Painting is to discover your inner self. Painting, discovers the depths of our hearts, and takes us to unfamiliar places that were difficult to reach in the past. The so-called "looking at the painting" is a joyful moment of meditation, a deep breathing to peek into the inner world, and a process of facing the implicit self. Focusing on the painting, let us listen to the voice of our hearts, and open up the inner wisdom that can analyze others and ourselves; in the end, awaken the rigid life and gradually lead us toward the life we yearn for.
This tempera , called "Christina's World", was created in 1948 by American neoliberalist painter Andrew Weth. In the painting, there is a weak woman sitting alone in the wilderness. She looked back, as if something was waiting for her to respond, but you could vaguely feel something unusual happened to the woman. That's right, she is indeed not good at doing things. The polio she suffered from in childhood deprived her of the ability to walk normally. To return to the house, the only thing the woman can do is to stretch out her hands and climb back inch by inch... The withered earth and pale sky, Wise uses excellent perspective techniques to show the empty and lonely space atmosphere. In an interview, the painter deeply told us his thoughts: "Although Christina's physical limitations, her spiritual strength is still strong... Her extremely firm will wants to conquer not only the dryness in front of her, but also the seemingly hopeless world. Through "The World of Christina", we regain our little heartbeat for the future. Every possible accumulation and realization is the blue bird that leads us to happiness. Even if we struggle to survive, we cannot give up hope.
people before, often seek comfort through religious beliefs, go to the church to see the holy paintings, and are priested. Personnel explains to temporarily find spiritual liberation. Later, the popularity of art made everyone appreciate it, further broadening the horizons of artistic appreciation. When the knots of life are tied, if you can think through paintings from different angles of third parties, you may be able to solve your worries and doubts. Art may not need to be so serious and professional. As long as you can see and relax, it has its value.
This is the healing brought to us by art, a sense of comfort that can be seen and reached.
Danish symbolist painter Vilhelm Hammershoi, 1864-1916) Bedroom
A woman with neat hairstyle and elegant black dress stood in front of the window, looking quiet and lonely, filled with a hazy mystery, and the tidy bed stood firmly on both sides of her. Perhaps because it was still early morning before dawn, no halo was painted by the huge window. The woman's eyes looked down rather than ahead.
French literary master Michel Tournier wrote in the collection of photography essay "Vues de dos": "For some reason, the weakness of the back is more impactful; concise, but more convincing. The back can speak, even if you only see half or a quarter, you can hear powerful words..."
Hamoshuyi's painting style and soul truly move towards nothingness, and uses empty rooms as the painting scene. It started after he moved to Denmark's Copenhagen . He married Ida, the sister of the painter, and the two returned from their honeymoon trip in Paris. Hamoshuyi was looking for a place to stay. He wanted to find an old and classical house, so he deliberately went to the old city with a low level of development. He was determined to find his ideal residence, He even refused to accept a house with a flush toilet. After finally finding a suitable apartment, he painted the walls and floors into gray and dark brown, and only placed a few extremely simplified furniture such as sofas, tables, and pianos at home. Hamoxiuyi, who regards her residence as a studio, will change the furniture arrangement at any time in order to paint, and will even decide where his wife stands. The woman in the painting "Bedroom" is his wife. His wife and home have also become the main objects of Hamoxiuyi's works.
"Lines" are the main focus of Hamoxiuyi's paintings.
Painting is to discover your inner self. Painting, discovers the depths of our hearts, and takes us to unfamiliar places that were difficult to reach in the past. The so-called "looking at the painting" is a joyful moment of meditation, a deep breathing to peek into the inner world, and a process of facing the implicit self. Focusing on the painting, let us listen to the voice of our hearts, and open up the inner wisdom that can analyze others and ourselves; in the end, awaken the rigid life and gradually lead us toward the life we yearn for.
This tempera , called "Christina's World", was created in 1948 by American neoliberalist painter Andrew Weth. In the painting, there is a weak woman sitting alone in the wilderness. She looked back, as if something was waiting for her to respond, but you could vaguely feel something unusual happened to the woman. That's right, she is indeed not good at doing things. The polio she suffered from in childhood deprived her of the ability to walk normally. To return to the house, the only thing the woman can do is to stretch out her hands and climb back inch by inch... The withered earth and pale sky, Wise uses excellent perspective techniques to show the empty and lonely space atmosphere. In an interview, the painter deeply told us his thoughts: "Although Christina's physical limitations, her spiritual strength is still strong... Her extremely firm will wants to conquer not only the dryness in front of her, but also the seemingly hopeless world. Through "The World of Christina", we regain our little heartbeat for the future. Every possible accumulation and realization is the blue bird that leads us to happiness. Even if we struggle to survive, we cannot give up hope.
people before, often seek comfort through religious beliefs, go to the church to see the holy paintings, and are priested. Personnel explains to temporarily find spiritual liberation. Later, the popularity of art made everyone appreciate it, further broadening the horizons of artistic appreciation. When the knots of life are tied, if you can think through paintings from different angles of third parties, you may be able to solve your worries and doubts. Art may not need to be so serious and professional. As long as you can see and relax, it has its value.
This is the healing brought to us by art, a sense of comfort that can be seen and reached.
Danish symbolist painter Vilhelm Hammershoi, 1864-1916) Bedroom
A woman with neat hairstyle and elegant black dress stood in front of the window, looking quiet and lonely, filled with a hazy mystery, and the tidy bed stood firmly on both sides of her. Perhaps because it was still early morning before dawn, no halo was painted by the huge window. The woman's eyes looked down rather than ahead.
French literary master Michel Tournier wrote in the collection of photography essay "Vues de dos": "For some reason, the weakness of the back is more impactful; concise, but more convincing. The back can speak, even if you only see half or a quarter, you can hear powerful words..."
Hamoshuyi's painting style and soul truly move towards nothingness, and uses empty rooms as the painting scene. It started after he moved to Denmark's Copenhagen . He married Ida, the sister of the painter, and the two returned from their honeymoon trip in Paris. Hamoshuyi was looking for a place to stay. He wanted to find an old and classical house, so he deliberately went to the old city with a low level of development. He was determined to find his ideal residence, He even refused to accept a house with a flush toilet. After finally finding a suitable apartment, he painted the walls and floors into gray and dark brown, and only placed a few extremely simplified furniture such as sofas, tables, and pianos at home. Hamoxiuyi, who regards her residence as a studio, will change the furniture arrangement at any time in order to paint, and will even decide where his wife stands. The woman in the painting "Bedroom" is his wife. His wife and home have also become the main objects of Hamoxiuyi's works.
"Lines" are the main focus of Hamoxiuyi's paintings.When talking about "lines", he once said: "I chose "lines" to be the theme of my paintings and regarded them as the element of building images, followed by "light". I do not pay attention to "color", and even try hard to present the coordination of colors. However, if I had to choose from it, I would eventually choose "lines". "
In addition to "The Bedroom", in most of Hamoshuyi's works, the method of expressing lines side by side with horizontal and vertical can be seen. For example, in his representative work "Interior, 1898" (Interior, 1898), the white tablecloth covered with the table is symmetrical with the black dressing table placed behind it; and the straight-down curtains balance the entire painting. In addition, in 1908, Interior, in a house full of the 18th century Dutch Dutch style, the back of the wife sitting on a chair shows a perspective of space through the repeatedly depicted straight and horizontal lines. The sad back may be just a heart-to-heart relationship.
critics repeatedly criticized Hamoshuy's paintings as unclear reasons, which made him repeatedly rejected by the curatorial organization. Later, he was greatly disapproved by the Danish art community and gradually forgotten by the world. However, the touring exhibitions held since the 1880s have regained public attention. Among them are: British actor Michael Palin collected his paintings and praised it as "a clever blend of Edward Hopper and Johannes Vermeer's wonderfulness"; when people finally understand his paintings, they can inspire thoughts about the importance and essence of art from the paintings. "The painter Hamoshuyi, who was almost forgotten and disappeared because of the blurry atmosphere of the painting, finally attracted the attention of the world again and regained his due reputation.
In Hamoshuyi's "Bedroom", the bedroom is more like a closed, isolated and lonely space than regarded as a daily and private resting place. The gray tones and calm light colors hovering in the whole painting are used to present the sadness of the inner world; if you quietly peek at this space filled with silent atmosphere, you can experience the feeling of emptiness that is vividly revealed on the canvas.
"Eleventh of the morning" 1926 171.3 cm x 91.6cm Edward Hopa
American Realism painter Edward Hopa (1882-1967) particularly likes to depict the scenery of the morning. The first work that reminds people of is Early Sunday Morning, which is in the empty alley, with only sunshine falling, and in Morningin a City, where the naked woman who has a boring and boring expression after bathing. Morning Sun depicts a lonely woman sitting on the bed to welcome the morning. This is not only Hopa's most famous work, but also the movie "Shirley: Visions of Reality" The story background, the movie poster is designed based on this painting.
