The talaria fashioned from gold by Vulcan for Hermes as messenger of the gods, and lent to Perseus when he was sent to bring back the head of Medusa/
Renoir
Starting from Manet’s notorious painting of a picnic in 1863, socialising at mealtime became a popular theme in paintings that weren’t in the least bit Impressionist.
She married publishing magnate Alfred Edwards and cruised on their large yacht. In 1909 she divorced and married a Spanish painter, while being a major patron of Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes.
After marrying her cousin, the couple entertained Proust, Mallarmé, Gide, Debussy, and were patrons of Monet, Renoir, Odilon Redon, Signac and Toulouse-Lautrec.
Arduous demands can be made on models, who are always seen in paintings but never credited. Gérôme’s Emma Dupont, Joanna Hiffernan, and Renoir’s Lise Tréhot.
A spectrum of purposes and styles, inspired by Émile Zola’s experimental approach to novels, documenting ordinary people with objectivity, in a neutral realism.
A small village inland from the resort of Cannes, on the Mediterranean coast. Home to Renoir as an escape for his arthritis, and later to Pierre Bonnard, who settled down there.
How painting in oils in front of the motif became popular fifty years before paint became available in tubes, and how it was done by the experts.
The Monets and Sisley’s moved on in 1878, leaving only Renoir to visit and paint in the summer. Then in 1881, Gustave Caillebotte got a property nearby, and continued to paint the river here.
Claude Monet and family rented a house there, and were joined by Alfred Sisley and his family. Renoir came to visit, and the three painted the river and its bridges together.
The Eclectic Light Company 