How can we resist the portrait of a child, no matter what the time or period of history. Yet each artist creates his own interpretation: from the moving portrayal of peasant siblings by French academic painter William Bouguereau (1825-1905) to the rather intriguing relationship of the trio of sisters by British master John Everett […]
IN SEARCH OF THE EXOTIC THE ART OF THE SOLDIER When you draw, form is the important thing; but in painting the first thing to look for is the general impression of color. Jean-Leon Gerome* I’m reposting a blog I wrote in 2015, while I’m away. Nineteenth century Academic French painter Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904), like […]
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