The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879 and located in Chicago's Grant Park, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 million guests annually.[2] Its collection, stewarded by 11 curatorial departments, is encyclopedic, and includes iconic works such as Georges Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Pablo Picasso's The Old Guitarist, Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, and Grant Wood's American Gothic. Its permanent collection of nearly 300,000 works of art is augmented by more than 30 special exhibitions mounted yearly that illuminate aspects of the collection and present cutting-edge curatorial and scientific research. Text from Wikipedia
Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) is one of the most original artists in the late 19th Century. He worked as an evangelist before taking up painting at the age of 27. He had a very short professional life lasting only for ten years. He was largely self taught but inspired by Impressionism, especially during his 2 years living in Paris. But as this short slideshow shows, Vincent is constantly exploring new styles and he would switch his style to paint the image he wanted. In his early days his painting was glomy and mainly with earthen colours. However, his paintings changed in his later works, using bright and primary colours. He became very good at it that even red coloured cows looked perfectly natural and acceptable. He had a tragic life with all his talent he managed only to sell only one of his painting. His story is also the story of two brothers, their love for each others and their sympathy to others. This seems to be a contradiction with Vincent self-portrait glazes.
John Singer Sargent was simply the most successful portraitist of his days at the end of the 19C and the beginning of the 20C. He lived in Italy, Paris and London. He travelled widely From to Venice to the Tyrol. Corfu on the European Mediterranean coast. He visited Morocco, Tangiers and Egypt on the North African coast. He even ventured into Lebanon, Syria and the Holyland. In American he went to Montana, Maine, Florida, Boston, New York, Washington DC etc. He was fluent in French, Italian and some German. He was well read in European literature, an accomplished pianist and a passionately keen musician. Henry James, the American writer who lived in Europe describe Sargent as being ‘civilized to his fingertips’. He knew personally many of the artists, performers and painters of his days, including the giants like Degas, Rodin, Monet and Whistler.
Technically Sargent belong to the same line of portraitists like the Velazquez, Frans Hals and van Dyck, all of them committed their paint quickly onto the canvas. You will be amazed on close inspection of their paintings how spontaneous the paints were applied. Sargent like the Impressionists also a practitioner of painting in the ourdoor. This is particularly true with his watercolours, which were often a record of what he had seen. In his later life Sargent was mainly painting for the enjoyment of himself, as an observer. This was true when he was appointed as the War Artist in World War One.
For comparison with his peers, I think it is interesting to compare him with the works of John Frederick Lewis, the orientalist, who also painted in oil as well as watercolour. Sargent and Van Gogh were born a few years apart and their career were developed in different direction regards to their career, style and technique. But both of them painted in the ‘open air’ (plein-air), as well. Sargent was sympathetic to the called of the Impressionists. He even used some of the technique but was never fully converted. Personally, I think Sargent is one of the finest artists of his time, and he knew it too.
Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) is one of the most original artists in the late 19th Century. He worked as an evangelist before taking up painting at the age of 27. He had a very short professional life lasting only for ten years. He was largely self taught but inspired by Impressionism, especially during his 2 years living in Paris. But as this short slideshow shows, Vincent is constantly exploring new styles and he would switch his style to paint the image he wanted. In his early days his painting was glomy and mainly with earthen colours. However, his paintings changed in his later works, using bright and primary colours. He became very good at it that even red coloured cows looked perfectly natural and acceptable. He had a tragic life with all his talent he managed only to sell only one of his painting. His story is also the story of two brothers, their love for each others and their sympathy to others. This seems to be a contradiction with Vincent self-portrait glazes.
John Singer Sargent was simply the most successful portraitist of his days at the end of the 19C and the beginning of the 20C. He lived in Italy, Paris and London. He travelled widely From to Venice to the Tyrol. Corfu on the European Mediterranean coast. He visited Morocco, Tangiers and Egypt on the North African coast. He even ventured into Lebanon, Syria and the Holyland. In American he went to Montana, Maine, Florida, Boston, New York, Washington DC etc. He was fluent in French, Italian and some German. He was well read in European literature, an accomplished pianist and a passionately keen musician. Henry James, the American writer who lived in Europe describe Sargent as being ‘civilized to his fingertips’. He knew personally many of the artists, performers and painters of his days, including the giants like Degas, Rodin, Monet and Whistler.
