Tag Archives: Frédéric Bazille

REAL IMPRESSIONS: NOBLESSE OBLIGE LESS

In contrast with Post-Impressionism and the avant-garde trends of the twentieth century the painters of French Naturalism and Impressionism rarely gave verbal expression to their aesthetics. “The most solid base for the work of art is reality constantly studied.” ( … Continue reading

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SALON DES LEFTOVERS: WHO’S FOR LUNCH?

He strove only for official recognition; he never thought of himself as making a protest, overthrowing the art of the past, or creating a new order. Yet that is exactly what he did: Edouard Manet, the reluctant revolutionary. Edouard Manet, … Continue reading

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