1926 "Eleven" completed in 11926 AM.) presents the dead morning in modern people's eyes with indifferent brushstrokes. In this painting, there is a woman sitting on a blue sofa staring out the window. We have no idea what she is looking at, only knowing that the woman's eyes are looking somewhere outside the picture. The photo frames and antique drawers on the wall, the table lamps and large retro chairs that give people a heavy feeling, two random books are scattered on the red table, and from the appearance of the building outside the window, this should be a residential apartment, not a hotel.
beige coat is hung on the chair to the woman's right. Judging from the slightly permed curly hair and the black leather shoes on her feet, she is now I should have given up my time to work and sat on the sofa. Since the painting was named "Eleventh Am" which is too late to go to work, these are probably correct speculations. What made her sit on the sofa?
The sun stretched out the shadow. The more the light swept over, the more it expanded the inner disorder. The dawn shone slowly, but the woman was entangled by indescribable loneliness. In the tranquility close to the state of vacuum, it was so dangerous that she would instantly shatter all over the ground. Even if the scattered hair made people unable to see her expression, from the lonely and lonely eyes, she could vaguely detect her empty heart that was bored with urban life.There is no sense of emptiness around you, and the world seems to be the only one left, and the appearance of a woman is extremely desolate. The extremely miserable loneliness and inner turbulent mood, the picture stays at the moment when emotions are fully presented. It is more like a dark morning than the slim night.
The early morning scenery in Hopa depicts the loneliness that all modern people have experienced.
"Sonata" 1911 69.6 cm x 69.6cm Child Hassam
There are countless paintings with piano themes, and among them, the American painter "The Sonata" (Frederick Child Hassam, 1859-1935) expresses the richest emotions. This painting was painted during the time when Hassam returned to China after studying in Paris and returned to China, and cleverly presented the ever-changing moments of light and shadow.
Beside the warm sunshine shines, leaning against a huge black piano. A woman in a white dress sat on a piano chair and started playing, with the melodious sound of the piano surrounding every corner of the room. The transparent vase placed on the piano is crystal clear, and the flowers in the bottle are also enjoying the performance. At this time, the curtains swayed with the cool breeze blowing in outside the window, and the woman's skirt also danced with the wind. The faint sound of birds and rustling leaves in the distance seemed to be paired with the sound of a woman's piano, and an orchestra performance was being held. Combining the rhythm of light and color, a colorful and romantic picture is vividly created. When he was studying in France, Hassam was deeply fascinated by impressionism , combined it with American realism to form his own unique style. This style gradually developed into traditional American impressionism, and he formed the "Ten American Painters" group with like-minded people. Hassam, William Merritt Chase, Edmund Charles Tarbell, Thomas Dewing and others held their first member joint exhibition at the Luel Gallery in New York, and used this to make a relationship, starting the years of mutual support and promotion of the development of American impressionism for more than 20 years. Just as he was happy to be called the "painter of light and air", Hassam attached great importance to the light surrounding the air. Looking closely at the soft rhythm of light and colors in his pen, the melodious piano melody seemed to ring in his ears.
Hassam's works were very popular in the 19th century with his rhythmic brushstrokes. Not only did he win the favor of the general public, but his sales also achieved great success. His paintings are still one of the best-selling works in the world's largest art auctions, Sotheby's and Christie's , and the transaction price even set a record for the third highest American painting.
Hassam's works are loved by many well-known people. In the office of former US President Obama , Hassam's "The Avenue in the Rain" hangs in the office of the White House . The painting depicts the scene of World War I . When citizens asked the US government that insisted on isolationism to participate in the war and gathered on Fifth Avenue in New York. The Room of Flowers, which is dazzling in the bottle, also sparked heated discussions because it was bought by entrepreneur Bill Gates for 20 million US dollars.
"Woman with Makeup" 1913 130.18cm x 130.18cm Frederick Carl Frisek
Frisek was born in the United States. After studying art-related courses there, he went to Paris at the age of 23 and then spent most of his life in France. Compared with other second-generation American Impressionist painters who mainly followed the style of French painter Claude Monet (Claude Monet), although Frisek However, he lives next door to the mansion in Giverny, a suburb of Paris, but because of his deep admiration for Renoir, he chose to follow Renoir's footsteps. Frisek mainly uses character painting as his theme, rather than creating landscape paintings or still life paintings, and especially likes to depict women's daily appearance. If you take a closer look at his paintings, it is not difficult to see Renoir's traces in the round face lines and sensual compositions, as well as the gorgeous light and tones.
depicts a naked woman sleeping soundly on the soft bed, successfully capturing the quiet moments; the back of a woman wearing a green necklace in "Reflections" is echoed by the title of "Green Light Magician" given to him by the world, presenting the beauty of the mysterious green light to the extreme. In the Doorway (Good In Morning, he cleverly depicts the moment when a woman comes home with a parasol, and divides the light and shadow inside and outside the house with thresholds. This work is an excellent masterpiece. Women who taste tea, women who walk, women who read, etc., all kinds of women's daily appearances are all creative themes for Frisek's hobby.
Some people once said that women's clothing in paintings are mostly artificially modified, and light and colors are artificially added. They criticized Frisek as a "modifying impressionist", but these remarks There is no impact on the dazzling light and gorgeousness emitted by his paintings, and many people still want to collect his works. Frisek is obsessed with presenting perfect light delicately, and is even called the "Painter of Light". "What I want is sunshine, flowers in the sun, girls in the sun, nude bodies in the sun... In the past eight years, I have seen these scenes under the sun. As long as I can draw everything I see in my eyes, I will feel happy."
"Girls in the Kitchen" 1883-1886 87.7cm x 68.5cm Anna Ankar
Ankar was born in Denmark Skagen (Skagen), located at the northernmost ocean junction of the Jutland Peninsula . She is the eldest daughter of five children in her family. Ankar has extraordinary artistic talent since childhood. At that time, many painters stayed in the hotel run by her father and engaged in various creations. She was deeply influenced during her growth and developed a unique thinking about art.
Later, she studied painting at the art school in Copenhagen for three years, then went to Paris, France to enter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes The studio was engaged in creation and establishing personal style. A few years later, Ankar returned to Skarn, married Michael Ancher, who was also a painter, in 1880, gave birth to his daughter Hagrid, and settled in Skarn Art Village.
In the European society at that time, women were not very likely to receive education, and after marriage, they had to bear the social expectation that "married women must take care of their families with all their hearts". Women were unfamiliar with the unfamiliar It is even considered a taboo for a man to show his appearance. Therefore, women dare not imagine that they can continue to be active in the art world as a full-time painter after marriage. But Ankar did not surrender, but instead persevered and did his best to create. She focused on Skahn's daily appearance: the days of vaccination, the pear trees in the courtyard, the scene of autumn harvest, the woman reading, the old mother knitting wool, the girl cooking, etc., and the most ordinary and lifelike scenes were collected.
Interestingly, both Ankar and his wife, who are depicting Skarn's daily life, live under the same roof, but most of her husband chooses seascapes or fisherman dynamics as the protagonists, while Ankar prefers to portray women's appearance and indoor scenes. Such differences in painting styles are not difficult to infer that the social atmosphere at that time still treats women with a strict and conservative attitude. Even so, Ankar never stopped creating. Gradually, she is good at realistic and detailed He was well-known for his detached depicting light and colors, and eventually became a representative and famous painter in Denmark. In addition to her extraordinary will and efforts, she also made an indelible contribution to protecting and helping her husband Mikay Ankar.
Ankar later became a frontal image of Denmark's 1000 kroner banknotes, and is still highly admired. The house they lived in Skaen was owned by his daughter Haeger after Ankar passed away; After Hager passed away, it was converted into a museum from Hager Group, which collected works of painters who were active in the art world with Ankar and his wife at that time and the creations of Ankar's family, becoming a famous place that everyone is rushing to visit.
"Bath Tub" 1888.12 cm x 121. 92 cm Anders Leonard Zorn
Swedish Romantic painter Anders Leonard Zorn (1860-1920) was good at using the effects of water and light to depict sensual and romantic bathing scenes.This painting feature can be seen from Girls from Dalarna Having a Bath, which perfectly presents a faint reflection of light, to Summer, where women sit on stones and enjoy bathing. Among Zuo En's creations with the theme of bathing, my favorite is The Tub, which was completed in 1888, which cleverly highlights the daily bathing scenes of women with a gorgeous atmosphere.
A naked woman stood in the bright bathroom where thousands of sunlight shone. She stood in the circular bathtub with rippling water, her face and body were a little red, making you and I truly feel the heat in the bathroom. The hairstyle that was randomly folded was left with a few hairs that were soaked by water vapor, but the woman only focused on wiping her body. She wiped her buttocks as red as ripe fruit with her hands inside and out, and her appearance was both pleasing and adorable. The rich sense of layering and elastic images make it difficult to believe that this is a watercolor painting, and every stroke is full of the vividness conveyed by the painter through his elegant brushstrokes. Looking at this painting, it seemed as if it had washed away the heavy stains in your heart, refreshing and comfortable.
