In my previous blog regarding the Dutch painter Thérèse Schwartze I mentioned that one of her early art tutors was Jean-Jacques Henner, the French painter famed for his portraiture. Today I am going to focus on his life and his many artworks. Jean-Jacques Henner Henner was born on March 5th 1829 at the Alsatian town…

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15.11.2024

Gertrude Horsford Fiske – my daily art display

Gertrude Horsford Fiske The artist I am looking at today is the nineteenth century American painter Gertrude Horsford Fiske who was famous for painting people, still life, and landscapes. Gertrude Fiske was born into an established New England family that can trace their family history way back to the Governor of Plymouth Colony, William Bradford…

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01.12.2024

The Fourteenth Street School. Part 1. – my daily art display

When talking about American Urban Realism in art one thinks of The Ashcan School, which was an artistic movement in America during the late 19th and early 20th century. The name given to the group originated from a criticism written in the graphically pioneering American magazine of socialist politics, The Masses, in March 1916 by…

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14.12.2024

Fourteenth Street School of Artists – my daily art display

Part 2. Isabel Bishop "...I hope my work is recognizable as being by a woman, though I certainly would never deliberately make it feminine in any way, in subject or treatment. But if I speak in a voice which is my own, it's bound to be the voice of a woman..." -Isabel Bishop Isabel Bishop,…

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Jean-Jacques Henner – my daily art display

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The Fourteenth Street School. Part 1. – my daily art display

Fourteenth Street School of Artists – my daily art display

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