Illinois Landscapes
Illinois Landscapes. Illinois is a state situated in the Midwestern part of the United States. It has a diverse landscape with farmland and the city of Chicago which has been…
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Anthony Thieme
Anthony Thieme (20 February 1888 – 6 December 1954) was a landscape and marine painter and a major figure of the Rockport (MA) School of American regional art. He was…
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Julian Alden Weir
Julian Alden Weir was an American impressionist painter and member of the Cos Cob Art Colony near Greenwich, Connecticut. He was born on August 30th, 1852 and died on December…
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Edouard Cortes
Eduard Cortes (Edouard Henri Léon Cortès) was born on August 6, 1882, in Lagny-sur-Marne, about twenty miles east of Paris. He was an impressionist painter and was excellent at capturing…
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Oil on Canvas
Oil on Canvas. Canvas has been used for oil painting for centuries. Early canvas was made of linen until the introduction of cotton canvas in the 20th century. However, linen…
19th Century Watercolors
19th Century Watercolors. Watercolors were popular during the 19th century with both professional artists and amateur artists. Many of the elite, aristocratic families had access to world travel and this…
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Paris Cityscapes
Paris Cityscapes. Paris has been the home of Artists for centuries and was at it's peak in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Impressionism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Neo-Impressionism, Divisionism, Fauvism,…
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Impressionist Art
Impressionist Art or Impressionism originated in Paris in the 19th-century, roughly between the 1870's and 1880's. It was characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis…