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The Art of Anders Zorn 7: The White House and legacies

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In 1911, he sailed to the US to paint its President, the third he had made a portrait of. But less than ten years later, Zorn was dead.

August 18, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Art of Anders Zorn 6: Presidents and Saunas

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A portrait of Grover Cleveland, who had until recently President of the USA, an impudent nude, and girls frolicking in the sauna.

August 11, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Portraiture and Symbolism: Edmond Aman-Jean 2

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After 1900, most of his paintings were portraits of young women. Some seem to have been made in search of a suitable husband.

January 31, 2020 General, Life, Painting

In Memoriam Amedeo Modigliani and Jeanne Hébuterne

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Unlike some of his contemporaries, his people are real and his depictions full of grace and calm. His stylistic exaggerations and faired forms work to create portraits and nudes which we can really enjoy.

January 24, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Commemorating the centenary of Auguste Renoir’s death

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He excelled across all genres, one of few painters of the time to do so. He was, and remains, one of the greatest European painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

December 3, 2019 General, Life, Painting

More Than Portraits: 9, the revolutionary paintings of Diego Velázquez

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Live models for figures, landscape oil sketching in front of the motif, the sensuous nude, narratives with multiple readings, incredibly loose brushwork, and so much more than portraits.

March 19, 2019 General, Life, Painting

More Than Portraits: the paintings of Diego Velazquez 8 Las Meninas

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Not his last great painting by any means, but his greatest and most thought-provoking. Where are the royal couple, seen only in reflection, and who is everyone looking at?

March 12, 2019 General, Life, Painting

More Than Portraits: the paintings of Diego Velazquez 7 Late Portraits and Myths

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After painting portraits of the Pope during his second visit to Italy, he returns to paint the king’s niece and new bride, Las Meninas, and his last myth.

March 5, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Sarah Bernhardt: Portraits of a superstar

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One of the first international superstars, she was an accomplished painter and sculptor herself. Here’s her life in portraits by her friends.

January 14, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Edgar Degas: an appreciation

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A century ago today, Edgar Degas died in Paris. Was he an Impressionist, a misogynist, or just the odd man out?

September 27, 2017 General, Life, Painting

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