Zoen was born in a poor family in Mura, Sweden. With his innate artistic talent, he worked tirelessly and finally became the chief painter in Sweden. He had been exposed to carving courses in school, and after traveling to European countries and Africa such as English, Spain, Italy, and Africa, he learned more proficient copperplate techniques. Then Zoen lived in Paris, deeply influenced by impressionist painters such as Degas and , Manet and . He delicately integrated the characteristics of Impressionism and Spanish painting to create his own unique style.
Zou En's art fields, including sculpture, copperplate, nude painting, portrait painting, watercolor painting, oil painting, etc., are not only very diverse, but the artistic strength shown through his works cannot be underestimated. When he visited the United States in early 1893, Zuo Ann painted portraits for the two American presidents; and his portraits of "Grover Cleveland" painted by him for the 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States are still well-known today. Zuo En, who traveled to many places and left behind a large number of paintings in his life, chose to return to his hometown Mura in his later years. He used his own home as a studio to regain his carving and creation of his enlightenment career, and quietly completed his last journey in his life in the summer of 1920. To date, Zoen's former residence and studio are still preserved in Mura, and he has become a representative Swedish painter who is deeply loved by the world.
The daily life written by the painter has retained the beautiful treasure we lost. Anders Zuoen cleverly makes ordinary daily life unique. "Ordinary aesthetics" may be the most precious value in his life.
"Visiting the Art Gallery" 1879-1880 91.7cm x 67.9cm Edgar Degas
As a French Impressionist painter, Degas unexpectedly did not have much interest in light effects or air changes. Therefore, the scenes in his works are mainly limited to indoor spaces such as opera houses, cafes, racecourses, ballet theaters, art galleries, etc. Degas left a series of works with the theme of art gallery. Visit to a Museum, which has been created since 1879, depicts the American Impressionist painter Mary Cassatthtml ( Mary Cassatt) and his sister Lydia admire the Louvre exhibition. This is his painting that cleverly uses the beauty of light in this series of works. After completing this work, he immediately began to draw "Mary Cassatt at the Louvre", and then completed "Mary Cassatt and Her Sister at the Louvre" in 1885. Another painting "Seeing the Art Gallery" created in the same year depicts the back of Cassatt who was watching the exhibition alone.
In the painting "Visiting the Art Gallery" created in 1879, Cassat held his waist with one hand, straightened his body and looked up at the painting; Lydia sat in a comfortable soft chair, looking at the catalog and painting alternately. The same dress and same hairstyle, the sisters' styles of enjoying paintings are very different. Cassat focused on paintings actually hung in the exhibition hall, while Lydia focused on reading the painting information. The reason why the two have such a difference is that Cassatt is a painter who created himself, while Lydia is just a simple painter.
In addition, there is another noteworthy part in the painting: in the scene where all the scenes are foggy and out of focus, only Cassatt's face is clearly visible. Lydia, who was sitting directly in front of Cassatt, had a dull face, and even felt like she was being run over; Cassatt's face exuded a dazzling light, even her drooping eyelids and rosy lips were so clear and clear. Perhaps, at that moment, the only clearest thing in Degas's eyes was Cassatt.
Since witnessing the scene of his mother's affair in childhood, Degas has hated her to the core. This hatred spread even more to all women. He never shy away from talking about his contempt for women in public, and even compared female singers to dogs in extreme detail. However, there is an exception in Degas's mind, which is Mary Cassatt.
Cassat is a frequent visitor in Dega’s paintings. Whenever he sees Dega’s paintings for Cassat, he can deeply feel his respect and love for her. He wrote a four-line poem for her and painted her, but never proposed to her. The two men who maintained a close friendship throughout their lives chose to be single for the rest of their lives. Although the unknown love story between Degas and Cassatt has not been clearly disclosed, the relationship between the two people is still a beautiful story.
Art gallery has a unique meaning to both of them. Since the age of nineteen, Degas has obtained permission to copy the exhibits in the Louvre, thus cultivating a unique artistic sense. Degas gradually constructed his own art world by studying the works of masters of all dynasties in the art gallery.
"Reading with the Lamp" 1909 73.2cm x 58.4 cm George Clausen
There is a painting that can properly present this abstract feeling - "Reading by Lamplight" by British naturalist painter George Clausen (1852-1944). The painting shows the woman reading alone, and the quiet scene slightly ripples the lake in my heart.
Sit on the sofa to read all night, and it was already midnight before I knew it. The cobalt blue light that penetrated into the house through the gaps of the pure white curtains was so thick that the whole world seemed to have been dyed blue. The woman holding her cheeks looked at the book with all her attention, and the vague lights warmed the whole room. She lowered her head slightly and read slowly, her eyes firm and sincere. After gently turning this page, I stopped my eyes on the next page, for a long time, for a long time... Except for the occasional sound of touching the square desk, the world was so quiet that no sound could be heard. This deep tranquility, like a stationary light, held its breath. The air flows slowly, and time breathes slowly. Silently, the mind will be clearer.
George Clawson was influenced by his interior designer's father and has been creating in an environment where he can be exposed to design and painting everywhere since he was a child. He served as a professor at of the Royal Academy of Arts and was awarded the title of the state. He devoted his life to painting and teaching. He was also a successful painter with wealth, reputation and authority. He finally passed away in the autumn of 1944 and was 92 years old. Sometimes when you see some painters experiencing various tragic lives, you will inevitably feel pity and sympathy. In comparison, Clawson's life is not very tortuous and seems much more stable. I guess he is a very blessed person, right? A calm state of mind may have created such a calm work under Clawson's paintings.
"Waiting for the Tram" 1907 40.3 cm x 31cm Paul Gustav Fischer (1860-1934)'s Waiting for the Tram The background of this painting is the streets of Copenhagen that Fisher often depicts, which vividly presents the lives of urban people. Watch each other calmly. It is a quiet but vibrant scene.
1891 Fisher, who went to Paris, France to study painting, was deeply influenced by Impressionism in the local area. His early works were mostly gray and dim scenery because of the uncertain Nordic weather. After starting his study abroad life in Paris, he began to see the sunshine in his paintings, filled with bright and bright atmosphere everywhere. Although "Waiting for the Car" was completed for a long time after Fisher returned to China after studying abroad, the traces of Impressionism are still clearly visible.The blue tone expresses the building shrouded in the mist, which is reminiscent of Manet; the thickness of fallen leaves is increased by pressing the brush, which is a good thick coating method (Impasto); the floor is depicted as reflected light with moderate force, which is quite similar to Cayebote. Fisher's paintings perfectly harmonize light, shadow and color, creating "warm loneliness", and also allowing us to feel the sweet and bitter subtlety of modern society. Loneliness can occasionally become a bridge of mutual understanding.
"The Woman Holding an Umbrella" 1875 110 cm x 81 cm Claude Monet
Monet went out with his family, the gorgeous sunshine shone freely, and green everywhere. The warm and warm sun embraces the body, the fragrance of flowers blows across the tip of the nose, and the mood suddenly feels comfortable and refreshing. In the grass swaying in the wind, you can see the figure of Kamier. Kamier, who was strolling with a green umbrella, faced with the sun and breeze, her face was covered with gauze, and she was about to walk forward, but she temporarily stopped because the white skirt danced with the wind. Looking back at Camile, her cheeks were flushed; behind her was Jean Monet, who was wearing a cute hat and playing excitedly. Perhaps at this moment, Monet realized that he was in the happiest time of his life! Under the ever-changing flowing clouds, Monet's family spent a happy moment.
While walking with my family, Monet was deeply happy with the quiet scene in front of me, and then put what I saw into the painting as fast as possible. At that time, Monet's mind was full of "light". He once said that he was afraid of darkness more than death, and he attached great importance to and persisted in the use and expression of light. In this painting, you can see him trying hard to capture the light of the moment. Flowing clouds, floating wind, warm sunshine... The light that flashed and disappeared instantly can be seen everywhere in the brushstrokes of this painting. This work can be regarded as the highest level of Monet's use of Impressionist techniques.
When the painting was completed, the financial difficulties had gradually eased, and Monet's parents also accepted Camille. For them, life was full of happiness. But the good times didn't last long, and a severe test came to the two of them again. Camille's health is getting worse and worse, and the uterine tumor cells expand throughout her body. She is already sick and blind, but Monet can only watch her beloved wife die in pain. Soon after, Kamier passed away.
In order to cherish the last appearance of his beloved wife, Monet left Camille Monet on Her Deathbed in the painting, completing his masterpiece "Camille Monet on Her Deathbed". He wrote a passage for this work: "The person I have loved and cherished deeply is dying... You who are about to leave me forever, I want to draw the last side of you."
She is light, inspiration, and eternal love
One day seven years after Camille's death, Monet and Susanna, daughter of his second wife, Alice, were walking by the river together. He found Camille's shadow on Susanna, who was strolling in the sun, so he created two paintings, namely "Femmeà l'ombrelle tournée vers la gauche" and "Femmeà l'ombrelle tournée vers la gauche" and "Femmeà l'ombrelle tournée vers la droite". This is a figure painting by Monet after seven years, which only focused on landscape paintings and still life paintings after Camille's death.
