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In his letters from the United States in 1872-1873, Degas petulantly complained at being cut off from life as he knew it in Paris. He keenly missed the nightly round of opera and theater, and upon his return, at a time when the best of his contemporaries had swung over to open-air painting, he focused…

            My first reaction, upon seeing “In the Garden” by Radcliffe Bailey, was to question why such a work has been included in the Palmer Museum.  After all, it’s a fairly abstract work, and uses “photocopies of vintage photographs,” (Bailey), rather than original photographs, or even the artist’s own brush strokes as the focal point…

There are various genres in the world of painting, which include portrait, landscape, still life, historical painting and so on. Still life belongs to narrow genres, not so wide spread, but there still are outstanding masters who are capable to demonstrate all the beauty of this style to the viewer. Shin Gong Ski is a…

Mark Rothko’s painting “White Center” is a breathtaking abstract painting I saw at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (LACMA). Rothko painted this 84 x 72-inch oil on canvas work in 1957. The painting is done in his signature style of using color and form-floating rectangular shapes. Rothko was part of the American movement…

Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd was born on the 20th of July 1920 and grew up in the open country of Murrumbeena, Melbourne. Arthur was born to William Merric Boyd and Doris Boyd who were both painters and potters. He had two brothers, David and Guy along with a sister Mary, in which each also painted…

Thus Starry Night ‘ s composition was distinct room the Impressionist technique of the 19th century. The artist was aware that his Starry Night composition was somewhat surreal and stylized and in a letter to his brother he even referred to “exaggerations in terms of composition. ” The vivid style chosen by van Gogh was…

Edouard Manet and Claude-Oscar Monet are both painter of the same era. Edouard Manet was born on January 29, 1832, and after eight years another talented painter is born, Claude-Oscar Monet born on the 14th of November 1840. Edouard Manet was born in the ranks of Parisian bourgeoisie, while Claude-Oscar Monet was baptized in the…

The utilization of images as a means of communication has the ability to connect with a broad range of individuals, employing techniques to effectively convey significance. This enables each individual to interpret the image according to their own knowledge and comprehension. The Rabbits, a picture book authored by John Marsden and illustrated by Shaun Tan,…

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) is very popular and highly respected within the inner circles of art institutions and artists. However, he is less recognized in minor, art-interested circles. Probably this is because Duchamp’s overall production is somewhat limited and a good number of his works have been given to a museum in Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. Thus,…

            Women are beautiful. From head to toe, a women has all the aspects that could captivate any man and beguile him. However, a woman is more than her physical attributes. The depth of her thoughts and the essence of her being is like a sea that can never be measured. A woman can mean…