“One cannot predict the next mythology any more than one can predict tonight’s dream; for a mythology is not...from the brain, but...from the heart.” Joseph J Campbell (1904–87) studied mythology & religion.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Portraits of Women for a Rainy Day by Frenchman Louis Anquetin 1861–1932
Louis Anquetin (French artist, 1861–1932) Femme au parapluie
Some folks have asked how I choose topics for the daily postings. Well, here goes. This morning I was listening to the weather forcaster announce that it would be raining all afternoon and throughout the night. And I began to think of umbrella paintings and remembered the colorful paintings of Louis Anquetin.
Louis Anquetin (French artist, 1861–1932) Juliette 1890
Louis Anquetin was born in Étrépagny, France and educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen. In 1882, he came to Paris and began studying art at Léon Bonnat's studio, where he met Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The two artists later moved to the studio of Fernand Cormon, where they befriended Émile Bernard and Vincent van Gogh. Around 1887, Anquetin and Bernard developed a painting style that used flat regions of color and thick, black contour outlines.
Louis Anquetin (French artist, 1861–1932) Woman with Umbrella 1890
Louis Anquetin (French artist, 1861–1932) Woman Reading 1890
Louis Anquetin (French artist, 1861–1932) La Promenade 1892
Louis Anquetin (French artist, 1861–1932) Portrait of a Lady
Louis Anquetin (French artist, 1861–1932) The Streets of Paris
Louis Anquetin (French artist, 1861–1932) Portrait of a Woman 1890
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Reading, writing, & fishing with Armand Guillaumin 1841-1927
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1882 Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) The Future Madame Guilaumin Reading
Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927), Impresssionist painter known for his intense colors, is most famous for his landscapes of Paris, Creuse, & Esterel areas.
1890 Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Madame Guilaumin Sitting in a Garden
Born in Paris, into a working-class family from Moulins, he started to work at the age of 15, in his uncle's store in 1857, while attending evening art lessons.
1890 Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Woman with Blue Cape and Scarf
In 1860, he began working on the Paris-Orleans railway line, drawing during his free time. He finally quit his job to begin attending the Academy Suisse, where he met lifelong friends Cezanne & Pissarro. He was not independently wealthy & his paintings did not sell as well as theirs.
1892 Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Madame Guilaumin
After spending 2 years without working & selling few paintings, in 1868, he began working as a night employee in the highways department, while painting during the day.
Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Madame Guillaumin Fishing
At the beginning of the 1870s, he worked with Pissarro in Pontoise, a village of farmers hardly affected by industrialization, sharing Picasso's love for landscape painting & his bent for carefully constructed composition.
Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Madame Guilaumin
The artists often visited Paul Gachet in Auvers, a medical doctor practising in a working district in Paris, who was a socialist, a free-thinker, & a regular at the Café Guerbois, who supplied them with food & housing.
1894 Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Madame Guilaumin Writing
With his friends, Guillaumin was one in the first group exhibition of the Impressionists in 1874, & exhibited his works in most of the ensuing Impressionist shows, as well as at the Salon des Refusés. His paintings still did not sell well enough for him to support himself.
Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Madame Guilaumin
In the mid-1880s he became a friend of Van Gogh, & some of his paintings were sold by Théo Van Gogh.
Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Madame Guilaumin
In 1886, he married his cousin Marie-Joséphine Charreton, a school teacher who supported him financially. From this point on, he painted more subjective portraits of his wife & daughter, in addition to his more typical landscapes.
1895 Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Madame Guilaumin Reading
In the 1890s, he started using very expressive colors, anticipating the Fauves. Finally, in 1891, he won at the national lottery, which enabled him to concentrate on his painting & to move regularly between Agay, Crozant, & Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, as well as traveling to Holland in 1903-04.
1895 Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Madame Guillaumin
Guillaumin died in 1927, at the age of 86, the last survivor of the Impressionists group.
1898 Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Madame Guilaumin
1901 Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) The Artist's Daughter Mademoiselle Guilaumin
1907 Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) The Artist's Daughter Mademoiselle Guilaumin Reading
1889 Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Madame Guilaumin Mother and Child
Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Marguerite Guillaumin Reading 1914
Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Self Portrait

Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927), Impresssionist painter known for his intense colors, is most famous for his landscapes of Paris, Creuse, & Esterel areas.

