The Art of Autumn
Autumn is a time of contemplation. A time to reflect on the changing of the seasons from growth to decay. Each year is a …
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Francois Flameng: Interpreter of Beauty
Beautiful places, beautiful people, beautiful clothes—Francois Flameng loved to paint them all. Born in an art studio in …
The Light that Inspired the Skagen Painters
Skagen is a village in the northernmost part of Denmark. From the late 1870s until the turn of the century, a group of …
An Impression of Winter by Claude Monet
What impression do you have of winter? Perhaps you're a snowbird who escapes the cold for warmer climes. Perhaps you're …
8 Heavenly Austrian Ceiling Frescoes influenced by the Sistine Chapel
How could we begin without first mentioning the granddaddy of all ceiling frescoes that influenced so many others that …
The Dancers of Degas
Ballerinas are to Degas as lilies are to Monet. And "make us see" is what he does with exquisite aplomb. He renders the …
Tissot's Victorian Ladies
James Tissot (1836 - 1902), was a French painter and illustrator. He painted scenes of Paris and London society—and …