Trained by Laurens at the Académie Julian, he was a superb history painter, quite Impressionist, and a founding father of Venezuelan art.
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A detailed look at the materials and technique in van Eyck’s mature works, and those of Lucas Cranach the Elder.
The major problems in oil painting had been solved before the van Eycks. One was a reliable supply of solvent/diluent spirits.
After 1900, he painted more landscapes, first of Morocco, then of the Spanish countryside.
To mark the 500th anniversary of his memorial service, a collection of his unique owls.
Sorolla was not the only major painter in Spain around 1900. Here are some major works from Simonet, from 1887 to 1899.
We don’t even know what day he died, but 500 years ago on 9 August 1516, his life was commemorated by family and friends at a memorial mass.
Why did it take over 300 years to solve a compositional problem, and tell such a simple story?
Introduction to a series explaining the history of oil paint, effects on techniques, hence on paintings themselves.
Also a grim story of suicidal disembowelling, and a propaganda painting for Napoleon.
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