French Impressionist Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), like her colleague Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), recreated domestic scenes, set in her family home.
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Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of Renoir–Supreme Flower Lover
How could I resist spotlighting another masterpiece by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a revelation of spectacular color.
Arts Everyday Living: Through Renoir’s Eyes–A Portrait From His Mature Years
Legendary French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) created the entrancing portrait above, using the warm, rich colors typical of his later career.
Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of Manet—-A French Impressionist Breakfast?
Has French 19th century artist Edouard Manet (1832-1883) created an Impressionist brioche above? Is it appetizing? Or mainly a baked concoction of swirling brushstrokes?
Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of Claude Monet–Camille, His Favorite Model
The favorite model of French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840-1926) was his wife Camille, who viewers can often discover in the artist’s numerous scenes of the countryside near Paris.
Arts Everyday Living: Monet and Homer—Sunset at Sea and on the Seine
Impressionist Claude Monet (1840-1926) and American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) were contemporaries, both moved by the environment, immortalizing the dramatic power of a summer sunset whether on New England’s Atlantic coastline or France’s Seine River.
Arts Everyday Living: Manet’s Tribute to Monet—An Afternoon Painting on the Seine
French artistic pioneer Edouard Manet (1832-1883) never exhibited with the Impressionists, but he admired and worked with them. The painting above is Manet’s tribute to Claude Monet (1840-1926) the leader of the revolutionary movement, who is painting in his studio boat accompanied by wife Camille Monet.
Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of Degas–A Circus Night in Paris
French Impressionist master Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was fascinated by the entertainment world of 19th century Paris, from the opera to the theater to the circus (as portrayed above).
Arts Everyday Living: Through a French Impressionist Eyes–A Spring Orchard
While I’m going, spend a spring day with French Impressionist Camille Pissarro (1830-1903).
Arts Everyday Living: Travels with Monet—The Sea at Normandy
This blog was published on October 17, 2012. I’m posting it again for my class tomorrow. Monet was raised in the Normandy region of France where he developed a life long passion for the sea, recreating its power and drama from the initial days of his career. However, in the beginning of the 1880s, […]
