Title: Portrait of Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1785-1787 Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1798) How many artists have been in love with their subject? 18th century British portraitist Thomas Gainsborough is renowned […]
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Arts Everyday Living: Happy Birthday Leonardo da Vinci! His Portrait of a Florentine Aristocrat
Title: Ginevra de’Benci, c. 1474/1478 Artist: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LEONARDO DA VINCI Tomorrow, April 15th, will be Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci’s 572nd birthday. Only about […]
Arts Everyday Living: The Art of Grace and Beauty–Thomas Wilmer Dewing’s Ode to Women
Title: Lady with a Mask, 1911 Artist: Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) American master Thomas Wilmer Dewing is not officially categorized as belonging to the Boston School like William […]
Arts Everyday Living: Celebrating Women’s History–The Queen’s Artist, Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun
A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS March is Women’s History Month and we will be featuring women artists through the centuries. A number of them are “famous,” but others […]
Arts Everyday Living: Happy 183rd Birthday, Renoir! The Connoisseur of Impressionist Color
Title: Young Woman Sewing, 1879 Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RENOIR! Renoir, who would have been 183 years old today, was truly the connoisseur of color, following in […]
Arts Everyday Living: Vermeer and the Art of Letter Writing—A Woman’s Secret?
Title: A Lady Writing, c. 1665 Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) Imagine a time when letter writing was an art form and words were thoughtfully chosen. Written down with a feathery […]
