Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Paul Gauguin is known for being one of the world’s greatest painters‚ although he was not much appreciated at his time. His work seems to tell stories of his life. In his series of painting done in Tahiti‚ we can see the many wonders that Gauguin himself explored. Today Gauguin’s painting run for millions. For example; Paul Gauguin’s Maternite (II) done in 1899 was sold for $39.2 million. That wasn’t the case back when Gauguin first started
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Georges Seurat is recognized for pioneering the Neo-impressionist movement. He devised the painting techniques of both chromoluminarism and pointillism. Other artists of his time have been inspired by his creativity‚ and produced revolutionary art. Georges-Pierre Seurat was born on the second of December in Paris‚ France on the modern rue René Boulanger to parents Antoine Chrysostome and Ernestine Faivre Seurat. He lived with his brother Emile Augustin‚ sister Marie-Berthe‚ and mother. Monsieur
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When it appeared in the eighth (and final) Impressionist exhibit in May of 1886‚ Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Grande Jatte—1884 (FIG. 1) left an indelible impression on the critics‚ artists‚ and public of the time. Here was a painting that was a collage of contradictions—impressionist paintings were all about modernity‚ plein air painting‚ spontaneity‚ and improvisation. The Grande Jatte was a painting of modern life‚ but it was hardly impressionistic. There was nothing spontaneous
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certain kind of community consisting of different class of people. What is notable in this canvas is the characters’ explicit lack of interaction suggesting that it is because of their diverse class order. Seurat suggests starting a revolution in Impressionism‚ making his subjects like those in ancient Greeks live and move in a modern setting. The
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Vincent van Gogh displays a large transition in the composition of his works towards his late career. While his early works were composed of dark colors‚ with a focus in browns and blacks‚ van Gogh developed a more colorful palette‚ larger painterly strokes‚ and a more diverse array of content towards his late career. Julie York states in her article‚ “His penetrating self-portraits… lend insight to human character and to van Gogh’s uncompromising vision.” Between 1886 and 1889 his self-portraits
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While in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston‚ I traveled through the different galleries and their various cultures; discovering all sorts of arts from Contemporary art‚ to American art‚ Japanese art‚ and even the Egyptian art where I could appreciate the complexity of mummies. Throughout all these diverse cultures of art‚ I was questioning myself and started to wonder how I could understand art beyond others’ opinion about them. Moreover‚ I realized that it was a question John Berger‚ critic of art
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What was the effect of photography on painting in the nineteenth century? The photograph was developed in 1839 simultaneously in England and France by Talbot and Daguerre. That is the technique of chemically fixing of an image produced by exposure to rays of sun. William Fox Talbot was an English scholar and scientist who developed the negative and positive process. He used sensitive paper soaked in sodium hyposulphite called calotype. This became the basis for all subsequent photography. Photography
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et ‚ Renoir ‚ Cézanne ‚ Baudelaire .. and many others are famous impressionist artists that marked the nineteenth century with their work. Trying to maintain close ties with tradition‚ and establishing the aesthetic outcome of an artistic creation ‚ they all used their own words and images to paint the world from their own point of view ‚ regardless of what other people could think . Van Gogh was also one of them . His painting ‘Starry Night ‘‚ published on 1889 ‚is nowadays one of the most known
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George Seurat George Seurat‚ born Georges Pierre Seurat was born on December 2‚ 1859‚ in Paris‚ France. His father‚ Antoine-Chrysostome Seurat‚ was a customs official who was often away from the home. Seurat and his brother‚ Emile‚ and sister‚ Marie Berthe‚ were raised primarily by their mother‚ Ernestine Faivre Seurat‚ in Paris. Seurat received his earliest art lessons from his uncle. He began his formal art education around 1875‚ when he began attending a local art school and studying under sculptor
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The Connections of 19th Century Painting and the Stories of Chopin and De Maupassant In terms of art in western civilization‚ the 19th century was truly a transformative time for artists and writers alike. Two writers emerged from the mid to late 19th century that are very influential in their era- Kate Chopin and Guy De Maupassant. Their stories reflect 19th century Europe very well‚ and capture the modernity of that time period. When examining their stories‚ there is an interesting connection
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