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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

Paintings of reading and books 2: Woman reading

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From a naked woman devouring novels, through a class of young Breton girls, to Berthe Morisot’s and Lovis Corinth’s women reading.

November 21, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Harvest Home in paintings – gleaners

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Far from being the idyllic countryside, the gleaners who followed the harvesters brought a strong social message.

September 6, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Demeter (Ceres)

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Goddess of the harvest, food production, fertility and fecundity, paintings by Millet, Rubens, Elsheimer and others.

August 31, 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

Maids a-milking: Milkmaids in painting 2

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How to buy fresh milk in central London, what the Scythians lived on, and more. Paintings by Millet, Delacroix, Winslow Homer, and others.

May 31, 2020 General, Life, Painting

A Blossom Festival in paintings 1

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Reduced to viewing the blossom online? Here are wonderful paintings of tree blossom from Millais, Sisley, van Gogh and others.

March 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Faithful Friends: Cats in paintings

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Independent and aloof, cats train their humans and think that they’re still large and ferocious. Paintings from Carpaccio to Bonnard.

February 15, 2020 General, Life, Painting

There’s no smoke without painting 2

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Smoke in paintings by Poussin, Millet, Homer, Sargent, Waterhouse, Rossetti, and others with more subtle meanings about wind, magic, and gambling.

November 24, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Death on the Wing: Crows and ravens in paintings 1

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Escorts of valkyries, the bird of the gibbet, and seeker of carrion: crows and ravens are associated with death, magic, and more.

November 2, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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