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studio at the time of his death was an illustrated book of exotic animals called Wild
studio at the time of his death was an illustrated book of exotic animals called Wild
Impressionism is a style of painting that helped redirect art toward personal expression and artistic process. The movement originated in and around Paris in the late 19th century. Impressionists had stylistic differences, but they shared an interest in accurately capturing modern life and the fleeting effects of light and color.
, André Derain, and Maurice de Vlaminck were among the artists dubbed “fauves” (wild
Francis Basset (1757–1835) likely commissioned Thomas Gainsborough to paint a pair of portraits depicting himself and his wife, Frances Susanna Coxe (c. 1760–1823), soon after he purchased their new home in 1785.
He rendered his subjects with loose, animated brushwork and enveloped them in wild
Heade offered viewers an intimate glimpse into the exotic recesses of nature’s secret garden. Lichen covers dead branches;
inspired by the writings of Charles Darwin, the artist studied these subjects in the wild
in June 1913 during Henri’s first visit to Achill Island, County Mayo, off the west
On View West Building Main Floor, Gallery 9 Artwork overview Medium marble
(Crops, deer, wild fowl, chicken, eggs, pigs—bacon and pork, milk.)
Born in 1844 to a working-class family in Laval, France, Henri Rousseau worked briefly for a lawyer and served a stint in the military before taking a position at a French customs post in 1868; the nickname “ Le Douanier “ (the customs inspector) remained with him even after his retirement in 1893.
In this sense Rousseau’s anthropomorphized primates can be seen not as true wild
Wild deer and goats in the deeply shadowed foreground react to the commotion caused
See how six artists envisioned the Bard’s plays, from “Romeo and Juliet” to “King Lear.”
By act 4, scene 6, he has wild hair, a ragged beard, and a mystified look on his