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Hard reality: 4 Cast shadows in landscapes

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How to paint a landscape with faithful and coherent cast shadows, why most painters don’t do so, and a few get it wrong.

May 11, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 34 Picture in a picture, stories

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From the tribute to a dead colleague, and a record of an important exhibition, to the downright enigmatic embedded paintings of Velázquez, Courbet and others.

February 9, 2023 General, Life, Painting

A Weekend with Maximilien Luce’s ‘muscular’ paintings 2

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By the start of the 20th century, he had abandoned Neo-Impressionist for Post-Impressionism, and continued painting well after the First World War.

February 5, 2023 General, Life, Painting

A Weekend with Maximilien Luce’s ‘muscular’ paintings 1

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He started as an Impressionist before joining the Neo-Impressionists. Specialising in industrial landscapes and nocturnes, here are paintings from the first half of his life.

February 4, 2023 General, Life, Painting

A Weekend on the River Seine in paintings: 1 Saint-Mammès to La Grande Jatte

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Superb 19th and early 20th century landscape paintings of the River Seine from Sisley country through the centre of Paris to La Grande Jatte.

August 20, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Henri-Edmond Cross 2: Water and light

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In the last decade of his career, he visited Venice twice and painted it extensively. He also turned more to watercolours.

August 19, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Henri-Edmond Cross 1: Dots and colour

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A pupil of Carol’s-Duran, he switched to Divisionism/Pointillism in 1891, when Georges Seurat died. Early paintings are gentle and delicate before he turned the chroma up.

August 18, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Paul Signac 17: 1883-95 Boats and the Bourgeoisie

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A short survey of his major paintings, with links to detailed articles in this series. From his early Impressionism to being leader of Neo-Impressionism after the death of Georges Seurat.

August 9, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Paul Signac 4: Two deaths and marriage

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Deaths of Van Gogh and Georges Seurat. Signac’ unsuccessful interiors, and his far more popular landscapes.

May 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Paul Signac 3: To the water

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During 1888-89, he started sailing his boat, the ‘Tub’, on the River Seine, and visited the coast. He moved from industrial views to those of rivers, the sea and watersports.

May 5, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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