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Questions on the Beautiful

Few great visual artists are especially good writers, Eugène Delacroix was one of the exceptions.

By Alice Gribbin

https://www.alicegribbin.com/p/delacroix-the-beautiful

Delacroix at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/47658

#books #painting #literature

Eugène Delacroix: Arabs Traveling (1855).

The painting shows Eugène Delacroix’s Arabs Traveling (1855), depicting a small caravan moving through a rugged, mountainous landscape. In the foreground, a rider on a dark horse turns slightly, draped in flowing white garments and a turban. Nearby, another rider on a pale horse is guided by a man walking alongside. A fourth figure, carrying supplies and a long firearm, looks toward the travelers.

The terrain is rocky and uneven, with steep slopes leading into distant valleys. The sky is expansive, filled with soft clouds and warm light.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delacroix_-_Arabs_Traveling,_1855.jpg

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Robin in the clouds - handmade acrylic painting

Have a great weekend!

Find it here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/robin-in-the-clouds-karen-kaspar.html

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Robin in the clouds is a hand-painted acrylic painting in square format by the artist Karen Kaspar.
A small European Robin with a bright orange breast sits on a branch in a tree, surrounded by foliage in various bright shades of green. Gentle shades of blue, purple, yellow and green blend harmoniously in the colourful background, like the sky at sunrise in the morning.

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How Monet Created His Famed Water Lily Pond

Monet believed his Giverny garden was his "most beautiful work of art"

by Verity Babbs

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-bites-monet-water-lily-pond-2711440

Below, video of Claude Monet at Work which was filmed at 1914 from BBC channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnOCI8MUmbw

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💚 Artist: #ALBFS / #AlbaFabreSacristán in City: #Jette #Brussels /Chau. de Wemmel 91/ Belgium 🇧🇪09/2024 - Title: untitled 🌳 - (📷 by Jules Cesure) - #Art #Streetart #Mural #UrbanArt #Artist #Tree #Painting #Impressionism

Streetartwall. A mural with a large impressionist landscape scene was painted on the outside wall of a three-storey modern building. Designed like an oil painting, a lush green tree with a thick trunk is in focus on the right. It is leaning slightly to the right. The tree's foliage dominates the wall painting and is depicted with loose, expressive brushstrokes in various shades of green. To the left of the tree, a gentle stream meanders through the landscape. The soft blue tones of the sky are reflected in the water of the stream. The ground is a grassy landscape dotted with red and orange patches representing wildflowers or poppies. Beautiful.

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This is my newest watercolor in my collection of hand painted portraits of robins.
Have a great weekend!

https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/robin-in-colors-karen-kaspar.html

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Robin in Colors is a hand-painted watercolour painting in portrait format by the artist Karen Kaspar.
A European Robin stands amidst splashes of vibrant colors on a plain creamy white background. The bird's bright orange breast contrasts beautifully with its darker feathers.. The colours of the plumage are repeated in the splashes of colour in the abstract background. The songbird looks in a friendly manner towards the viewer.

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I wish you a nice weekend with my handmade watercolor painting -
Black cat silhouette - find it here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/black-cat-silhouette-watercolor-painting-karen-kaspar.html

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To make this November day brighter and more beautiful for you -

Yellow coneflowers - handmade watercolor painting
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Yellow coneflowers is a watercolor painting in vertical format painted by artist Karen Kaspar. Beautiful yellow coneflowers, also known as black eyed susans, are growing in a summer garden. They are painted in a fresh loose style in this watercolor painting

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Happy Caturday!

Sitting cat portrait - soft pastels painting - https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/sitting-cat-portrait-karen-kaspar.html

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Sitting cat portrait by artist Karen Kaspar is a portrait painting of a beautiful brown and red tabby cat sitting in the green grass looking at you, painted with soft pastels on sanded paper.

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I was playing with the leftover paint on my painting palette - this was the result.....

Pink cat and orange bird - handmade acrylic painting - see more here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/pink-cat-and-orange-bird-karen-kaspar.html

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Pink Cat and Orange Bird is an abstract acrylic painting in portrait format painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. A pink cat sits in front of an abstract light green background and looks into the distance to the far left. There, a small bird sits on a branch and sings its song. The cat seems to be listening attentively to the bird. The picture is also excellent for decorating a child's room.

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What I saw VS What I painted

I see creatures everywhere. 🤭

This original painting is for sale: https://lindenshieldarts.com/products/gouache-original-slumber

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An image split in two, showing on the left a photo, and on the right a painting inspired by said photo. The photo shows a big mossy boulder in a moody, yet bright conifer mountain forest. The painting transposes the boulder into a much darker, eerier forest, with pale blue light filtering through the trees. The mossy boulder now seems to have strange eyes.