Born in Paris, into a working-class family from Moulins, he started to work at the age of 15, in his uncle's store in 1857, while attending evening art lessons.

In 1860, he began working on the Paris-Orleans railway line, drawing during his free time. He finally quit his job to begin attending the Academy Suisse, where he met lifelong friends Cezanne & Pissarro. He was not independently wealthy & his paintings did not sell as well as theirs.

After spending 2 years without working & selling few paintings, in 1868, he began working as a night employee in the highways department, while painting during the day.

At the beginning of the 1870s, he worked with Pissarro in Pontoise, a village of farmers hardly affected by industrialization, sharing Picasso's love for landscape painting & his bent for carefully constructed composition.

The artists often visited Paul Gachet in Auvers, a medical doctor practising in a working district in Paris, who was a socialist, a free-thinker, & a regular at the Café Guerbois, who supplied them with food & housing.

With his friends, Guillaumin was one in the first group exhibition of the Impressionists in 1874, & exhibited his works in most of the ensuing Impressionist shows, as well as at the Salon des Refusés. His paintings still did not sell well enough for him to support himself.

In the mid-1880s he became a friend of Van Gogh, & some of his paintings were sold by Théo Van Gogh.

In 1886, he married his cousin Marie-Joséphine Charreton, a school teacher who supported him financially. From this point on, he painted more subjective portraits of his wife & daughter, in addition to his more typical landscapes.

In the 1890s, he started using very expressive colors, anticipating the Fauves. Finally, in 1891, he won at the national lottery, which enabled him to concentrate on his painting & to move regularly between Agay, Crozant, & Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, as well as traveling to Holland in 1903-04.

Guillaumin died in 1927, at the age of 86, the last survivor of the Impressionists group.



1889 Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Madame Guilaumin Mother and Child
Armand Guillaumin (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1927) Marguerite Guillaumin Reading 1914

Monday, May 26, 2014
Women Artists - Pre-Raphaelite
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The Pre-Raphaelite movement was a revolution in the art world during the 2nd half of the 19th-century in England.
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The members of the group, men & women, turned against what they perceived as the insipid, artificial artistic ideals of the day, instead portraying human earnestness & honesty in art.
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The Pre-Raphaelites questioned the academic style dominating the art of the period, searching for a more original style in art prior to Raphael which they felt was less affected by trends of the academy.
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They found their inspiration in medieval and early Renaissance art with its bright colors & clear outlines.
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The figures in Pre-Raphaelite paintings –often women– give expression to intense feelings such as yearning, passion, or grief.
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Although the Pre-Raphaelites looked backwards in history for their subjects, they were also very modern in their approach.
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Their revolt against the established Victorian art scene can be compared with the radical movements in 20th-century modernism.
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The Pre-Raphaelites sought to give art a nobler & more morally serious purpose.
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And so the Pre-Raphaelites sought to bring about a radical break with all the current conventions of the 2nd half of the 19th-century.
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'I'm a beggar born,' she said,
'I will speak out, for I dare not lie.
Pull off, pull off the brooch of gold
And fling the diamond necklace by.'
'Nay now, my child,' said Alice the nurse,
'But keep the secret all ye can.'
She said, 'Not so; but I will know
If there be any faith in man."
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Saturday, May 24, 2014
Female Belgian Artist Andrée Bosquet 1900-1980
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Andrée Bosquet (1900-1980) was a trained Belgian painter whose direct, delicate but elegant style has been compared to Florentine Primitives & self-taught “outsider” art.
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