Technically Sargent belong to the same line of portraitists like the Velazquez, Frans Hals and van Dyck, all of them committed their paint quickly onto the canvas. You will be amazed on close inspection of their paintings how spontaneous the paints were applied. Sargent like the Impressionists also a practitioner of painting in the ourdoor. This is particularly true with his watercolours, which were often a record of what he had seen. In his later life Sargent was mainly painting for the enjoyment of himself, as an observer. This was true when he was appointed as the War Artist in World War One.
For comparison with his peers, I think it is interesting to compare him with the works of John Frederick Lewis, the orientalist, who also painted in oil as well as watercolour. Sargent and Van Gogh were born a few years apart and their career were developed in different direction regards to their career, style and technique. But both of them painted in the ‘open air’ (plein-air), as well. Sargent was sympathetic to the called of the Impressionists. He even used some of the technique but was never fully converted. Personally, I think Sargent is one of the finest artists of his time, and he knew it too.
This is the first of four Powerpoint on US gallery to be released on the next few day. In 1974 Norton Simon agreed to take over the Pasadena Art Museum, giving his collection a permanent home. In 1995, the museum began a major renovation and design. It also included a new theatre. Norton Simon started collecting seriously in 1964, when he purchased the entire European collection of the Duveen Brot. Today, his collection on European paintings is broadly based and methodological. The collection covers the whole span of European painting developments from the early Renaissance to modern days. All the mainstream movements are represented by works from the masters. However, one noticeable absence are paintings from America. In 1970s the collection started to include Asian Arts. Today, there are some 4,000 works in the collection. On European paintings the collection would complement to that of the more well-known Paul Getty Museum. Ion paintings, it must rank as one of the best on the west coast of America.
Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the leading member of the Impressionist group and the one who longest practised the principles of absolute fidelity to the visual sensation and painting directly from the object, in necessary out of door. Cezanne is said to have described him as ’only one eye, but my God what an eye!’. Monet is also the one who took impressionism into new contradictory way to become, in the 1940s, a major influence on Abstract Expressionism.
Galicia is a green rain-swept region remarkable for its coastal cliffs and bays (rias). Traditionally, it was seen as a poor agricultural region whose economy did not lend itself to modernization. It was never conquered by the Moors. Bordering Portugal to the south and enclosed by the waters of the Atlantic, Galicia could offer its inhabitants little on the way of new land for cultivation. Overpopulation and unemployment forced many to emigrate. Galicia has always maintained strong links with the sea, with A Coruna, a port for commerce and industry. However fishing is vital to the economy and Galician seafood is the best in Spain.
Clara Peeters (1594-c1659) was active between 1607 and 1621. Unlike many of the women painters of her time, she specialized on Still-life. She was a pioneer female painter. Early female painters were mostly portrait painters. There is not much known about her life as well. Her paintings of tables of food and other objects ware early manifestations of naturalism. As far as we know, her paintings of fish are the first that were dedicated to this subject.
Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) lived in Bologna, Italy. She was a contemporary of Sofonisba Anguissola, who was internationally known. Her father was a distinguished printed of the School of Bologna. Her earliest work was printed in 1575, ‘The Child of the Monkey’, At 23. She specialised in painted portraits and mainly on women of nobleman and of high society. She was particularly skilled in painting dresses. Her relationships with female clients were often warm and some became godparents of her children.
Fontana married artist Gian Zappi in 1577. She gave birth to 11 children. After the marriage Fontana continued to paint to support her family. Zappi cared for the household and served as assistant agent in selling his wife’s painting. He also depicted small elements of her pictures such as draperies and another details.
Lavinia was elected an honorary member of the University of Bologna and was honoured as a doctorate in 1580.
In 1603, she and her family moved Rome on the invitation of Pope Clement VIII and appointed as a portraitist in the Vatican. Her career flourished in Rome. She was elected to the San Luca Academy in Rome. She died in 1614 and left behind over 100 of her work.
