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How to Restore a Rembrandt

It takes more than good chemistry

By Sara Kiley Watson

https://nautil.us/how-to-restore-a-rembrandt-1230774/

Rembrandt at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7232

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The Nightwatch, or Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq (1642).

Thepaintimg depicts Captain Frans Banninck Cocq in black with a red sash, striding forward and gesturing with his left hand, while Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch in bright yellow and white walks beside him. They lead a lively company of Amsterdam civic guards, all armed and in motion.

Rembrandt breaks from the static formality of traditional militia portraits by showing the men mid-action: muskets being loaded and fired, flags waving, a drummer beating time, and a dog barking. The scene is dramatically lit with golden light piercing deep shadow, creating strong contrasts and directing the viewer’s attention to key figures.

In the midst of the bustle, a mysterious girl in a golden dress — symbolically linked to the company’s emblem — stands illuminated, carrying a chicken with claws visible at her belt.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Night_Watch_-_HD.jpg

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Thank you to an art lover in Devon, PA, for purchasing a canvas print of my hand-painted acrylic painting

Thinking of you
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Thinking of you is an acrylic painting in portrait format painted by the artist Karen Kaspar.
An abstracted human figure stands thoughtfully alone in a room or outdoors. The textured background is abstractly painted in shades of white and light blue, the person in various shades of blue.

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I wish you a relaxing Caturday!

Relaxing cat in the green handmade acrylic painting -
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Relaxing cat in the green is a hand-painted acrylic painting in landscape format by the artist Karen Kaspar. A red and white ginger cat sits in a meadow in lush green grass with its eyes closed. She is relaxing and enjoying the day. The reddish-brown fur with white stripes and the grass have been painted with loose and lively brushstrokes. The picture conveys a calm and peaceful mood.

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Happy Bearsday to you!

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Happy Bearsday is a watercolor painting in portrait format painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. A cute little teddy bear with cuddly brown fur holds a string in one paw with a yellow balloon floating at the end. The bear is standing on the floor in front of a neutral white background and is facing the viewer with a friendly smile.

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The autumn sun bathes the leaves of the maple tree in golden light.

Abstract fall leaves handmade acrylic painting art print - https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/abstract-fall-leaves-acrylic-painting-karen-kaspar.html

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Abstract Fall Leaves is a handmade acrylic painting in landscape format painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. The autumn sun shines through the leaves of a maple tree and bathes the colourful autumn leaves in a warm golden light. The leaves glow in warm autumn colours of yellow, orange, red, brown and green.

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Candy Corn Mouse for Sunday. Have a good one! https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/candy-corn-mouse-lisa-s-baker.html

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Candy Corn Mouse / Mouse Art by Lisa S Baker. A cute mouse wearing a witch's hat stands on a pile of candy corn next to a carved pumpkin. The festive Halloween theme is highlighted by autumnal elements and whimsical details.

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Pink Lounging Kitty, fun new kitty art available: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/pink-lounging-kitty-lisa-s-baker.html

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Pink Lounging Kitty / Cat Art by Lisa S Baker. A black and white cat with vivid green eyes lounges on a vibrant pink background, exuding a sense of relaxation. Its playful posture and the contrasting colors make it visually striking.

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Cupcake Giraffe: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/cupcake-giraffe-lisa-s-baker.html

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Cupcake Giraffe / Animal Art by Lisa S Baker. A whimsical giraffe adorned with a colorful floral crown and a cupcake exudes charm and playfulness. The delicate flowers and leaves contrast beautifully against the giraffe's gentle expression. Vibrant colors make it a captivating piece full of personality.

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How did the only painting sold by Van Gogh in his lifetime end up in Russia?

Revelations about The Red Vineyard, now conserved at Moscow’s Pushkin Museum

by Martin Bailey

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/15/how-did-the-only-painting-sold-by-van-gogh-in-his-lifetime-end-up-in-russia

Van Gogh at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/40599

#art #painting

The Red Vineyards near Arles is an oil painting by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, executed on a privately primed Toile de 30 piece of burlap in early November 1888. It depicts workers in a vineyard, and it is the only painting known by name that Van Gogh sold in his lifetime.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Vineyard#/media/File:Red_vineyards.jpg

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As urgent and relevant today as it ever was': The radical manifesto hidden in Georges Seurat's 1884 masterpiece

Georges Seurat's once-mocked painting Bathers at Asnières is both an "exquisite distillation of the very essence of summer" and "a modern wonder in the art of seeing".

By Kelly Grovier

https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20250812-seurat-radical-manifesto-bathers-at-asnieres-masterpiece

#art #culture #painting

Baigneurs a Asnières.

Bathers at Asnières is an 1884 oil on canvas painting by the French artist Georges Pierre Seurat, the first of his two masterpieces on the monumental scale.

The canvas is of a suburban, placid Parisian riverside scene. Isolated figures, with their clothes piled sculpturally on the riverbank, together with trees, austere boundary walls and buildings, and the River Seine are presented in a formal layout.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathers_at_Asni%C3%A8res#/media/File:Baigneurs_a_Asnieres.jpg

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A painting by a forgotten French Impressionist artist whose career was cut short because of her disapproving husband has gone on display in Liverpool.

By Ewan Gawne

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30zv756d5qo

About Marie Bracquemond at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69533

#books #art #painting

On the terrace at Sèvres (1880)

by Marie Bracquemond

The scene is set on a sunlit terrace in Sèvres, where two fashionably dressed women are seated at a white wrought-iron table. One woman, wearing a flowing white dress, leans forward slightly, gazing out over the terrace rail toward the view beyond. The other, in a darker gown with a bonnet, sits across from her, more withdrawn in posture.

