Monthly Archives: February 2011

Gustave Courbet

Posted on February 24, 2011 by foxpudding

The Artist’s Studio (L’Atelier du peintre) A Real Allegory of a Seven Year Phase in My Artistic and Moral Life, 1855, 141.33” x s35.43”, Musee d’Orsay, Paris Rules. You would think that artistic people were the last on earth to … Continue reading →

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Vincent Van Gogh

Posted on February 17, 2011 by foxpudding

  Carpenter’s Workshop Seen from the Artist’s Studio  The Hague, May 1882 Pencil, pen, brush, heightened with white 28.5 x 47 cm Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller   They say it’s who you know. Vincent Van Gogh knew everybody. His family was … Continue reading →

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Pablo Picasso

Posted on February 10, 2011 by foxpudding

The Actor 1904 Oil on Canvas 77.25 in. x 45.38 in. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City                     I do not think it is too great a stretch to say … Continue reading →

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Mahmud Mukhtar

Posted on February 3, 2011 by foxpudding

  Egypt Awakening,  Granite Sculpture  ca. 1928                 When I was a very young man I visited the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. It is easy to find, part of the grand location that … Continue reading →

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