Anguissola was the first Western female painter that had gained an international fame. At an young age, she was introduced to Michelangelo, who immediately recognized her talent. In the late 1550s, she established herself, as a professional painter, in her native Italy. She was recruited to the Spanish court about 27 year ago. Her marriage was arranged by the Spanish King Philip II, to a Sicilian nobleman. Two years later her husband died and she remarried again to a sea captain Orazio Lomellino. In later year, she became quite famous and many young artists came to visit her and to discuss the arts with her. Amongst them was the young Anthony van Dyck, who painted one of Anguissola last portrait. More importantly she was a pioneer who had shown other women to pursue serious careers as professional painters.
The world’s oceans and seas cover 71% of the surface of the Earth. It makes the Earth unique within the Solar System. It is also where life first began. Today the ocean is regarded as the last major frontier on Earth for exploration and development of resources to sustain mankind in the future. The sea also has an irresistible attraction on us, drawing us nearer to the shores. The sound of the waves lashing on the sandy beaches, the gentle breeze of a hot summer evening, the shimmers of silver lights, the fisherman coming home with their catch, the long voyages of container carriers that link the world economy are all part of our acquaintance with the sea. In its fury, it can unleash power that can destroy cities, sending ships and army to the bottom of the sea. No wonder, apart from our scientists, the seas is often a favourite subject for artists, poets and musicians. The song La Mer was an example, composed and sang by Charles Trenet’s in 1946 offers us a romantics version of our encounter with the sea.
“Caravaggio (1571-1610) is one of the most revolutionary figures in art. His intense naturalism almost brutal realism and dramatic lighting had a wide impact on European artists, including Orazio Gentileschi, Valentin de Boulogne and Gerrit van Honthorst. Each absorbed something different from Caravaggio, propagating his style across Europe. But by the mid-17C, Caravaggism was at odds with a prevailing preference for classicism and the reputation of these artists waned, not be revived until the mid-20C.” Beyond Caravaggio Introduction.
The British Isles are situated at the edge of the European continent. Historically the Roman invaded Britain in 43 AD and ruled for 350 years. This was followed by successive settlements by northern European. The last successful invasion was by the Norman from France in 1066. Today Britain is administratively divided into four main regions – Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. Culturally, British influence has been very important in the world. Many former colonies have inherited the political culture and the social practices from Britain, in particularly the English speaking countries of the world. Economically, Britain was the first country to begin the process of Industrial Revolution. Britain is rich in energy resource but poor in material resources. As an island country, maritime trading has been and important development in its economy. Geological its landscape is varied with many types of habitats.
In 1794. during the French Revolution, the commissioners appointed in our country seized art works of every kind from churches, monasteries, abbeys guildhalls and the houses of so-called emigres, i.e. the French bourgeois residing in Belgium. Whilst many of these conquetes artistiques were taken away to the Louvre in Paris and in Versailles, some 1500 items, mainly paintings, considered to be less valuable, were left in Brussel. Even if there were no masterpieces among them, they were to form the basis of what is now the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
Van Dyck was among the greatest and the most successful portraitists who has ever lived. He dazzled 17C contemporaries not only in his native Netherlands but also in Italy and above all in England. His influence on subsequent portrait painting in Britain proved so great that it lasted to the beginning of 20C.
P Bruegel’s greatness is so widely acknowledged today that it is hard to imagine that in his life his supremacy was not recognised. He was immensely popular, but many contemporaries regarded his work as old-fasioned.
The greatest Flemish artist of 16th century. This realistic and landscape painter, gives us a gleam of life in the Low Country 400 years ago. His paintings are full of details & messages and so interesting to look at. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c1525/30-69), nicknamed ‘Peasant Bruegel’, was the most important satirist in the Netherlands after Bosch and one of the greatest landscape painters. After he became Master in the Antwerp Guild in 1551, he went to France and Italy, travelling as far south as Sicily. He was impressed by the landscape of Italy but not so on the Italian paintings. From his painting, he gave us insights to the peasant life and their relationship with nature of 16C in the Low Countries. He was an educated man, well able to associate with his distinguished clients and sophisticated enough disguised his political opinions as a biblical story.
