In 1885, it was Monet’s first test of his new method of painting the same motif in different light, weather and seasons. He later used this for his Grainstacks and Rouen Cathedral series.

January 17, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Skying 9: A brief history

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The story of landscape paintings which are dominated by the sky, from the Dutch Golden Age to Surrealism.

September 8, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Skying 6: Pre-Impressionism

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While others painted near Rome, a slow revolution burned in the north, with Isabey, Daubigny, and most of all Jongkind and Boudin.

August 19, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Skying: an introduction to a new series

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From the early landscapes of Rubens and Dutch masters to the surrealist skyscapes of Paul Nash, introducing a history of painting the sky.

July 9, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Crepuscular Henri Le Sidaner 1

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The most famous painter from Mauritius, he was most interested in the effects of light, particularly twilight, with eerily quiet and deserted canal scenes.

December 12, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The First Impressionist? Johan Jongkind’s Bicentenary – Impressionism

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Met and painted with Sisley, Boudin, and the young Claude Monet, but so poor that other artists auctioned their works to relieve his poverty.

May 27, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Landscape oil sketches from Valenciennes to Pissarro

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Examples of the work of Thomas Jones, Constable, Corot, Blechen, Boudin, Jongkind, Pissarro, Cézanne, Sargent, Monet, and more.

February 17, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Umbrellas: Stop the sun

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Borrowed from the Church, parasols became an accessory of the aristocracy, then for all who were fashionable. They went from black to white, then Japanese.

May 13, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Coast: Dieppe, the painter’s resort

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Where did Vernet, Cotman, Turner, Boudin, Gauguin, Monet, Sickert, Pissarro and Loiseau all visit and paint?

November 30, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Coast: Strangeness on the strand

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Racing sandyachts 500 years ago, Punch and Judy shows, the painter who inspired Pissarro, and a firing squad: not what you’d expect on the beach.

November 18, 2017 General, Life, Painting

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