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Sunrise on Impressionism: 19 Edgar Degas

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Describing himself as a Realist, normally avoiding painting landscapes, but concentrating on ballet dancers and ‘modern life’, he was the odd one out.

November 29, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Children at Play 1

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Never paint children or animals, says the rule. This tribute to artists who ignored the rule shows work by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Goya, and others to Mary Cassatt.

September 10, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Pastel painters: History and contents of the series

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From Robert Nanteuil’s first pastel portraits in the 1660s to Ants Laikmaa in 1929, a history of the greatest pastel painters and links to articles about individual artists.

August 24, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Mary Cassatt’s pastels

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Possibly taught by the portraitist Charles Chaplin, she painted pastels with Edgar Degas but took a different approach to composition, specialising in mothers and infants.

July 1, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Reject: Contents

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A selection of masterpieces which were rejected by the person(s) who commissioned them, or from major exhibitions. Illustrated contents with links.

September 9, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Reject: Mary Cassatt’s Little Girl in a Blue Armchair

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Both her entries to the Salon in 1877 had been rejected. Then she submitted this masterpiece to the jury for the American pavilion at the Exposition Universelle in 1878.

July 15, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The Art of Anders Zorn 5: Portraits and prints

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Nudes out in fresh air and sunshine, engravings in his distinctive lined style, and some social comment in the 1890s.

August 5, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Art of Anders Zorn 4: High life and low life

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He wins himself the admiration of two rich American collectors, while returning to Sweden to paint in the country.

July 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Is that a mandolin or a lute in that painting?

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What’s the difference between a lute and a mandolin? Was Napoleon responsible for the early loss of popularity of mandolins?

July 17, 2020 General, Life, Painting

In the limelight, paintings of the theatre 2: audience

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Paintings of people watching plays, by Daumier, Degas, Renoir, Mary Cassatt, and others.

July 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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