The greatest Flemish artist of 16th century. This realistic and landscape painter, gives us a gleam of life in the Low Country 400 years ago. His paintings are full of details & messages and so interesting to look at. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c1525/30-69), nicknamed ‘Peasant Bruegel’, was the most important satirist in the Netherlands after Bosch and one of the greatest landscape painters. After he became Master in the Antwerp Guild in 1551, he went to France and Italy, travelling as far south as Sicily. He was impressed by the landscape of Italy but not so on the Italian paintings. From his painting, he gave us insights to the peasant life and their relationship with nature of 16C in the Low Countries. He was an educated man, well able to associate with his distinguished clients and sophisticated enough disguised his political opinions as a biblical story.
British Museum has a “permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. The British Museum was the first public national museum in the world.
The Museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the Anglo-Irish physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. It first opened to the public in 1759, in Montagu House, on the site of the current building. The museum's expansion over the following 250 years was largely a result of British colonisation” Wikipedia.
London is one of the financial centre of the world. It is also an important centre for performance, arts, museums, theatres and fashion. What is particularly noticeable is that London is made up of two city centres. The City of London for finance, the West End for entertainment and the political entre of Westminster.
Yellowstone is US first National Park. It is also the world’s oldest. The park was created in 1872. Today National Parks are established for purpose of conservation. These are designated areas of natural beauty, an island in a developing world.
Today, Yellowstone National Park is probably the best known in the world and easily accessible. Wildlife abounds from the smallest to the largest mammals found in North America. The wolf, here, is a recovery story that is a major restoration of the balance of nature. There large herd of bison roaming in park, following their migration routes. Black and brown bears are frequently seen here. The park lies in the heart of the the Rocky Mountain Range. Here, powerful volcanic forces erupted 2 million, 1.3 million and as recently as 640,000 years ago, to create three of the world’s largest volcanic depressions, or calderas.
Native Americans have lived in the region for at least 11,000 years. Today with large number of visitors, the management and control of the park is vital to ensure its long term future.
The Rijksmuseum is a major European treasury of art. It houses the world’s greatest collection of Dutch paintings of 17C, the Golden Age. It is also a museum for Dutch history, art objects, drawings, sculptures and furniture. The building was opened in 1885. Its building was one of the first to be constructed specially as a museum. In 2004 the museum largely closed for 10 years to undertake a major renovation. The major features of the renovation were the of construction two large atriums covered by glass roofs to provide more amenity spaces for the visitors. The garden was also modified, statues were added, for the visitors to relax and enjoy the summer sun.
Human civilization has existed for a very short time on Earth. If we take the existence of Earth as equivalent to one year in time. Then human civilisation only appears on the last second of the last hour of the last day in the Earth’s year. Human has been fighting each other since the beginning of history. In the last century, we had two World Wars, when millions were killed. But I am the luck generation that miraculously never experienced wars, although the drums of wars are never too far away. We have arsenals of weapons that could destroy the world many times over. In my life time, I have also seen many of our children, marrying people of different races too. Our greatest enemy is ourselves. If we can survive this, there is the whole universe to explore. Finally, just remind ourselves that the longest Ice Age on Earth lasted for well over 1 billion years long and our civilisation is only 10,000 years old. 16 Jan 2022.
Paolo Veronese (c1528-88) was born in Verona and trained under several minor artists. The Chief influence on him was Titian. He worked in Venice probably from 1553, when he began his ceiling for the Doge’s Palace, with daring Sotto in Su (from below to above) perspective and Mannerist nudes in complicated poses filling up the picture space. He went to Rome for the first time in 1560, probably after he painted the frescoes in Villa Maser. He specialised mainly in huge pictures of Biblical, allegorical or historical subjects. With vast crowd and of accessory figures. Golden hair women, children, horses, dogs, apes, courtiers, musicians and soldier in armours.
For Sweden 13th December is an important day. It is the beginning of Christmas. It is the festival of Santa Lucia or the Festival of Light. On that day the eldest daughter of the family traditionally dresses in a white robe and wears a crown of candles, bringing lights to the dark winter. It is also a festive reason with specially dishes, foods and drinks for the occasion. Santa Lucia Festival is celebrated in Italy, Norway and Swedish Finland.
