JOHN SINGER SARGENT ~ CASHMERE SHAWL

“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
“Now you can begin to see quite transparently that nothing purchased life is one of argument, If other people don’t agree with you you’re in big trouble. How far would you get in your work if nobody agreed that what you were doing had value?”
Frederick Carl Frieseke
American Impressionist Painter, 1874-1939
“The ideal artist…retains his experience in a spirit of wonder and feeds it with creative lust.” George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925)
Bird in a Cage Frederick Carl Frieseke – circa 1937
The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe. They take the ready-made axioms laid down by others,
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