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2 days ago · 8. Berthe Morisot: A Female Impressionist in the National Gallery. Summer’s Day by Berthe Morisot, 1879. Source: The National Gallery, London. Born in 1841, Berthe Morisot was a French artist who worked in Paris during a time of great flourishing of modern art. She is one of the most successful female Impressionists.
20 hours ago · Japan has a dedicated museum for Madhubani paintings (Source: Vidushini Prasad) Challenges and opportunities in the contemporary landscape. Madhubani art faces several challenges in the modern art market. One of them is that folk artists still get looked down upon as compared to modern or contemporary art.
20 hours ago · “It happened in front of me,” recounts Padma Shri award-winning artist Manu Parekh to indianexpress.com, reflecting on the transformation of Madhubani paintings from traditional wall art to paper. This shift began in 1965 when Bhaskar Kulkarni, an Indian government aid worker, traveled from Delhi to the Mithila region in Bihar. Kulkarni proposed the innovative concept […] - TheDailyGuardian
6 hours ago · L'Arlésienne. L'Arlésienne, L'Arlésienne : Madame Ginoux, or Portrait of Madame Ginoux is the title given to a group of six similar paintings by Vincent van Gogh, painted in Arles, November 1888 (or later), and in Saint-Rémy, February 1890. L'Arlésienne ( French pronunciation: [laʁlezjɛn]) means literally "the woman from Arles".
2 days ago · A traditional female hostess, entertainer and performing artist. The word geisha consists of two kanji: gei ( 芸, meaning 'art') and sha ( 者, meaning 'person' or 'doer'). Gokagai (五花街, lit. 'five flower towns') The five geisha districts of Kyoto: Gion Kobu and Gion Higashi, Ponto-chō, Miyagawa-chō and Kamishichiken.
4 days ago · Explore the timeless techniques of Classical Realism as you learn to depict the nude figure in oil paint. Tone your canvas for a unifying glow, and find out how to simplify the complexities of the body into manageable planes and shapes.
2 days ago · Olympia is a 1863 oil painting by Édouard Manet, depicting a nude white woman ("Olympia") lying on a bed being attended to by a black maid. The French government acquired the painting in 1890 after a public subscription organized by Claude Monet. The painting is now in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris .
