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80Kick-Ass Women Impressionists
Ask anyone if they like the Impressionists, and everyone will sing the praises of Monet and his water-lilies, Degas and his ballerinas and circus performers, Renoir and his naked ladies, Van Gogh and his sunflowers and surreal backgrounds, maybe...
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77A Venetian Romance, Venice in Art and Paintings,
The Doge's Palace by Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1887 I first fell in love with Venice on a hot, humid August day. I stumbled off the train with my rucksack and followed the noisy, crowds as they chattered and bantered in at least a dozen languages. A...
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83Art in my Home
The art in my home is not all old. On this page, the third in a series of three about art, I will present an eclectic mix of paintings I have acquired, beginning with some living artists who caught my eye recently. First up is a painting...
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83Mothers in Art; Some Mother's Day Paintings and Pictures by Mary Cassatt & Other Great Artists
As it’s coming up to Mother’s Day, I thought I’d celebrate by compiling a hub about Mothers in Art. Initially, I thought of blue gowned Renaissance madonnas, or chubby Renoir babies balancing on the knees of fresh cheeked country girls.......
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75Art Through the Ages: Impressionism
People have made art for thousands of years, and from the beginning its style and purpose have been ever changing. The Egyptians used two-dimension pictures to record history and give information, and the Greeks and Romans used art to decorate their...
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92Degas' sculpture of The Little Dancer, and Impressionist Paintings of Ballet and Ballerinas in Art.
She was just 14 when Degas immortalised her in Bronze. Now she stands posed for all time, her slight and boyish form, poised and ready to dance. And here we are, standing before her on a sunny June day in Paris, wondering who she was, and what her life became...
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80Top 10: World's Most Expensive Paintings
Every wondered what over $1 billion looks like in art? Well here's the list! The top 10 most expensive paintings includes both auction and private sales to give you the most complete list on the internet.
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75Impressionist Artists: Pierre-Auguste Renoir - 5 Interesting Facts
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in 25th February 1841 in Limoges in South-West France to a working class family. He painted with Monet amongst others in the Impressionist style for years but then one day began to fear that he had forgotten how to properly paint, so he started focusing more on portraits.
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75Impressionists Artists: 5 Facts About 5 Impressionist Artists - An Overview
Learn some interesting things about the Impressionist Artists without getting to bogged down in technical artistic language. This focuses more on their lives than analysing their paintings, although I give plenty of my own opinions.
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73Paris Portfolio: Le Orangerie- “The only must-see museum in Paris.”
In 2008, Woody Allen quipped that the Musee de l'Orangerie was "The only must-see museum in Paris." Some might disagree, but the Parisians have every right to call it their "Sistine Chapel of Impressionism."
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