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Trojan Epics: 5 Achilles recovered and a stinky snakebite

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Achilles had gone missing, hiding as a young woman in the royal court on Skyros, where Odysseus found him. And a master archer was bitten on the foot by a snake.

March 27, 2023 General, Life, Painting

A Weekend in the Eternal City: Paintings of the Tiber and Villa Borghese

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In Rome, in search of the temple of Aesculapius, and in the Gardens of the Villa Borghese, with Corot, Velázquez, Valenciennes, and others.

March 19, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Painting landscapes from Corot to Cézanne

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Michallon taught Camille Corot, who in turn taught Camille Pissarro. In their early Impressionist years, Pissarro painted alongside Cézanne.

September 25, 2022 General, Life, Painting

In memoriam Achille Michallon, a bright star over the landscape 2

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Two hundred years ago today, Achille Michallon died, the most brilliant landscape painter of his day in Europe. He was only 25.

September 24, 2022 General, Life, Painting

In memoriam Achille Michallon, a bright star over the landscape 1

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A brilliant landscape painter taught by Valenciennes, who in turn taught Corot. Died at the age of only 25 from pneumonia.

September 23, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Next Year in Paintings: Rosa Bonheur, Piero di Cosimo, Léon Bonnat and others

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Among the 2022 anniversaries are the 500th of the death of Piero di Cosimo, the centenary of the death of Léon Bonnat who taught Sargent and Munch, and the birth of animal painter Rosa Bonheur.

January 2, 2022 General, Life, Painting

In Memoriam Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes 2 Oil sketches

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Nine of his brilliant oil sketches made in front of the motif in the Roman Campagna between 1782-85, which helped change the history of art.

February 16, 2019 General, Life, Painting

In Memoriam Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes 1 Finished paintings

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Almost a century after its publication, Pissarro still recommended Valenciennes’ textbook on landscape painting. Here’s why.

February 15, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Founders of Modern Landscape Art: Claude Joseph Vernet

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Modern landscape painting, since before the Impressionists, relies on oil sketches made in front of the motif. Was it Vernet who advised Valenciennes to adopt this practice?

February 14, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Trees in the landscape: 4. Pissarro, from Barbizon to Post-Impressionism

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A journey from early 1800s realism to Post-Impressionism, in the company of innumerable trees.

November 8, 2015 General, Painting

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