However, Monet did not draw a woman's appearance after all, but covered her face with the shadow of a parasol and vaguely passed by. Although the protagonist in the painting is his daughter Susanna, he is actually Camille. Monet, who is always a pure boy in front of Camille, turned her deep longing for her into a brilliant light in the work. Perhaps what Monet was extremely eager to draw was not the light of the moment, but the more dazzling Kamier in his eyes.
After Kamier's death, Impressionism also declined. To Monet, Camille is his light, she is the source of inspiration, the eternal love, and the light, it is so simple. Despite being criticized by the world and being desperately trapped in poverty, Monet was able to stick to his belief in art only because Camille was by his side. She comforted his tired heart with love, and comforted him with a warm smile until she died.When the whole world laughs at Monet, she is the only one who never leaves and gives support; when Monet is at the end of her life, she is the only one who never stings with a bright smile and stays with her. How can Monet forget such a Camille?
For the talented husband, Camille quietly stayed by her side like a shadow, under the brush of the person she loved deeply, turned into an eternal light.
"Rain" 1921 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm Matthias Alten
"Rain" by German Impressionist painter Mathias Alten (1871-1938). In the picture, a famous woman stood in the middle of the lake, dripping with her naked body. She spread her hands and quietly felt the touch of the raindrops. Standing alone by the lake where no one sees it, enjoying naked freedom is really enviable. The rain soaked the earth, and ripples rippled in the lake. The trees immersed their bodies in this timely rain, sweeping away the stuffy rain in the daytime slipped on the woman's chest, washing the pain that had accumulated in her heart bit by bit. The new earth exudes the earthy smell of green grass, and the woman takes a deep breath of fresh air.
In order to escape from war and poverty, Atten immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of eighteen. Since then, in order to make a living, he has worked in furniture factories, offices, cinemas and other places. Based on this family background, Aitan did not take up the power of his brush at first, and it was not until more than ten years later that a wealthy sponsor appeared, and he officially began painting.
Later, with the help of his sponsors, Aiten went to Paris to study, studying at the college while embarking on the path of a painter. Before he knew it, he created many still life paintings, portraits and animal paintings with unique styles, and became an important painter in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
Landscape paintings can especially highlight Aiten's painting advantages. Unlike the painter who flocked to depict the vast American scenery at that time, Aten cleverly integrated his emotions with his paintings, and the touching his paintings brought to you and me is often far better than amazement. He often travels and creates around the United States and Europe, prefers to ride a carriage rather than a train, or moves through hiking, riding a donkey, etc., and enjoys the simplicity of the journey.
Aiten does not belong to any school, so he can create without restraint; and through travel, he also strengthened his will to become a painter. The appearance of the sponsor is indeed a great blessing for him; if there is no such funding, Aiten may not be able to draw for the rest of his life, let alone become a painter. When I think of this, I feel a little sad.
"Swallows" 1873 Edward Manet
This painting is a work by Edward Manet (1832-1883), known as the "father of Impressionism", which cleverly uses the word Swallow to represent the dual meanings of "swallow" and "swallow" respectively. Westerners believe that swallows fly high means that the sky is clear, and it will rain when flying low. When shouting and flying low, it means that there will be a storm. Therefore, the singing swallow seems to inform everyone of the news that the storm is about to hit.
Dark clouds cover the entire sky. I wonder if I felt the weather suddenly change, the cow looked a little panicked. The two women could not control their bodies in the strong wind and staggered on the grass. From their hats that were almost blown away from their heads, they could feel the intensity of the strong wind that should not be underestimated. At this moment, the most exciting character is the windmill. The leaves of the windmill were turning rapidly as if they had been looking forward to it for a long time, turning and turning.
Manet only drew the scene in his eyes, not everything he saw at that time. This painting boldly omitted the contrast between object shape and light and shadow, and instead used various colors of brushwork. Later, as time passed, this also became a feature of impressionism. In order to effectively emphasize the light with shadows, Manet used a large amount of black, just like the strong contrast between the two women in the painting wearing black and white clothes, successfully creating a deep and impactful visual effect; with the decisive strokes of his unhesitating brushstrokes, he formally declared war on the darkness for the light. The dark clouds that could be touched with a hand stretched out in front of me vividly led the strong typhoon to sweep over. Manet is worthy of being a master of Impressionism when he cleverly captures the moments of Typhoon scene with his keen brushwork.
For Manet, travel is his teacher. Born in a wealthy family in the upper class, he chose a bohemian lifestyle. Manet's father served as a judge and always hoped that his son would study law like himself, but Manet never gave up becoming a painter. Despite his father's repeated opposition, Manet still chose to become an intern crew at the age of 16 and follow his sailing companions to South America. After failing to apply for the Naval School, he turned to the painting world as a painter. Manet first studied painting in Thomas Couture's studio, but later chose to study painting alone because of resistance to the academic French historical painter. Manet, who worships Italian painters Titian, Giorgione and Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, studied their paintings in the Louvre and answered questions encountered during the research process through travel. He traveled to Germany, Belgium, Italy and other European countries. While copying masterpieces, he also created many of his own masterpieces. Especially when he was traveling in the Netherlands in 1873, he was deeply influenced by the Dutch painter Frans Hals. "Swallow" is the product of this journey, and was created the year after returning from the trip to the Netherlands. Travel transformed Manet's paintings, allowing him to free himself from the familiar shackles and have the courage to explore strange things.
"Studio" 1890 54cm x 38.5cm John Lavery
Irish painter John Lavery (1856-1941) has a work called "In the Studio". This painting takes me back to the distant past and experience that passionate period again. In the middle of the room, there is a woman painting. She held the brush in her right hand and the palette in her left hand, staring at the canvas on the easel, thinking about whether the painting in front of her needs to be modified and whether there are any incomplete parts, and carefully looked at it repeatedly. The color effect presented by this painting is already beautiful, and in terms of composition, it is an extremely outstanding work, especially the expression of spatial depth, which is particularly eye-catching. Ray Willie makes good use of objects everywhere in his home as a key element in presenting a sense of space. The stacking of picture frames, fans, and wooden easels hanging on the wall all delicately create the depth of the space, and use their respective sizes and positions to express the changes in the space. The objects near are large and clear; objects far away are small and blurry, thereby highlighting the distance and distance. If the door behind the woman is closed and the wall is used to block the space, it will immediately create a sense of oppression, making people feel narrow and stunning; therefore, the painter decisively chose to expand the background to create an open space and a three-dimensional composition.
Ray Willie is good at depicting the daily appearance of high-class women with neat brushstrokes. In this painting, it can also be seen from the woman's gorgeous dress and high-end interior decoration that she comes from the upper class. For Ray Willy, his most important creative material is "painting and women". For example, the elegant "AVisitor in the Studio", which delicately portrays women in black dresses and reads the collection of paintings; in "Ladies in Sin John Lavery's Studio", two women can also be seen living together in the studio. A creative journey in 1904 allowed Ray Willy to meet her destined second wife, Heather. The two got married in 1909. Ray Willy immediately painted "Mrs. Lavery Sketching" the following year. Perhaps, painters engaged in creation reflect their true lives through pictures depicting on canvas, right?
There is also a well-known painter who started painting lately, the 19th century British painter John Atkinson Greensha (1836-1893). Although Greensha has had extraordinary talent for painting since childhood, he has not embarked on the art path due to his parents' opposition. Greensha's mother was particularly dissatisfied with her son's paintings, and even threatened to destroy all his works... Greensha had been helpless for a long time to satisfy her regret of not being able to draw by appreciating works by famous artists in Leeds, England.
"Stepton Park near Ponty Frett" 1877 43.5cm x 28cm John Akinson Greensha
Time flies, Greensha chose to leave the railway company where he worked in 1861 and embark on the road of full-time painter. Although he had never received a formal art education and started painting later than others, all kinds of unfavorable conditions prompted Greensha to devote himself to his creation. Later, he successfully founded an exhibition with the theme of depicting fruits, flowers, birds, etc., and in just a few years, he had the financial ability to buy a luxury house in Leeds.
About forty years old, Greensha began to like the scenery reflected by the moonlight. He exudes his poetic imagination on the canvas and focuses on depicting the night view of Britain under the moonlight. Greenshare traveled to Liverpool, London, Chelsea, Leeds and other places, and painted the British appearance that had changed rapidly due to the Industrial Revolution at that time. The gentle and mysterious moonlight he embodies is enough to induce a subtle emotion in his heart and awaken the hazy sensibility that has been sleeping in his inner world for a long time. Especially the painting "Stapleton Park near Pontefract" outlines the golden autumn atmosphere that spreads across West Yorkshire, England, and can best present the soft charm of the moonlight. The warm yellow moonlight, as if the lighting switch is turned on, covers the entire picture. Every time I took a step, I could hear the rustling of fallen leaves. The woman listened to the occasional sound of the wind passing by, walking lightly. Before I knew it, the moonlight became darker and the autumn colors were getting darker. In an instant, the woman who was originally eager to move forward stopped and thought about how long it would take to walk the night road that had no idea at the end. Worried that she would feel lonely when she walked alone on an inhuman road, the moon reflected the brighter road, and the warmth of the moonlight poured gently caressed the woman. A warm light flows through the heart, and the woman expresses her worries to the moon; the moon soothes her loneliness and turns into a close friend who listens with sincerity. The woman was filled with strength and continued to move forward bravely. With the moonlight, no matter how difficult the night road is, it has become a dream road to happiness.
