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enjoy living and travelling through Europe. It was because of this that Sargent’s education was somewhat unconventional, for his study was mostly informal, and this may have contributed to his singular personality. Sargent’s early exposure to European art and culture certainly had a profound effect on him, and he was able to converse readily in French, German, and Italian through his travels. The knowledge he gained through his life abroad proved to be quite helpful throughout his career, and this exposure

Samantha Holmes Art Appreciation Ezimmerman 02.01.15 Formal Critique Jacob-Abraham-Camille Pissarro was born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas on July 10th, 1830. Pissarro moved a lot as a child and through his early adult hood, he studied at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Academie and eventually landed back in his home town of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. When traveling around the world, ‘Pissarro studied under many successful artists such as Camille Corot and Gustave Courbet. He was influenced

Other things that had an influence on her was the Civil War, the women's suffrage movement, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Ecole des Beaux-Art school in Paris. Her father did not want her to be a professional painter, he wanted her to be more or less a housewife. I believe this was one of the major regions she felt tied to the women's suffrage movement. She wanted to do and be

was Archbishop John Ireland, the renowned shepherd of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul, who helped bring to life the vision of a permanent mother church for Minnesota in 1904. In 1905, Emmanuel Louis Masqueray, a French architect trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, was selected to design what we know today as the fourth St. Paul’s Cathedral. Due to the demand of building a new Cathedral which is of modern in its building, perfect in its acoustics, in its sanitary, ventilating, heating and other

by the name of La Naissance de Venus. Two other versions of this piece were created, one in ca. 1864 and one in 1875, both recreations are smaller than the original. The artwork was exhibited in the Paris Salon in the year of its birth to great success, and was almost immediately purchased by Napoleon III, first president of the French and also the “Emperor of the French”, for his own collection. That same year Cabanel was made a professor of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and was an avid supporter of

throughout Europe. At the time, paintings of still life’s and landscapes were not valued. So impressionist paintings brought about a very new change in the art world. But in the early 1860s, more and more artists began to discover their interests in impressionist paintings. These artists brought us the incredible pieces of impressionist art we have today. One of the artist’s I would like to address is Mary Cassatt. She was born on May, 22, 1844 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, United

Taking a leap back into the realm of historical art would not only shed light upon some of the distinguished theorists but would also leave us at awe by virtue of the innovation of Art. The vicissitude, as can be said, that the revolution arose from; the emergence of a new perception of art by which contemporary dogma is rooted back to. It can be argued that art cannot be defined, for it is as abstruse as the terrestrial, such that it enforces different individuals to interpret it according to their

reflected light.” Impressionist painting comprises the works of art produced between about 1867 and 1886 by a group of artists that shared related techniques and approaches to art. The title ‘Impressionism’ originated from the influence of Claude Monet and his famous painting, Impression Sunrise. This movement

Introduction: A well known artist of the 20th century is Georges Braque, born on May 13th, 1882, in Argenteuil, France.(1) Braque took after his father and grandfather in house painting.(1) He studied painting from 1897-1899 at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.(1) He took his love for artistic painting to the next level where he then moved to Paris.(1) From 1902-1904 he continued to paint at the Academie Humbert.(2) In 1910 a close fellow artist and friend Pablo Picasso introduced Braque to model Marcelle

John released this painting in “The Salon”, one of the most popular art exhibits, the painting was greatly criticized due to the model seeming to be “flaunting” and over-conceited. Despite the initial negativity from the French crowd, “Madame X” would soon become one of the most popular portraits in history. Now sitting in the “Metropolitan Museum of Art” in New York, this portrait has gained much praise and appreciation from many art lovers around the world who find beauty in her mysterious figure