It is very scenic and the chosen location for The Roman Holiday, La Dolce Vita and There coins in the Fountain. It has many famous sites, rich in architecture and paintings – Pantheon, RoRome is known as the Eternal City because of its long history. man Forum, Colosseum, castel sant’ Angelo, Vatican, Basilica of St Peter, Trevi Fountain, If Gensu, the Spanish steps, Piazza Navona. Rome is shaped by two important artists Michelangelo and Bernini. This slideshow sketch the development of architecture from the Ancient, to the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque to the modern age.
2137ad - Characters that live in Merindol and are at the center of main storiesluforfor
Kurgan is a russian expatriate that is secretly in love with Sonia Contado. Henry is a british soldier that took refuge in Merindol Colony in 2137ad. He is the lover of Sonia Contado.
Hadj Ounis's most notable work is his sculpture titled "Metamorphosis." This piece showcases Ounis's mastery of form and texture, as he seamlessly combines metal and wood to create a dynamic and visually striking composition. The juxtaposition of the two materials creates a sense of tension and harmony, inviting viewers to contemplate the relationship between nature and industry.
Explore the multifaceted world of Muntadher Saleh, an Iraqi polymath renowned for his expertise in visual art, writing, design, and pharmacy. This SlideShare delves into his innovative contributions across various disciplines, showcasing his unique ability to blend traditional themes with modern aesthetics. Learn about his impactful artworks, thought-provoking literary pieces, and his vision as a Neo-Pop artist dedicated to raising awareness about Iraq's cultural heritage. Discover why Muntadher Saleh is celebrated as "The Last Polymath" and how his multidisciplinary talents continue to inspire and influence.
2137ad Merindol Colony Interiors where refugee try to build a seemengly norm...luforfor
This are the interiors of the Merindol Colony in 2137ad after the Climate Change Collapse and the Apocalipse Wars. Merindol is a small Colony in the Italian Alps where there are around 4000 humans. The Colony values mainly around meritocracy and selection by effort.
1. Art Institute of Chicago
Impressionists in Chicago
First created 24 Mar 2019. Version 1.1 - 20 Apr 2019. Daperro. London.
Woman bathing Her Feet in a Brook. 1894-5. Pissarro.
2. Manet
Manet (1832-83) is regarded as a pivotal
figure in the transition from Realism to
Impressionism.
His painting finishing is rough, with
photographic lighting, as Emile Zola
described it as “simple and direct
translations of reality” and “surprisingly
elegant awkwardness”.
4. Manet
Manet saw a bullfight when he visited Spain. He made sketches to capture the excitement of the fight.
5. Manet
A contemporary subject with a rough finishing. He was able to portray the thundering lightning speed of the gallop
6. Manet
Manet painted a series of the ‘down & out’ street vagrant on very large canvas, in c1867.
Another painting of the
same series in Los
Angeles.
7. Degas
Double portrait was painted when Degas visited Naples. It is a portrait of his uncle Henri and his cousin Lucie.
8. Degas
The finished version of this painting is in the National Gallery of London. It is study of adolescent sexuality.
9. Degas
In this painting, the performer only played a subordinate role. It is the audience Degas was focused on, with a causal
conversation at the back and a more attentive audience nearer to the stage.
10. Degas
A luminous ballet performance accompanied by musician off the stage. The lush vegetation on the ground was
connected with the ballet L’Africaine. Degas saw the ballet at least nine times.
11. Degas
The ballet dancer was Rosita Mauri.
She had very long black hair, a fine
facial feature, in a elaborate dress. All
these suggests the her rising stardom.
An usual composition for Degas to
focus much of his attention to a single
ballerina.
12. Degas
The painting shows a woman, possibly the shop’s hat designer examinants a hat, possibly to pin more decorations on.
Other are more richly and prominently decorated hats are on displayed.
14. Cezanne
Cezanne painted this picturesque fishing village, near Marseilles. His mum had rented a holiday home here for years.
15. Cezanne
Note the inclined basket with the apples rolling off to the right, while a vertical bottle of wine tilted slightly to the left.