Green Sand has painted many moon scenes similar to the composition of this painting. For example, Alanen Headingley Leeds, which outlines a woman's gaze at the brightly lit house, and AMoonlit Lane, which depicts the warm scene of mother and daughter walking hand in hand, are all his typical moonlight landscape paintings. The painting "The Lovers" shows the appearance of couples embracing each other under the moonlight, desolate and beautiful.
Although some people have criticized Greensha for always being unable to break through the composition of similar themes and similarities, he always ignored it and firmly walked on his own path. Finally, Greensha finally painted a unique urban moonlit night. Even today hundreds of years later, it still enjoys the reputation of "moonlight painter" and is deeply loved by the world. The stunning moonlight scenery in Greensha's paintings may be the gift he wants to give to people who work silently on their own paths... and walk their own way at their own pace.
"Cypress Tree and Two Women" 1889 92cm x 73cm Vincent van Gogh
Dutch Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is a representative painter of the 19th century. His name seems to have become a kind of adjective. With an impulsive personality, and being young and frivolous, he always gets along with others. After finding that he is out of place with the world, Van Gogh is gradually isolated in a world where he has only himself. One day, as if he could no longer bear the gloomy life, in order to get rid of the cold, boredom and gray Paris, Van Gogh decided to go to the sunny and warm south and come to the small village of Provence - Arles. Arriving here, he was instantly impressed by the scenery in front of him. The blue sky and sun comforted Van Gogh, allowing him to gradually regain the dawn in his heart.
In a beautiful scene, the towering cypress trees firmly grasped Van Gogh's gaze. From the letter Van Gogh wrote to his younger brother Theo at that time, you can clearly see Van Gogh's intentions: "Cypress trees are always deeply loved by me. I want to use them as creative subjects and draw paintings like "Sunflowers". I was even surprised that I had never painted cypress trees.The cypress tree is like an obelisk in Egypt, with its beautiful lines and symmetrical feeling, and the thick green that no one can match... The green that swarms up is really crazy. "
Van Gogh reached the heyday of his painter's career in Arles, completing countless works like God's help. His masterpieces "Starry Night", "Green Wheat Field with Cypress", and "Road with Cypress and Star" were all born during this period. In addition, "Cypresses and Two Women" TwoWomen) is also one of the masterpieces at this time.
Under the cool blue sky, the tender green fields are like dance rhythm; the flowers blooming in the fields are yellow and red, and they are gorgeous on the ground. On the emerald green grassland, you can see the standing cypress trees standing straight. The cypress trees hold tightly on the ground and are weathered and frost-like. Just standing quietly is enough to make people feel the majesty of seeing the ever-changing world; the towering appearance reveals the awesome and firm momentum. Under the shade of the tree that has grown into a big tree after countless years, two passing women appeared, holding beautiful flowers in their hands.
This painting was created by Fan Gao's life. The most exciting period. He spent a long time outdoor painting, and he would draw every scene that came into view into the canvas. Fan Gao did not simply depict what his eyes saw, but conveyed his feelings and emotions through colorful colors. The extraordinary brushwork was no less than the rich colors in the painting. He used thick painting method to present the shape of a cypress tree, and then used the brush to color it twice to add a lifelike texture; using winding lines and short brushstrokes to increase the weight of the tree and double the depth of the picture. The vortexes spread throughout the picture make people feel the painter's violent inner fluctuations and full of enthusiasm. Fan Gao seemed to pour out his whole body's strength and paint his passion for life.
Although the safe haven of Arles matured, it also became the starting point of the tragedy. After a fierce dispute with Gauguin, a close friend of the painter who lived with Arles, Van Gogh, then returned home and cut off his left ear, causing an uproar. Later, because of hallucinations and disorderly behaviors, he was sent to a mental hospital. After a long period of pain, Van Gogh raised his gun to his chest in the summer of 1890, trying to commit suicide. After being injured by gunshots, he suffered for three days and left a "pain never ending" to the younger brother Theo who supported and sponsored his creations for life, and passed away.
Van Gogh ended up He lived hard in poverty and pain all his life. Although he ended his bumpy life at the age of 37, his paintings filled with passion and sincerity still aroused profound touching the world. The cypress tree that swayed without reservation without reservation, as if it was about to fall, faced wave after wave of wind and waves, just like your and my life; without the turmoil, he never fell down, which reminded people of the other side of you and me who have experienced many vicissitudes.
Although he was poor and sad, Van Gao never let go of his brush from beginning to end. He used his unstoppable enthusiasm to make the cypress tree sway and sway in his canvas, quietly proclaiming to the world: Turbulence is also a kind of beauty of life.
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There is no sense of emptiness around you, and the world seems to be the only one left, and the appearance of a woman is extremely desolate. The extremely miserable loneliness and inner turbulent mood, the picture stays at the moment when emotions are fully presented. It is more like a dark morning than the slim night. The early morning scenery in Hopa depicts the loneliness that all modern people have experienced.
"Sonata" 1911 69.6 cm x 69.6cm Child Hassam
There are countless paintings with piano themes, and among them, the American painter "The Sonata" (Frederick Child Hassam, 1859-1935) expresses the richest emotions. This painting was painted during the time when Hassam returned to China after studying in Paris and returned to China, and cleverly presented the ever-changing moments of light and shadow.
Beside the warm sunshine shines, leaning against a huge black piano. A woman in a white dress sat on a piano chair and started playing, with the melodious sound of the piano surrounding every corner of the room. The transparent vase placed on the piano is crystal clear, and the flowers in the bottle are also enjoying the performance. At this time, the curtains swayed with the cool breeze blowing in outside the window, and the woman's skirt also danced with the wind. The faint sound of birds and rustling leaves in the distance seemed to be paired with the sound of a woman's piano, and an orchestra performance was being held. Combining the rhythm of light and color, a colorful and romantic picture is vividly created. When he was studying in France, Hassam was deeply fascinated by impressionism , combined it with American realism to form his own unique style. This style gradually developed into traditional American impressionism, and he formed the "Ten American Painters" group with like-minded people. Hassam, William Merritt Chase, Edmund Charles Tarbell, Thomas Dewing and others held their first member joint exhibition at the Luel Gallery in New York, and used this to make a relationship, starting the years of mutual support and promotion of the development of American impressionism for more than 20 years. Just as he was happy to be called the "painter of light and air", Hassam attached great importance to the light surrounding the air. Looking closely at the soft rhythm of light and colors in his pen, the melodious piano melody seemed to ring in his ears.
Hassam's works were very popular in the 19th century with his rhythmic brushstrokes. Not only did he win the favor of the general public, but his sales also achieved great success. His paintings are still one of the best-selling works in the world's largest art auctions, Sotheby's and Christie's , and the transaction price even set a record for the third highest American painting.
Hassam's works are loved by many well-known people. In the office of former US President Obama , Hassam's "The Avenue in the Rain" hangs in the office of the White House . The painting depicts the scene of World War I . When citizens asked the US government that insisted on isolationism to participate in the war and gathered on Fifth Avenue in New York. The Room of Flowers, which is dazzling in the bottle, also sparked heated discussions because it was bought by entrepreneur Bill Gates for 20 million US dollars.
"Woman with Makeup" 1913 130.18cm x 130.18cm Frederick Carl Frisek
Frisek was born in the United States. After studying art-related courses there, he went to Paris at the age of 23 and then spent most of his life in France. Compared with other second-generation American Impressionist painters who mainly followed the style of French painter Claude Monet (Claude Monet), although Frisek However, he lives next door to the mansion in Giverny, a suburb of Paris, but because of his deep admiration for Renoir, he chose to follow Renoir's footsteps. Frisek mainly uses character painting as his theme, rather than creating landscape paintings or still life paintings, and especially likes to depict women's daily appearance. If you take a closer look at his paintings, it is not difficult to see Renoir's traces in the round face lines and sensual compositions, as well as the gorgeous light and tones.
depicts a naked woman sleeping soundly on the soft bed, successfully capturing the quiet moments; the back of a woman wearing a green necklace in "Reflections" is echoed by the title of "Green Light Magician" given to him by the world, presenting the beauty of the mysterious green light to the extreme. In the Doorway (Good In Morning, he cleverly depicts the moment when a woman comes home with a parasol, and divides the light and shadow inside and outside the house with thresholds. This work is an excellent masterpiece. Women who taste tea, women who walk, women who read, etc., all kinds of women's daily appearances are all creative themes for Frisek's hobby.
