Since I am now here in Madrid I do not regret at all my coming.…
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Titian (Venetian, a. 1506-1576) Bacchus and Ariadne (1520-23) Oil on canvas. 176.5 BY 191CM. National…
Read the PostPursuing Lost Painting Methods: An Excellent Article from the NY Times
[This post was inspired by a conversation I had with the talented and thoughtful painter…
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“One of the un-constestable masters of our epoch.” “All of us will be forgotten, but…
Read the Post“The Greatest Painter in the World” Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
Francois Joseph Heim (French, 1787-1865) Charles X Distributing Awards to Artists Exhibiting at the Salon…
Read the PostThe Paris Salon or “Exhibition of Living Artists”
William Adolph Bouguereau. Pieta (1876) Oil on canvas. 230 BY 148CM. Dallas Museum of Fine…
Read the PostManet versus Bouguereau: The 100 Year Prediction
Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz. Photograph of the Painter (a. 1910) By the end of his…
Read the PostForgotten Master: Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz (1848-1921)
Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) The Triumph of David. Oil on canvas. 118.4 BY 148.3CM. Dulwich Gallery,…
Read the PostNeuroesthetics: The Science of Art and the Brain
John Trumbull. The Declaration of Independence. (c. 1817-1819) 144 BY 216 IN. United States Capitol…
Read the PostHappy Fourth: The Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull