Tag Archives: Corot

STICKING TO YOUR GUNS WITH A CONSTABLE

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Dave

John Constable( 1776-1837 ) was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home-now known as “Constable Country”-which he invested with an intensity of affection. “I … Continue reading →

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CÉZANNE:ABOLISHING THE TYRANNY OF LINEAR PERSPECTIVE…. FOREVER

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Dave

Catagorizing the style of Paul Cézanne’s( 1839-1906 )  artwork is problematic. As a young man he left his home in Provence in the south of France in order to join with the avant-garde in Paris. He fell in with the … Continue reading →

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FRENCH KISS IN THE DERRIERE: SKINNING THE RATS

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Dave

He whose image we offer you, And whose art, subtle above all others’, Teaches us to laugh at ourselves, That man, reader, is a sage. –Charles Baudelaire, Verses in Honor of the Portrait of Monsieur Honoré Daumier The technique of … Continue reading →

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