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Tag Archives: nineteenth century

ON TOUR….

by , in Art, Behind the Scenes

Jan

30

Our beautiful painting by Marie-Victoire Lemoine, Youth with an Embroidered Vest, has embarked on a national journey! It is currently part of a fascinating exhibition presented at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum, in Winter Park, Florida. The Black Figure in the European Imaginary (January 20 through May 15, 2017), explores “the manner in which the visual arts of Europe imagined black people during the long nineteenth century (c. 1750 — 1914)”.

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In the Gallery: Landscape by Henri-Joseph Harpignies, 1893

by , Director of Art Education in Art

May

21

Henri- Joseph Harpignies was a French painter and printmaker, who made a late in life debut in the Salon in 1853. Harpignies showed…

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Art History Primer #2: Impressionism

by , Marketing Manager in Art

Feb

20

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment. – Claude Monet

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#7 William-Adolphe Bouguereau – Return from the Harvest

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Nov

01

Reproduction of original frame by Diego Salazar Antique Frames, New York, given in honor of Jack Lee Scott by Jane McRae Scott, 2003. After a strict academic training as a […]

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#14 William-Adolphe Bouguereau – Day Dreams

by , in Art

Sep

13

William Bouguereau’s realistic, sometimes sentimental style came to represent the academic tradition in nineteenth century French art.  He was both a commercial and critical success, exhibiting often in the French […]

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