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MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series
MARC AND BELLA CHAGALL ~ A COLORFUL LOVE “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s
WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU AND HIS PASSION FOR PAINTING “Each day I go to my studio full of joy; in the evening
Symphony in White (1865) by James Whistler
Whistler painted his lover Joanna Hiffernan. This painting shows her beautiful profile while reflected in the mirror.
The white of the dress is the dominant color in this painting.
Joanna has been Whistler’s lover for seven years, then she met his friend, the artist Courbet and became his lover.
“Just like music is the poetry of sound, painting is the poetry of sight, and this has nothing to do with a harmony of sound or color”
James Abbot Whistler
MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series
ONE WAY TO READ A BOOK In the opinion of the famous writer Doris Lessing there is only one
MARC AND BELLA CHAGALL ~ A COLORFUL LOVE “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s
“The ideal artist…retains his experience in a spirit of wonder and feeds it with creative lust.” George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925)
The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe. They take the ready-made axioms laid down by others,
I dream a lot. I do more painting when I’m not painting. It’s in the subconscious. Andrew Wyeth Bird’s nest
“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Fear and Hope “Like most people, you
“And the danger is that in this move toward new horizons and far directions, that I may lose what I
“I don’t dig beneath the surface for things that don’t appear before my own eyes.” John Singer Sargent At Torre
MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series
MARC AND BELLA CHAGALL ~ A COLORFUL LOVE “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s
WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU AND HIS PASSION FOR PAINTING “Each day I go to my studio full of joy; in the evening
MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series
MARC AND BELLA CHAGALL ~ A COLORFUL LOVE “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s
WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU AND HIS PASSION FOR PAINTING “Each day I go to my studio full of joy; in the evening
Series Women and their Passion for Books “What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and
MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series
MARC AND BELLA CHAGALL ~ A COLORFUL LOVE “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s
MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series
MARC AND BELLA CHAGALL ~ A COLORFUL LOVE “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s
WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU AND HIS PASSION FOR PAINTING “Each day I go to my studio full of joy; in the evening
THE SURREALITY/REALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI. Giorgio Morandi (1890 -1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker. “There is nothing more surreal,
I was still little when I saw this painting called “Girl with Peaches” for the first time. I found it
Edvard Munch – Jealousy (1895) “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey’d monster, which doth mock The