16. Caillebotte
Caillebotte studied composition at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He painted this at the age of 29. He also organised
exhibition for other impressionists. He collection formed the core holding of Musee d’Orsay. In this painting he took
on an impressionist subject and painted in a style, which is contrasted with the impressionist approach.
Slightly off centred,
umbrella composition
(Artifexopere.com)
17. Monet
Monet (1840-1926) was a leading
member of the Impressionist and he
was the longest practiced painter of the
Impressionist style.
Cezanne is said to have described him
as ‘only an eye, but my God what an
eye’.
23. Monet
One of his late paintings at the age of 68. He painted a total of 37 paintings on Venice. Too quiet on the Grand Canal.
24. Pissarro
Pissarro painted this when he fled from the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune. At the time, the Crystal
Palace the first glass glazed building in the world, to house the ‘Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All
Nations’. This is a familiar composition of Pissarro, with a foreground road dramatically recedes into the distance.
25. Pissarro
He painted this quintessentially an Impressionist subject – the bustling scene of a modern city, contrasting yellow sunlight with blue shadows.
26. Pissarro
In 1880s, Pissarro decided to paint
figures rather than landscapes. Many
canvas in this series depicted young
peasant girls taking a break from
chores.
In this the young woman was speaking
to a child, identified as Pissarro’s fourth
son.
The setting of the painting comprised of
a well and a row of farming in the
distance.
27. Renoir
A beautiful young woman playing a
upright piano, with luminous white
dress over a bluish underdress, suggests
she was playing at home. The dress
lacks details but defined by a deep blue
winding band. This contrasted with the
clearly painted hands and face.
This was a well furnished home, with a
woman playing the piano effortlessly, in
her ‘natural’ domain, to exercise her
musical ability.
28. Renoir
Renoir was a good portraitist. Apart
from painting Sisley, he also painted
Monet. This is a thoughtful Sisley in a
casual pose, handsome and well-
groomed on a bamboo chair, on bare
dark background. Unlike Renoir’s
painting of Monet, there was no clue
what is Sisley’s profession.
29. Renoir
Renoir painted this unusual double
portrait two performing girls in a circus.
Most of the impressionists had
experience of attending the circus.
In the painting the sisters had just taken
their bow to the audience, who tossed
their tissue wrapped oranges into the
ring. Angelina’s arms were folded with
oranges.
30. Renoir
In the 1880s Renoir began to change his
style and this painting marked his shift in
style. This painting preceded his more
famous work ‘Luncheon of the Boating
Party’. His colours became more vibrant.
Renoir ensure the sisters hold our
attention by painting a chromatically
softer foliage and river behind. In
contrast the sister were dressed in strong
bright saturated colours, with hats to
match.
This also marked the point when Renoir
departed from classical Impressionism
which pre-occupied with rendering the
transient effect of lights by brush stokes.
31. Renoir
This was Renoir’s second son Jean.
He had long hair that was the
fashion of the day for boys. Children
had always featured in his paintings.
At this period Renoir was very much
appreciated the old master like
Mantegna, Poussin, Rembrandt,
Rubens, Titian and Velazquez.
32. Gauguin
In this painting, his principal figurers are larger and are disengaged from one another. Their posture is more difficult to
interpret.
33. Gauguin
The portrait of a woman sitting in
front of a still life painting by
Cezanne. Gauguin had bought a few
of Cezanne’s still life paintings.
34. Gauguin
Gauguin was delusion when first arrived in
Tahiti, as the native is more French than
savages. He wanted to get into the Tahitian
culture. He met a young woman who could
fulfil his expectation of rejuvenation through
contact with the primitive “others”. The young
woman was Tehamana.
The portrait showed her dress in a high
collared dress, imposed on the native women
by missionaries for propriety. Her sexual
availability is suggested by the flowers in her
hair the red blossom over her ear and the
fragrant white franipani. The antique fan is a
symbol of her superior social rank,
35. Gauguin
With a plain background, this composition
echoed the traditional Madonna with Child.
The older child could be St John the Baptist,
but she was clearly a girl, looking warily at
the viewer, while holding a yellow cat.