Some people once said that women's clothing in paintings are mostly artificially modified, and light and colors are artificially added. They criticized Frisek as a "modifying impressionist", but these remarks There is no impact on the dazzling light and gorgeousness emitted by his paintings, and many people still want to collect his works. Frisek is obsessed with presenting perfect light delicately, and is even called the "Painter of Light". "What I want is sunshine, flowers in the sun, girls in the sun, nude bodies in the sun... In the past eight years, I have seen these scenes under the sun. As long as I can draw everything I see in my eyes, I will feel happy."
"Girls in the Kitchen" 1883-1886 87.7cm x 68.5cm Anna Ankar
Ankar was born in Denmark Skagen (Skagen), located at the northernmost ocean junction of the Jutland Peninsula . She is the eldest daughter of five children in her family. Ankar has extraordinary artistic talent since childhood. At that time, many painters stayed in the hotel run by her father and engaged in various creations. She was deeply influenced during her growth and developed a unique thinking about art.
Later, she studied painting at the art school in Copenhagen for three years, then went to Paris, France to enter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes The studio was engaged in creation and establishing personal style. A few years later, Ankar returned to Skarn, married Michael Ancher, who was also a painter, in 1880, gave birth to his daughter Hagrid, and settled in Skarn Art Village.
In the European society at that time, women were not very likely to receive education, and after marriage, they had to bear the social expectation that "married women must take care of their families with all their hearts". Women were unfamiliar with the unfamiliar It is even considered a taboo for a man to show his appearance. Therefore, women dare not imagine that they can continue to be active in the art world as a full-time painter after marriage. But Ankar did not surrender, but instead persevered and did his best to create. She focused on Skahn's daily appearance: the days of vaccination, the pear trees in the courtyard, the scene of autumn harvest, the woman reading, the old mother knitting wool, the girl cooking, etc., and the most ordinary and lifelike scenes were collected.
Interestingly, both Ankar and his wife, who are depicting Skarn's daily life, live under the same roof, but most of her husband chooses seascapes or fisherman dynamics as the protagonists, while Ankar prefers to portray women's appearance and indoor scenes. Such differences in painting styles are not difficult to infer that the social atmosphere at that time still treats women with a strict and conservative attitude. Even so, Ankar never stopped creating. Gradually, she is good at realistic and detailed He was well-known for his detached depicting light and colors, and eventually became a representative and famous painter in Denmark. In addition to her extraordinary will and efforts, she also made an indelible contribution to protecting and helping her husband Mikay Ankar.
Ankar later became a frontal image of Denmark's 1000 kroner banknotes, and is still highly admired. The house they lived in Skaen was owned by his daughter Haeger after Ankar passed away; After Hager passed away, it was converted into a museum from Hager Group, which collected works of painters who were active in the art world with Ankar and his wife at that time and the creations of Ankar's family, becoming a famous place that everyone is rushing to visit.
"Bath Tub" 1888.12 cm x 121. 92 cm Anders Leonard Zorn
Swedish Romantic painter Anders Leonard Zorn (1860-1920) was good at using the effects of water and light to depict sensual and romantic bathing scenes.This painting feature can be seen from Girls from Dalarna Having a Bath, which perfectly presents a faint reflection of light, to Summer, where women sit on stones and enjoy bathing. Among Zuo En's creations with the theme of bathing, my favorite is The Tub, which was completed in 1888, which cleverly highlights the daily bathing scenes of women with a gorgeous atmosphere.
A naked woman stood in the bright bathroom where thousands of sunlight shone. She stood in the circular bathtub with rippling water, her face and body were a little red, making you and I truly feel the heat in the bathroom. The hairstyle that was randomly folded was left with a few hairs that were soaked by water vapor, but the woman only focused on wiping her body. She wiped her buttocks as red as ripe fruit with her hands inside and out, and her appearance was both pleasing and adorable. The rich sense of layering and elastic images make it difficult to believe that this is a watercolor painting, and every stroke is full of the vividness conveyed by the painter through his elegant brushstrokes. Looking at this painting, it seemed as if it had washed away the heavy stains in your heart, refreshing and comfortable.
Zoen was born in a poor family in Mura, Sweden. With his innate artistic talent, he worked tirelessly and finally became the chief painter in Sweden. He had been exposed to carving courses in school, and after traveling to European countries and Africa such as English, Spain, Italy, and Africa, he learned more proficient copperplate techniques. Then Zoen lived in Paris, deeply influenced by impressionist painters such as Degas and , Manet and . He delicately integrated the characteristics of Impressionism and Spanish painting to create his own unique style.
Zou En's art fields, including sculpture, copperplate, nude painting, portrait painting, watercolor painting, oil painting, etc., are not only very diverse, but the artistic strength shown through his works cannot be underestimated. When he visited the United States in early 1893, Zuo Ann painted portraits for the two American presidents; and his portraits of "Grover Cleveland" painted by him for the 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States are still well-known today. Zuo En, who traveled to many places and left behind a large number of paintings in his life, chose to return to his hometown Mura in his later years. He used his own home as a studio to regain his carving and creation of his enlightenment career, and quietly completed his last journey in his life in the summer of 1920. To date, Zoen's former residence and studio are still preserved in Mura, and he has become a representative Swedish painter who is deeply loved by the world.
The daily life written by the painter has retained the beautiful treasure we lost. Anders Zuoen cleverly makes ordinary daily life unique. "Ordinary aesthetics" may be the most precious value in his life.
"Visiting the Art Gallery" 1879-1880 91.7cm x 67.9cm Edgar Degas
As a French Impressionist painter, Degas unexpectedly did not have much interest in light effects or air changes. Therefore, the scenes in his works are mainly limited to indoor spaces such as opera houses, cafes, racecourses, ballet theaters, art galleries, etc. Degas left a series of works with the theme of art gallery. Visit to a Museum, which has been created since 1879, depicts the American Impressionist painter Mary Cassatthtml ( Mary Cassatt) and his sister Lydia admire the Louvre exhibition. This is his painting that cleverly uses the beauty of light in this series of works. After completing this work, he immediately began to draw "Mary Cassatt at the Louvre", and then completed "Mary Cassatt and Her Sister at the Louvre" in 1885. Another painting "Seeing the Art Gallery" created in the same year depicts the back of Cassatt who was watching the exhibition alone.
In the painting "Visiting the Art Gallery" created in 1879, Cassat held his waist with one hand, straightened his body and looked up at the painting; Lydia sat in a comfortable soft chair, looking at the catalog and painting alternately. The same dress and same hairstyle, the sisters' styles of enjoying paintings are very different. Cassat focused on paintings actually hung in the exhibition hall, while Lydia focused on reading the painting information. The reason why the two have such a difference is that Cassatt is a painter who created himself, while Lydia is just a simple painter.
In addition, there is another noteworthy part in the painting: in the scene where all the scenes are foggy and out of focus, only Cassatt's face is clearly visible. Lydia, who was sitting directly in front of Cassatt, had a dull face, and even felt like she was being run over; Cassatt's face exuded a dazzling light, even her drooping eyelids and rosy lips were so clear and clear. Perhaps, at that moment, the only clearest thing in Degas's eyes was Cassatt.
Since witnessing the scene of his mother's affair in childhood, Degas has hated her to the core. This hatred spread even more to all women. He never shy away from talking about his contempt for women in public, and even compared female singers to dogs in extreme detail. However, there is an exception in Degas's mind, which is Mary Cassatt.
Cassat is a frequent visitor in Dega’s paintings. Whenever he sees Dega’s paintings for Cassat, he can deeply feel his respect and love for her. He wrote a four-line poem for her and painted her, but never proposed to her. The two men who maintained a close friendship throughout their lives chose to be single for the rest of their lives. Although the unknown love story between Degas and Cassatt has not been clearly disclosed, the relationship between the two people is still a beautiful story.
Art gallery has a unique meaning to both of them. Since the age of nineteen, Degas has obtained permission to copy the exhibits in the Louvre, thus cultivating a unique artistic sense. Degas gradually constructed his own art world by studying the works of masters of all dynasties in the art gallery.
"Reading with the Lamp" 1909 73.2cm x 58.4 cm George Clausen
There is a painting that can properly present this abstract feeling - "Reading by Lamplight" by British naturalist painter George Clausen (1852-1944). The painting shows the woman reading alone, and the quiet scene slightly ripples the lake in my heart.
Sit on the sofa to read all night, and it was already midnight before I knew it. The cobalt blue light that penetrated into the house through the gaps of the pure white curtains was so thick that the whole world seemed to have been dyed blue. The woman holding her cheeks looked at the book with all her attention, and the vague lights warmed the whole room. She lowered her head slightly and read slowly, her eyes firm and sincere. After gently turning this page, I stopped my eyes on the next page, for a long time, for a long time... Except for the occasional sound of touching the square desk, the world was so quiet that no sound could be heard. This deep tranquility, like a stationary light, held its breath. The air flows slowly, and time breathes slowly. Silently, the mind will be clearer.
