From 1885 fans were a popular support for several artists, including Carl Larsson, Anders Zorn, and Paul Gauguin painted many of them.
history of painting
Long used as a support for fine art painting in East Asia, fans made their way from Japan into French collections in the late 19th century, and Degas and Pissarro saw their potential.
January is named after the Roman god of transitions, Janus, and is the first month of the New Year. Or is it? Classical civilisations more usually started their year in Spring, and what’s this about Juno?
Symbolism, Naturalism, Neo-Impressionism, industrial realism, Hudson River landscapes, folklore, orientalist landscapes, Impressionism, and genre painting of the Dutch Golden Age.
Last of London’s working horses, the fall of Phaethon, 3D water droplets in Hell, vanitas symbols, Neptune’s horses, a blown-out umbrella, and others.
Lower East Side tenements, King Midas with ass’s ears, unusual interiors, Napoleon’s retreat in 1812, marble quarries, British music halls, and more.
Domestic interiors that aren’t quite right, a woman’s black silhouette that seems to absorb light, a colour-coded account of Perseus rescuing Andromeda, and his last landscapes.
Among the leaders of the French Revolution, he was almost guillotined alongside Robespierre, but got on well with Napoleon, and was even offered the post of court painter to King Louis XVIII.
John Singer Sargent’s huge murals of classical myths, two last narrative paintings by Lovis Corinth, modern style in portraits by Anita Rée, and Oleksandra Ekster’s ‘Theatrical Composition’.
Christmas trees cut in the woods, or bought in a seasonal market. Queen Marie and ordinary families gathered round, and finally falling asleep exhausted.
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