Monthly Archives: April 2012

Two Venetian Ladies by Vittore Carpaccio

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

We know Vittore Carpaccio was born in Venice but his precise birth date is not known but it is thought to be around 1460.  His father Piero Scarpazza, who came from nearby Istria, was a leather merchant.  Vittore is believed … Continue reading →

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A Girl in a Kitchen (La chercheuse de puce) by Nicolas Lancret

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Today I am featuring the French painter, draughtsman and art collector, Nicolas Lancret, who was born in Paris in 1690.  To begin with, Lancret trained as an engraver but soon afterwards became an apprentice to the history and religious painter … Continue reading →

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The Bean King by Jacob Jordaens

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

My Daily Art Display today features the Flemish painter Jacob Jordaens.  He along with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck made up a triumvirate of great seventeenth century Flemish Baroque painters.  These three artists were in the forefront of … Continue reading →

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A View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam by Jan van der Heyden

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Today I am going to leave 19th century French art and Impressionism, which has featured in my recent blogs, and look at some 16th and 17th Dutch and Flemish art and artists.  Dutch art has always been very popular and … Continue reading →

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Une loge aux Italiens (A Box at the Theatre des Italiens) by Eva Gonzalès

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

I had intended this offering to be my previous blog but when I researched into today’s featured artist and her painting I saw there was a connection between this work of hers and a similar one completed by Renoir in … Continue reading →

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La Loge by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Today’s featured work of art was not my original intended offering.  That sounds somewhat strange but actually there is logic to my decision.  I was researching a painting when I came across today’s work and there seemed, at least in … Continue reading →

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The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife by Daniel Maclise

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

Today I am moving from France to Ireland for my featured artist.  I will be looking at the life of the Irish painter Daniel Maclise and one of his historical paintings which will allow me to take you back in … Continue reading →

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Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight and Eugène Manet and His Daughter in the Garden by Berthe Morisot

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

Although I could write numerous blogs about Berthe Morisot and her works, this is not a Berthe Morisot site and therefore after today’s offering I will drag myself away from this talented artist and head for pastures new.  However today … Continue reading →

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Portrait of Cornélie Morisot and Edmé Pontillon (Mother and Sister of the Artist) by Berthe Morisot

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

” Your daughters have such inclinations…they will become painters. Do you realize what that means? In your environment of the upper middle class this will be a revolution, I might almost say a catastrophe.   Are you sure that you will … Continue reading →

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Berthe Morisot by Edma Morisot

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

For the next few blogs I want to look at the life and works of Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot and some of the paintings other artists have done of her.  As I told you in my last offering I visited … Continue reading →

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