Behind the figures, the terrace overlooks a landscape bathed in soft light, with trees and sky dissolving into shimmering Impressionist brushwork.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Bracquemond#/media/File:Bracquemond.sevres.jpg

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From the time she leapt out of bed to when, at night, she flopped back in it, she was running, exploring, touching, poking, jumping, laughing, and asking endless questions.

Quite obviously, she wasn't sitting behind a school desk.

Wild Child canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/wild-child-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

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Canvas print of an original oil painting depicting a little girl running through a landscape of bushes and grass near the sea.

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I just like to be, want to be, on the beach.

Living inland, in farm country, I treasure the time I spend at the ocean -- the constant sound of the surf is mesmerizing, enticing, healing. There is a timelessness to the seascape that my soul needs, a reminder that this world is so much more than what flashes by on the screen.

Low Tide art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/low-tide-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print

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Art print of an original oil painting depicting sand dunes and sea grass, with the ocean in the background.

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Vermeer and the Lost Art of Love Letters

Though small, Vermeer’s Love Letters at the Frick is a deep dive into the artist’s depictions of women and their letters of endearment.

by Natasha Seaman

https://hyperallergic.com/1035480/vermeer-and-the-lost-art-of-love-letters-frick-collection/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Mickalene%20Thomas%20Sued%20for%20%2410M&utm_campaign=D082025

Vermeer at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=vermeer

#books #painting

Johannes Vermeer, "Woman Writing a Letter with Her Maid", (c. 1670–72).

Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid is the first of the artist's experiments with centrifugal composition; where the focus is not only on the centre of the canvas. In addition, it is his third work in which the drama and dynamic are not centred on a single figure.

The maid is shown standing in the mid-ground, behind her lady, with her hands crossed and waiting for the letter to be completed. The positions of their bodies indicate that the two women are disconnected.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Writing_a_Letter_with_her_Maid#/media/File:Woman_writing_a_letter,_with_her_maid,_by_Johannes_Vermeer.jpg

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I kept this watercolour painting loose and fresh like a summer garden...
Enjoy!

Three pink Zinnias
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Three pink Zinnias is a watercolour painting in a modern square format painted by artist Karen Kaspar. On a white background float three beautiful zinnia flowers in bright pink and rose, surrounded by fresh green leaves. I have kept this watercolour loose and fresh like a summer garden, with a vivid colour contrast between the pink flowers and the background of green leaves and the diagonal composition within the square format.

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When concrete blooms — faces crowned with petals

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Hobbies. #grickledoodle #painting #pets #cat #dog #weekends #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

A cartoon illustration of a cat painting a portrait of a man holding his dog in a chair. Caption reads "The weekends had got a lot more interesting since the cat had started to paint."

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Many thanks to the art lover from the United Kingdom for purchasing a greeting card of the haikuart design of @MarjoleinRotsteeg (haiku) and me (watercolor painting) of

A Robin follows - https://www.redbubble.com/de/shop/ap/167744632

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with every dig
of my spade
a robin follows

Robin on a perch is a hand-painted watercolour painting in portrait format by the artist Karen Kaspar.
A small robin with bright orange breast feathers stands on a square wooden perch and looks around with interest. The bird was painted with loose brushstrokes and the background was left white.
The soft watercolour style gives the overall picture a gentle and dreamy touch.

This work, a combination of painting and haiku, is a joint project by Karen Kaspar (© art and artwork) and Marjolein Rotsteeg (© Haiku).
A haiku is a traditional Japanese poetry form consisting of three lines.

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Have a wonderful weekend!

Black cat - handmade acrylic painting

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Black cat is an acrylic painting in contemporary square format painted by artist Karen Kaspar. A black cat is hiding in a meadow. You see the head of the black cat with green eyes. The background is painted with bold expressive brushstrokes in shades of green, yellow, orange and ocre.

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Leaves of a Japanese Maple tree in vibrant shades of warm red and orange are shining bright in the autumn sun.

Find my handmade acrylic painting here: https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/red-maple-leaves-karen-kaspar.html

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Red Maple Leaves is an acrylic painting in portrait format painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. Many leaves from the Japanese maple tree in warm red and orange tones glow in the autumn sun.

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A cute little Robin sits on a snow covered branch, waiting for Christmas...

Robin on a snow covered branch - hand-painted watercolor:
https://karenkasparartprints.com/featured/robin-on-a-snow-covered-branch-karen-kaspar.html

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Robin on a snow covered branch is a watercolor painting in portrait format hand-painted by the artist Karen Kaspar.
A European Robin sits on a snow-covered branch in the middle of a gentle winter scene. The bright orange breast feathers form a striking contrast to the soft, cool colours of the wintry background. Delicate branches are lightly dusted with snow, lending the scene a calm and frosty atmosphere. Soft blue and white tones fill the background and suggest a cold but calm atmosphere.
This image is a portrait format detail from my painting Robin in a Winter Landscape, which I painted in landscape format.

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I am very happy that my hand-painted acrylic painting Robin portrait won third place in the FineArtAmerica contest "Mostly Orange"!
Many thanks to everyone who voted for my painting!

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Robin portrait is an acrylic painting in contemporary square format painted by artist Karen Kaspar. This portrait of a redbreast European Robin - Erithacus rubecula - is painted on a loose abstract background in vibrant orange.

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In this acrylic painting fresh green leaves of a Japanese Maple tree on a green backgound in a spring or summer garden invite you to relax and unwind.

Maple leaves in green handmade acrylic painting -
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/maple-leaves-in-green-karen-kaspar.html

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