First problems in 1870, with increasing loss of central vision in both eyes, yet he continued to paint until the end of the century. How is this reflected in his art?
Degas
With 1 in 20 males having impaired colour vision, and over half the adult population needing spectacles, you’d expect painters to be similar, and there are claims of those who were colour-blind or had other visual problems. Are they reflected in their paintings?
Sandals worn by gods, notably Mercury, and kings, who hide them under a rock, Toman combat assault sandals, ballet slippers, and wooden working clogs.
Her later years, of developing her drypoint print-making, incorporating colour with aquatint, turning an oil painting into a sophisticated print, and yet more wonderful pastels.
A quick self-portrait, two of her friend at that theatre, two children playing on a beach, and her first prints made using Soft Ground etching.
One of the four great ladies of the Impressionist movement, she was born in Pennsylvania, then moved to train in Paris. She joined the Impressionists in 1877, and soon adopted the style in her painting.
How optical effects familiar from photography became incorporated into Naturalist paintings, and major painters adopted photography as an art form.
After a conventional start with oils and watercolour, he experimented with pastels, using them with water, and applying them to monotypes. He also removed the drying oil from paints.
In the weaving contest between Arachne and Minerva, used by the Fates, cropped to weaken Samson, in the Annunciation, or simply for cutting.
Take a flat metal plate and paint on it using gouache or oils, then impress it onto a sheet of paper, and apply soft pastel to bring out the colour. That’s a painted monotype print.
