Tag: ARTHUR LISMER
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11 Works by Canadian Artists – GARTHE, LISMER, GIBBONS, PRATT, MASSON, NORRIS, WIELAND, BROWNELL, HEPPARD, RROBERTS, CLAPP, with footnotes
“A Modernist, William Henry Clapp is one of the monarchs of Canadian Impressionism. Indifferent as an artist to the emotional elements implicit in everyday experience, he extolled landscapes and the human figure — specifically the nude. In painting these works, he observed the phenomena of light on the generative forces of the organic world. The body is…
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11 Works by Canadian Artists – GARTHE, LISMER, GIBBONS, PRATT, MASSON, NORRIS, WIELAND, BROWNELL, HEPPARD, RROBERTS, CLAPP, with footnotes
CHARLOTTE CORDAY, It was on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the sacking of the Bastille, 13 July 1793, that the noblewoman Charlotte Corday, knocked on Jean-Paul Marat’s door. Claiming knowledge of an escaped group of Girondins, Corday was permitted entry and recited her list of 18 offenders. In truth, Corday was a Girondin…
Zaidan Gallery 