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claudel: before the poison

She was seventeen and wanted to be a sculptor. He was forty-one. He was Auguste Rodin on the verge of  taking to the heights of the French art world, being compared to genius of Michelangelo. He had overcome the major … Continue reading

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THROUGH THE DEADENING MOLD OF CONTEMPORARY CONVENTION

“Picasso developed Cézanne’s planar compositions into cubism, and Matisse greatly admired his use of color. He used color with passion and creativity, giving his brush strokes structure, solidity, durability. Pablo Picasso said the following of the artist “My one and … Continue reading

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