George Clawson was influenced by his interior designer's father and has been creating in an environment where he can be exposed to design and painting everywhere since he was a child. He served as a professor at of the Royal Academy of Arts and was awarded the title of the state. He devoted his life to painting and teaching. He was also a successful painter with wealth, reputation and authority. He finally passed away in the autumn of 1944 and was 92 years old. Sometimes when you see some painters experiencing various tragic lives, you will inevitably feel pity and sympathy. In comparison, Clawson's life is not very tortuous and seems much more stable. I guess he is a very blessed person, right? A calm state of mind may have created such a calm work under Clawson's paintings.
"Waiting for the Tram" 1907 40.3 cm x 31cm Paul Gustav Fischer (1860-1934)'s Waiting for the Tram The background of this painting is the streets of Copenhagen that Fisher often depicts, which vividly presents the lives of urban people. Watch each other calmly. It is a quiet but vibrant scene.
1891 Fisher, who went to Paris, France to study painting, was deeply influenced by Impressionism in the local area. His early works were mostly gray and dim scenery because of the uncertain Nordic weather. After starting his study abroad life in Paris, he began to see the sunshine in his paintings, filled with bright and bright atmosphere everywhere. Although "Waiting for the Car" was completed for a long time after Fisher returned to China after studying abroad, the traces of Impressionism are still clearly visible.The blue tone expresses the building shrouded in the mist, which is reminiscent of Manet; the thickness of fallen leaves is increased by pressing the brush, which is a good thick coating method (Impasto); the floor is depicted as reflected light with moderate force, which is quite similar to Cayebote. Fisher's paintings perfectly harmonize light, shadow and color, creating "warm loneliness", and also allowing us to feel the sweet and bitter subtlety of modern society. Loneliness can occasionally become a bridge of mutual understanding.
"The Woman Holding an Umbrella" 1875 110 cm x 81 cm Claude Monet
Monet went out with his family, the gorgeous sunshine shone freely, and green everywhere. The warm and warm sun embraces the body, the fragrance of flowers blows across the tip of the nose, and the mood suddenly feels comfortable and refreshing. In the grass swaying in the wind, you can see the figure of Kamier. Kamier, who was strolling with a green umbrella, faced with the sun and breeze, her face was covered with gauze, and she was about to walk forward, but she temporarily stopped because the white skirt danced with the wind. Looking back at Camile, her cheeks were flushed; behind her was Jean Monet, who was wearing a cute hat and playing excitedly. Perhaps at this moment, Monet realized that he was in the happiest time of his life! Under the ever-changing flowing clouds, Monet's family spent a happy moment.
While walking with my family, Monet was deeply happy with the quiet scene in front of me, and then put what I saw into the painting as fast as possible. At that time, Monet's mind was full of "light". He once said that he was afraid of darkness more than death, and he attached great importance to and persisted in the use and expression of light. In this painting, you can see him trying hard to capture the light of the moment. Flowing clouds, floating wind, warm sunshine... The light that flashed and disappeared instantly can be seen everywhere in the brushstrokes of this painting. This work can be regarded as the highest level of Monet's use of Impressionist techniques.
When the painting was completed, the financial difficulties had gradually eased, and Monet's parents also accepted Camille. For them, life was full of happiness. But the good times didn't last long, and a severe test came to the two of them again. Camille's health is getting worse and worse, and the uterine tumor cells expand throughout her body. She is already sick and blind, but Monet can only watch her beloved wife die in pain. Soon after, Kamier passed away.
In order to cherish the last appearance of his beloved wife, Monet left Camille Monet on Her Deathbed in the painting, completing his masterpiece "Camille Monet on Her Deathbed". He wrote a passage for this work: "The person I have loved and cherished deeply is dying... You who are about to leave me forever, I want to draw the last side of you."
She is light, inspiration, and eternal love
One day seven years after Camille's death, Monet and Susanna, daughter of his second wife, Alice, were walking by the river together. He found Camille's shadow on Susanna, who was strolling in the sun, so he created two paintings, namely "Femmeà l'ombrelle tournée vers la gauche" and "Femmeà l'ombrelle tournée vers la gauche" and "Femmeà l'ombrelle tournée vers la droite". This is a figure painting by Monet after seven years, which only focused on landscape paintings and still life paintings after Camille's death.
However, Monet did not draw a woman's appearance after all, but covered her face with the shadow of a parasol and vaguely passed by. Although the protagonist in the painting is his daughter Susanna, he is actually Camille. Monet, who is always a pure boy in front of Camille, turned her deep longing for her into a brilliant light in the work. Perhaps what Monet was extremely eager to draw was not the light of the moment, but the more dazzling Kamier in his eyes.
After Kamier's death, Impressionism also declined. To Monet, Camille is his light, she is the source of inspiration, the eternal love, and the light, it is so simple. Despite being criticized by the world and being desperately trapped in poverty, Monet was able to stick to his belief in art only because Camille was by his side. She comforted his tired heart with love, and comforted him with a warm smile until she died.When the whole world laughs at Monet, she is the only one who never leaves and gives support; when Monet is at the end of her life, she is the only one who never stings with a bright smile and stays with her. How can Monet forget such a Camille?
For the talented husband, Camille quietly stayed by her side like a shadow, under the brush of the person she loved deeply, turned into an eternal light.
"Rain" 1921 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm Matthias Alten
"Rain" by German Impressionist painter Mathias Alten (1871-1938). In the picture, a famous woman stood in the middle of the lake, dripping with her naked body. She spread her hands and quietly felt the touch of the raindrops. Standing alone by the lake where no one sees it, enjoying naked freedom is really enviable. The rain soaked the earth, and ripples rippled in the lake. The trees immersed their bodies in this timely rain, sweeping away the stuffy rain in the daytime slipped on the woman's chest, washing the pain that had accumulated in her heart bit by bit. The new earth exudes the earthy smell of green grass, and the woman takes a deep breath of fresh air.
In order to escape from war and poverty, Atten immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of eighteen. Since then, in order to make a living, he has worked in furniture factories, offices, cinemas and other places. Based on this family background, Aitan did not take up the power of his brush at first, and it was not until more than ten years later that a wealthy sponsor appeared, and he officially began painting.
Later, with the help of his sponsors, Aiten went to Paris to study, studying at the college while embarking on the path of a painter. Before he knew it, he created many still life paintings, portraits and animal paintings with unique styles, and became an important painter in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
Landscape paintings can especially highlight Aiten's painting advantages. Unlike the painter who flocked to depict the vast American scenery at that time, Aten cleverly integrated his emotions with his paintings, and the touching his paintings brought to you and me is often far better than amazement. He often travels and creates around the United States and Europe, prefers to ride a carriage rather than a train, or moves through hiking, riding a donkey, etc., and enjoys the simplicity of the journey.
Aiten does not belong to any school, so he can create without restraint; and through travel, he also strengthened his will to become a painter. The appearance of the sponsor is indeed a great blessing for him; if there is no such funding, Aiten may not be able to draw for the rest of his life, let alone become a painter. When I think of this, I feel a little sad.
"Swallows" 1873 Edward Manet
This painting is a work by Edward Manet (1832-1883), known as the "father of Impressionism", which cleverly uses the word Swallow to represent the dual meanings of "swallow" and "swallow" respectively. Westerners believe that swallows fly high means that the sky is clear, and it will rain when flying low. When shouting and flying low, it means that there will be a storm. Therefore, the singing swallow seems to inform everyone of the news that the storm is about to hit.
Dark clouds cover the entire sky. I wonder if I felt the weather suddenly change, the cow looked a little panicked. The two women could not control their bodies in the strong wind and staggered on the grass. From their hats that were almost blown away from their heads, they could feel the intensity of the strong wind that should not be underestimated. At this moment, the most exciting character is the windmill. The leaves of the windmill were turning rapidly as if they had been looking forward to it for a long time, turning and turning.
Manet only drew the scene in his eyes, not everything he saw at that time. This painting boldly omitted the contrast between object shape and light and shadow, and instead used various colors of brushwork. Later, as time passed, this also became a feature of impressionism. In order to effectively emphasize the light with shadows, Manet used a large amount of black, just like the strong contrast between the two women in the painting wearing black and white clothes, successfully creating a deep and impactful visual effect; with the decisive strokes of his unhesitating brushstrokes, he formally declared war on the darkness for the light. The dark clouds that could be touched with a hand stretched out in front of me vividly led the strong typhoon to sweep over. Manet is worthy of being a master of Impressionism when he cleverly captures the moments of Typhoon scene with his keen brushwork.
For Manet, travel is his teacher. Born in a wealthy family in the upper class, he chose a bohemian lifestyle. Manet's father served as a judge and always hoped that his son would study law like himself, but Manet never gave up becoming a painter. Despite his father's repeated opposition, Manet still chose to become an intern crew at the age of 16 and follow his sailing companions to South America. After failing to apply for the Naval School, he turned to the painting world as a painter. Manet first studied painting in Thomas Couture's studio, but later chose to study painting alone because of resistance to the academic French historical painter. Manet, who worships Italian painters Titian, Giorgione and Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, studied their paintings in the Louvre and answered questions encountered during the research process through travel. He traveled to Germany, Belgium, Italy and other European countries. While copying masterpieces, he also created many of his own masterpieces. Especially when he was traveling in the Netherlands in 1873, he was deeply influenced by the Dutch painter Frans Hals. "Swallow" is the product of this journey, and was created the year after returning from the trip to the Netherlands. Travel transformed Manet's paintings, allowing him to free himself from the familiar shackles and have the courage to explore strange things.
