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In Memoriam Eugène Burnand: Alpine meadows

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Trained with Gérôme in Paris, he painted fine rural landscapes of Alpine meadows, religious works, and used advanced optical effects.

February 4, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Late Great Masters: 2 Courbet, Cézanne, Hodler, Signac

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Courbet’s late coastal views and waves, Cézanne’s Post-Impressionism and radical watercolours, Hodler’s sublime view over Lake Geneva, and Signac’s mixed media.

January 24, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Rhythm in paintings: Poplars and people

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From Monet’s rhythmic arrays of poplar trees on the banks of the River Epte to Holder’s arrays of figures, more examples of this technique.

November 15, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Rhythm in paintings: Depth and patterns

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Using repeated forms, usually regularly spaced, is a well-known technique for increasing depth, adding optical effects, and more.

November 14, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Distant snowline: the coming of autumn in the mountains 1

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The first brush with autumn occurs when the hill and mountain tops change to white, as if dusted by icing sugar – the first thrill for children and skiers.

October 10, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Wanderer in paintings 3

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The figure appears in later landscapes, including one by Martín Rico, and a pastel by Millet, before being radically revised by Ferdinand Hodler.

August 9, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Whiskers: beards in paintings 1

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Beards on Father Time, river gods, God the Father, ancient mariners, and lots and lots of artists, especially the Nabis.

July 25, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Asleep in the painting 3: Homeless

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Exhausted and destitute figures asleep, by Christian Krohg, Ferdinand Hodler, Sorolla, Waterhouse, and others.

June 30, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Finale: The Exposition Universelle of 1900, 1

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Looking back at the art of the nineteenth century, there was a large section devoted to Impressionism, but acclaimed Symbolist and other paintings too.

June 4, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Symbolist painting at the time of the Salons de la Rose + Croix 1

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The apogee of the Symbolist Movement in France was run by its self-appointed high priest, Joséphin Péladan. A selection of paintings from its early years to 1894.

May 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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