Paul Durand-Ruel and the Impressionists
Here’s a rather fascinating article on the importance of the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel to the Impressionist movement – long story short, he basically created the market for Impressionism and risked everything in doing so, and was sole supporter of…
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It’s February 26, Victor Hugo’s Birthday
It’s Victor Hugo’s birthday, Born on this day in 1802! Everyone knows about Victor Hugo as an author what with Les Misérables & the Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris in the original French) and all that, but what a lot…
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René Gruau
René Gruau was one of the most influential fashion illustrators of the 20th century. Gruau was born Renato Zavagli Ricciardelli delle Caminate in Rimini, on Italy’s Adriatic coast. When Gruau was 3, his father (an Italian count) and mother (a French…
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Nicolas Delort
I happened to stumble across the work of Nicolas Delort, a Parisian illustrator. He works in a variety of styles and media but I was most impressed by his work with this scratchboard-y technique – very time-consuming and requiring a…
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Happy Father’s Day – Max Ernst, “Pieta” or “Revolution by Night”
Happy Father’s Day! There is some irony in posting about Max Ernst’s portrait of his father in “Pieta” or “Revolution by Night” (1923). For one thing, Ernst thought his father was an idiot. Take it as you will, this definitive…
