Paul Cezanne was born in Aix-en-Provence France on January 19, 1839 into a family that enjoyed a very comfortable lifestyle. His father was a successful banker allowing Paul to attend the finest... Read More
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born in Albi, France in 1864, the son of an aristocratic and very wealthy family. Henri's heritage dated back many centuries and generations of intermarriage result... Read More
The following article was written by an anonymous female art critic of the 19th century. Today, it is hard to imagine that women in the 19th century were, unless unmarried, always identified with... Read More
The simplicity of form and a distinct preference of pleasing to the eye abstraction are clearly identifiable in the brusque but flowing lines and flat brilliant color that is the hallmark of Paul... Read More
Vincent Willem van Gogh was a tortured genius that had an overwhelming influence on 20th art with his use of vibrant colors and dramatic passionate effects. Where do you begin to relate the... Read More
Georges Pierre Seurat was born Dec. 2, 1859 to a wealthy family in Paris, France. He brought to the Impressionist movement a fresh approach of a painstaking discipline that would be labeled... Read More
In the history of late-nineteenth-century of French Impressionist painters, Henri Fantin-Latour, occupies an especially out of the ordinary position. He grew up in Paris where he studied painting... Read More
If the definition of an Impressionist painter is the attempt to encapsulate and reconstitute a certain visual awareness and if the actual subject matter is therefore the how as well as the what... Read More
Mary Cassatt was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1844, but found her artistic identity in Paris France. She never completely succeeded in connecting the gap between her way of life in America... Read More
Edgar Degas was born to aristocratic parents but seemed to have more in common with Manet, who came from very modest social and economic conditions, than with any of the other Impressionists of... Read More
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