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Art and Science: 10 Neo-Impressionism after Seurat

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After Seurat’s unexpected and early death, Paul Signac was his artistic heir, but the movement went in different directions before fading out after 1900.

February 9, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Art and Science: 7 Technology

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Paintings of iron and steel production, printing, lead mining, machining a cog wheel, spinning, and developing a photograph.

January 26, 2022 General, Life, Painting

A history of history painting after 1800: 1870 on

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Following the Paris Commune of 1871, history painters resorted to indirect reference in paintings of obscure episodes in mediaeval history.

March 28, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Hospitality to strangers, a theme in narrative painting 2

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Classical expectations are reinforced in the Bible, but clearly fade by New Testament times, when Jesus uses attitudes towards Samaritans in his teaching. By the 19th century, hospitality has been lost.

September 27, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Martyrs’ Mountain: Paintings of Montmartre 2

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The bohemian quarter of Paris, painted by van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec (who lived there for 20 years), Renoir, Pierre Bonnard, and others.

January 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

There’s no smoke without painting 1

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The Sack of Troy, Turner, Vesuvius erupting, an unusual Manet maritime, Vallotton, Paul Nash, Monet, Luce, Signac, Stella and more going up in smoke.

November 23, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Crowded Cities: paintings of urban crowds 2

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From Naturalist paintings of Bastille Day in 1880 to rush hour in New York City, and crowds outside the Gare de l’Est in 1917.

September 22, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Balcony: Inside Out

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Views from a balcony, notably developed by Gustave Caillebotte in 1880, but continued in paintings by Lovis Corinth, and Pierre Bonnard.

May 26, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting Reality: 5 Growth of the city

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Less often painted than the rural poor, Naturalism did show the growing pains of the 19th century cities. Paintings from Lhermitte, Luce, Bellows, and more.

January 3, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Franco-Prussian War: Aftermath

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After the huge death toll of the war, including 2 major painters, a week in Paris in May resulted in a further 7,000 deaths, and the destruction of public buildings. Hardly a painter in France wasn’t affected.

July 29, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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