There was a suggestion the baby was
Gauguin’s son and the woman was the
grand mother.
36. Seurat
The prominent feature of the painting is it formality of rigid profile of people enjoying a sunny day along the River Seine.
37. Signag
Signag with Seurat developed the Pointilist style in which the whole painting is composed a dots of primarily colours.
38. Sisley
The painting shows workers dredging sand from the river to facilitate barge traffic. A most unusual subject for a painting.
41. Toulouse-Lautrec
An iconic work of Paris
night life in the final
years of the 19C, with
Toulouse-Lautrec sitting
at the table.
Most unusually is the
partial turquoise face of
the dancer on the right
side of the painting. It
was thought that she
was too disturbing to be
included in the painting.
Yet it was her image
that define the painting.
42. Van Gogh
An early painting of Van Gogh showing his preference of using a simplified and more vibrate palette.
43. Van Gogh
In his short professional life, Van Gogh
did many of his self-portraits. This one
is among some of his earlier self-
portraits. The brushstroke of his cloth
and background is clearly visible
compared to later his portrait. [see
below].
44. Van Gogh
Van Gogh moved to the south of French, because he found the lights were different. He lined in the house with Gauguin.
45. Van Gogh
Madame Roulin was the wife of Van
Gogh’s friend the postmaster in Arles.
He did several version of Madame
Roulin.
Before this painting was finished. Van
Gogh mutilated himself and had to
go to the hospital. He also fought
with Gauguin too.
When Van Gogh resumed work on
the painting again, he took comfort
in the tune that “the woman rocking
the cradle sang to rock the sailors to
sleep.”
46. Cassatt
Marry Cassatt was born in Allegheny
City Pennsylvania. In 1868, after
travelling widely in Europe she settle in
Paris. In 1877, she met Degas, who
invited her to exhibit with the
Impressionists, which she did.
She is particularly admired for her
paintings of the intimate moments,
between mother and her young child.
She was partly blind by 1912 and totally
so at her death.
47. Edward Hopper
A café bar in the middle of night without any pedestrians or even cars. The four people were isolated in the café. There was
not inter-actions between the people, not even the couple who stood together, with the man looking into the distance and
the woman looking at something before eating it. There is an overwhelming feeling of loneliness and isolation. The painting
is a critique of the modern society.
49. America in the 1930 was experiencing profound changes.
America becoming more urban than rural, with more and
more people working in industry than in farming.
At first glance the painting evokes feelings of unease and
ambiguity. The painting showed a couple of father and
daughter (not man and wife). It reflects images of Middle
America, in particularly the Mid-West.
My first impression of the painting is that it is showing a
rather confrontational old man in his denim dungaree,
obviously a working man, with stern expression, even
somewhat hostile, holding not a hoe nor a spade nor a rake
but a farming fork. The three pronged fork that remind me
of trident of the Greek god Poseidon. He holds the fork
pointing up instead of pointing down to the ground. He is
saying to me that I am going to defend my home, my way of
life and my values as a working man. He is looking directly at
me, while his daughter is looking away, perhaps not
acknowledge my presence.
Others have interpreted archaic images of the painting, as
mocking insults of the Midwesterner life or mildly as a satire
of American provincialism. At least that was the first
reactions of the people of Cedar Rapid when it was shown.
Others saw the painting as an endorsement of the
traditional values of Middle America confronting the
economic turmoil after the stock market of 1929 and the
rising threats of wars in other parts of the world. The
painting is saying to them hold on to our ethics. It would
take us through the trouble waters.
Grant Wood
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52. With over a thousand of paintings in more than 10 countries.
Editor's Notes
The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879 and located in Chicago's Grant Park, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 million guests annually.[2] Its collection, stewarded by 11 curatorial departments, is encyclopedic, and includes iconic works such as Georges Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Pablo Picasso's The Old Guitarist, Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, and Grant Wood's American Gothic. Its permanent collection of nearly 300,000 works of art is augmented by more than 30 special exhibitions mounted yearly that illuminate aspects of the collection and present cutting-edge curatorial and scientific research. Text from Wikipedia
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