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Pastel painters: History and contents of the series

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From Robert Nanteuil’s first pastel portraits in the 1660s to Ants Laikmaa in 1929, a history of the greatest pastel painters and links to articles about individual artists.

August 24, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Pastel Paintings of Firmin Baes

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From about 1900, he painted almost exclusively in pastel, finely realist works that rendered surface optical properties to perfection.

August 16, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Pastels by Helleu

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Prodigy and friend of John Singer Sargent, he was a successful portrait-painter to the wealthy and a master pastellist.

August 11, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Pastel paintings by Ants Laikmaa

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A key artist in the development of the Estonian nation, he was also an avid painter in pastels. Here’s a small selection of his work from the 20th century.

August 3, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Pastel paintings of Eugène Delacroix

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After his death, over 1500 of his pastels were sold, the great majority of which have since disappeared. Here are some of the finest of the survivors.

July 28, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Symbolist pastel paintings of Alphonse Osbert and Edmond Aman-Jean

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Despite its popularity at the time, few Symbolist pastel paintings are now accessible. Here are six from these two artists, including this fascinating print.

July 22, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Pastels among the Nabis: Roussel, Ranson, Vuillard

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Pastel paintings by these three Nabis, who underwent conventional training and explored different media. Later paintings by Roussel are really special.

July 15, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Pure Colour: Pastels of Odilon Redon

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He didn’t paint much in pastels until he was in his fifties, but for the last 20 years of his life he made many highly original works in their pure colour.

July 8, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Mary Cassatt’s pastels

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Possibly taught by the portraitist Charles Chaplin, she painted pastels with Edgar Degas but took a different approach to composition, specialising in mothers and infants.

July 1, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Odd Man Out: pastels of Edgar Degas

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Pastel paintings were central to his art, from empty beach landscapes of 1869, through the ballet, to women bathing and dressing in the 1880s, and fantasy landscapes of 1892.

June 24, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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