Tag: Louis Anquetin
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43 Paintings, Streets of Paris, The Courtesans of Paris, as portrayed by Artists from 1850-1910 – Behind the Scenes, with footnotes #77
It seems that since the Musee dÓrsay’s Exhibition, everybody had something to say! Here are some Paintings that were in the exhibition, and others… Please follow link for full post
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43 Paintings, Streets of Paris, The Courtesans of Paris, as portrayed by Artists from 1850-1910 – Behind the Scenes, with footnotes #77
Van Gogh painted this sketch of a brothel parlor while working in close dialogue with fellow artist Paul Gauguin. In the fall of 1888, Van Gogh convinced Gauguin to join him in Arles in the South of France, and the two artists often painted there side by side. They also visited brothels together, partly to…
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43 Paintings, Streets of Paris, The Courtesans of Paris, as portrayed by the Artists from 1850-1910 – Behind the Scenes, with footnotes #77
It seems that since the Musee dÓrsay’s Exhibition, everybody had something to say! Here are some Paintings that were in the exhibition, and others… Please follow link for full post
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02 Paintings, Streets of Paris, Louis Anquetin’s L’Intérieur de chez Bruant: le Mirliton, with footnotes, #83
L’Intérieur de chez Bruant: le Mirliton is not only a large-scale group portrait representing many of the artist’s illustrious friends, but also a portrait of their preferred gathering place, Le Mirliton, the vivacious establishment opened in 1885 in what had been the second location of the Chat Noir. The cabarets, cafés and dance halls of…
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Louis Anquetin’s La Femme à la berthe rouge, Part 63 – With Footnotes
The spontaneous gesture gives this painting its energy and power. Through his mastery of oil painting, Anquetin emphasizes his volumes and endows his figures with a rare materiality. The canvas mattness, obtained with a blotter to absorb the shine of the medium, reinforces the dimensionality of the composition. More on this painting Louis Anquetin (26 January…
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01 work, The Art Of The Nude, Louis Anquetin’s FEMMES À LEUR TOILETTE, #244
Louis Anquetin (26 January 1861 – 19 August 1932) was a French painter; born in Étrépagny, France and educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen. In 1882 he came to Paris and began studying art at Léon Bonnat’s studio, where he met Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The two artists later moved to the studio of Fernand…
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42 Paintings, Streets of Paris, The Courtesans of Paris, as portrayed by the Artists from 1850-1910 – Behind the Scenes, with footnotes #77
Soliciting was prohibited in broad daylight, but was legal for registered girls at nightfall when the streetlamps were lit. This coincided with knocking-off time for women in the workshops in which some occasional prostitutes were employed. Prostitutes may have cultivated an air of ambiguity during the day, but their appearance gradually changed as the urban…
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