"Studio" 1890 54cm x 38.5cm John Lavery
Irish painter John Lavery (1856-1941) has a work called "In the Studio". This painting takes me back to the distant past and experience that passionate period again. In the middle of the room, there is a woman painting. She held the brush in her right hand and the palette in her left hand, staring at the canvas on the easel, thinking about whether the painting in front of her needs to be modified and whether there are any incomplete parts, and carefully looked at it repeatedly. The color effect presented by this painting is already beautiful, and in terms of composition, it is an extremely outstanding work, especially the expression of spatial depth, which is particularly eye-catching. Ray Willie makes good use of objects everywhere in his home as a key element in presenting a sense of space. The stacking of picture frames, fans, and wooden easels hanging on the wall all delicately create the depth of the space, and use their respective sizes and positions to express the changes in the space. The objects near are large and clear; objects far away are small and blurry, thereby highlighting the distance and distance. If the door behind the woman is closed and the wall is used to block the space, it will immediately create a sense of oppression, making people feel narrow and stunning; therefore, the painter decisively chose to expand the background to create an open space and a three-dimensional composition.
Ray Willie is good at depicting the daily appearance of high-class women with neat brushstrokes. In this painting, it can also be seen from the woman's gorgeous dress and high-end interior decoration that she comes from the upper class. For Ray Willy, his most important creative material is "painting and women". For example, the elegant "AVisitor in the Studio", which delicately portrays women in black dresses and reads the collection of paintings; in "Ladies in Sin John Lavery's Studio", two women can also be seen living together in the studio. A creative journey in 1904 allowed Ray Willy to meet her destined second wife, Heather. The two got married in 1909. Ray Willy immediately painted "Mrs. Lavery Sketching" the following year. Perhaps, painters engaged in creation reflect their true lives through pictures depicting on canvas, right?
There is also a well-known painter who started painting lately, the 19th century British painter John Atkinson Greensha (1836-1893). Although Greensha has had extraordinary talent for painting since childhood, he has not embarked on the art path due to his parents' opposition. Greensha's mother was particularly dissatisfied with her son's paintings, and even threatened to destroy all his works... Greensha had been helpless for a long time to satisfy her regret of not being able to draw by appreciating works by famous artists in Leeds, England.
"Stepton Park near Ponty Frett" 1877 43.5cm x 28cm John Akinson Greensha
Time flies, Greensha chose to leave the railway company where he worked in 1861 and embark on the road of full-time painter. Although he had never received a formal art education and started painting later than others, all kinds of unfavorable conditions prompted Greensha to devote himself to his creation. Later, he successfully founded an exhibition with the theme of depicting fruits, flowers, birds, etc., and in just a few years, he had the financial ability to buy a luxury house in Leeds.
About forty years old, Greensha began to like the scenery reflected by the moonlight. He exudes his poetic imagination on the canvas and focuses on depicting the night view of Britain under the moonlight. Greenshare traveled to Liverpool, London, Chelsea, Leeds and other places, and painted the British appearance that had changed rapidly due to the Industrial Revolution at that time. The gentle and mysterious moonlight he embodies is enough to induce a subtle emotion in his heart and awaken the hazy sensibility that has been sleeping in his inner world for a long time. Especially the painting "Stapleton Park near Pontefract" outlines the golden autumn atmosphere that spreads across West Yorkshire, England, and can best present the soft charm of the moonlight. The warm yellow moonlight, as if the lighting switch is turned on, covers the entire picture. Every time I took a step, I could hear the rustling of fallen leaves. The woman listened to the occasional sound of the wind passing by, walking lightly. Before I knew it, the moonlight became darker and the autumn colors were getting darker. In an instant, the woman who was originally eager to move forward stopped and thought about how long it would take to walk the night road that had no idea at the end. Worried that she would feel lonely when she walked alone on an inhuman road, the moon reflected the brighter road, and the warmth of the moonlight poured gently caressed the woman. A warm light flows through the heart, and the woman expresses her worries to the moon; the moon soothes her loneliness and turns into a close friend who listens with sincerity. The woman was filled with strength and continued to move forward bravely. With the moonlight, no matter how difficult the night road is, it has become a dream road to happiness.
Green Sand has painted many moon scenes similar to the composition of this painting. For example, Alanen Headingley Leeds, which outlines a woman's gaze at the brightly lit house, and AMoonlit Lane, which depicts the warm scene of mother and daughter walking hand in hand, are all his typical moonlight landscape paintings. The painting "The Lovers" shows the appearance of couples embracing each other under the moonlight, desolate and beautiful.
Although some people have criticized Greensha for always being unable to break through the composition of similar themes and similarities, he always ignored it and firmly walked on his own path. Finally, Greensha finally painted a unique urban moonlit night. Even today hundreds of years later, it still enjoys the reputation of "moonlight painter" and is deeply loved by the world. The stunning moonlight scenery in Greensha's paintings may be the gift he wants to give to people who work silently on their own paths... and walk their own way at their own pace.
"Cypress Tree and Two Women" 1889 92cm x 73cm Vincent van Gogh
Dutch Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is a representative painter of the 19th century. His name seems to have become a kind of adjective. With an impulsive personality, and being young and frivolous, he always gets along with others. After finding that he is out of place with the world, Van Gogh is gradually isolated in a world where he has only himself. One day, as if he could no longer bear the gloomy life, in order to get rid of the cold, boredom and gray Paris, Van Gogh decided to go to the sunny and warm south and come to the small village of Provence - Arles. Arriving here, he was instantly impressed by the scenery in front of him. The blue sky and sun comforted Van Gogh, allowing him to gradually regain the dawn in his heart.
In a beautiful scene, the towering cypress trees firmly grasped Van Gogh's gaze. From the letter Van Gogh wrote to his younger brother Theo at that time, you can clearly see Van Gogh's intentions: "Cypress trees are always deeply loved by me. I want to use them as creative subjects and draw paintings like "Sunflowers". I was even surprised that I had never painted cypress trees.The cypress tree is like an obelisk in Egypt, with its beautiful lines and symmetrical feeling, and the thick green that no one can match... The green that swarms up is really crazy. "
Van Gogh reached the heyday of his painter's career in Arles, completing countless works like God's help. His masterpieces "Starry Night", "Green Wheat Field with Cypress", and "Road with Cypress and Star" were all born during this period. In addition, "Cypresses and Two Women" TwoWomen) is also one of the masterpieces at this time.
Under the cool blue sky, the tender green fields are like dance rhythm; the flowers blooming in the fields are yellow and red, and they are gorgeous on the ground. On the emerald green grassland, you can see the standing cypress trees standing straight. The cypress trees hold tightly on the ground and are weathered and frost-like. Just standing quietly is enough to make people feel the majesty of seeing the ever-changing world; the towering appearance reveals the awesome and firm momentum. Under the shade of the tree that has grown into a big tree after countless years, two passing women appeared, holding beautiful flowers in their hands.
This painting was created by Fan Gao's life. The most exciting period. He spent a long time outdoor painting, and he would draw every scene that came into view into the canvas. Fan Gao did not simply depict what his eyes saw, but conveyed his feelings and emotions through colorful colors. The extraordinary brushwork was no less than the rich colors in the painting. He used thick painting method to present the shape of a cypress tree, and then used the brush to color it twice to add a lifelike texture; using winding lines and short brushstrokes to increase the weight of the tree and double the depth of the picture. The vortexes spread throughout the picture make people feel the painter's violent inner fluctuations and full of enthusiasm. Fan Gao seemed to pour out his whole body's strength and paint his passion for life.
Although the safe haven of Arles matured, it also became the starting point of the tragedy. After a fierce dispute with Gauguin, a close friend of the painter who lived with Arles, Van Gogh, then returned home and cut off his left ear, causing an uproar. Later, because of hallucinations and disorderly behaviors, he was sent to a mental hospital. After a long period of pain, Van Gogh raised his gun to his chest in the summer of 1890, trying to commit suicide. After being injured by gunshots, he suffered for three days and left a "pain never ending" to the younger brother Theo who supported and sponsored his creations for life, and passed away.
Van Gogh ended up He lived hard in poverty and pain all his life. Although he ended his bumpy life at the age of 37, his paintings filled with passion and sincerity still aroused profound touching the world. The cypress tree that swayed without reservation without reservation, as if it was about to fall, faced wave after wave of wind and waves, just like your and my life; without the turmoil, he never fell down, which reminded people of the other side of you and me who have experienced many vicissitudes.
Although he was poor and sad, Van Gao never let go of his brush from beginning to end. He used his unstoppable enthusiasm to make the cypress tree sway and sway in his canvas, quietly proclaiming to the world: Turbulence is also a kind of beauty of life.
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