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Festive Holiday Llamas: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/festive-holiday-llamas-lisa-s-baker.html

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Festive Holiday Llamas by Lisa S. Baker is a cheerful seasonal portrait featuring three festive llamas dressed in cozy scarves, Santa hats, and holiday greenery as soft snow falls around them. Painted in a whimsical, textured style, this artwork captures the playful spirit and warmth of the winter season.

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Wishing you all a happy Caturday with my hand-painted pastel painting of this Fluffy longhair cat.

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Fluffy longhair cat by artist Karen Kaspar is a pet portrait painting in horizontal format painted in soft pastels. It shows a beautiful cute cat with long fluffy fur in shades of silver, gray and beige. She is standing and looking to the right side. The background is abstracted in shades of green.

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Let the wildflowers grow!

Daisies in the meadow hand painted watercolor painting -
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/daisies-in-the-meadow-karen-kaspar.html

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Daisies in the meadow is a watercolor painting in vertical format by artist Karen Kaspar. It shows many white daisy flowers blooming in an abstracted green meadow.

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My cat in golden light wishes you a nice weekend!

Find my new handmade acrylic painting here: https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/cat-in-golden-light-karen-kaspar.html

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Cat in golden light is an acrylic painting in portrait format hand-painted by the artist Karen Kaspar.
The silhouette of a cat is surrounded by brightly coloured autumn leaves, creating a colourful and whimsical atmosphere. The mixture of bright green, purple and orange tones emphasises a feeling of warmth and nature. The cat silhouette is surrounded by glowing warm golden light, which emphasises and highlights the purple silhouette.

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Boozey Buck for Sunday, hope you enjoy! Available here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/boozey-buck-lisa-s-baker.html

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An art print of a buck with large antlers resting its head on a surface next to a glass beer. Art by Lisa S Baker

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Elizabeth Siddal, the Real-Life “Ophelia”

A working-class woman with artistic aspirations of her own, Siddal nearly died of pneumonia after posing for John Everett Millais’s iconic painting.

By: Emily Zarevich via @JSTOR_Daily

https://daily.jstor.org/elizabeth-siddal-the-real-life-ophelia/

About John Everett Millais at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=John+Everett+Millais&submit_search=Go%21

#art #culture #painting

Detail from Ophelia by John Everett Millais, c. 1851 via Wikimedia Commons

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Study Shows That Viewing Real Art in Museums Stimulates Brain Much More Than Reproductions.

Art lovers travel far and wide to see their favorite paintings in real life. Surely, they may have seen them dozens of times online or in books, but getting to witness the real thing just hits differently.

By Regina Sienra via @mymodernmet

https://mymodernmet.com/real-art-in-museums-stimulates-brain/

#art #culture #painting

irl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer.

Johannes Vermeer - https://www.mauritshuis.nl/

The painting shows a young girl, dressed in an exotic, turban-like headscarf, with a large, luminous pearl earring dangling from her ear. She gazes over her shoulder, her lips slightly parted as if she's about to speak, and her eyes, wide and clear, seem to engage directly with the viewer. Her pose and expression convey an air of mystery and intimacy, inviting interpretation and speculation.

The background of the painting is dark and neutral, allowing the girl's face and clothing to be the focus. Vermeer’s use of light is extraordinary, with soft highlights accentuating the girl's cheekbones, nose, and the glistening pearl, creating a lifelike, three-dimensional effect.

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Pink Garden Melody!
Available here...https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/pink-garden-melody-tina-lecour.html

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A canvas painting of a pretty pink and white daisy garden

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Dieses Bild ist Teil meiner Serie von Acrylgemälden in quadratischem Format mit dem Thema Meer und Strand, die ich im Sommer 2021 gemalt habe, inspiriert von Besuchen an der wunderschönen Ostseeküste.
Beim Betrachten fühle ich mich gleich wieder an den Strand zurückversetzt, fühle den Sommerwind und höre das Rauschen der Wellen und Rufen der Möwen...
Ich wünsche dir viel Freunde damit!

Möwe am Strand - https://www.artheroes.de/de/motiv/Moewe-am-Strand-Acrylgemaelde/1152661

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„Möwe am Strand“ ist ein Acrylgemälde im modernen quadratischen Format, gemalt von der Künstlerin Karen Kaspar. Eine Möwe steht an einem Sandstrand. Im Hintergrund erstreckt sich der tiefblaue Ozean, gemalt in leuchtenden Blau-, Türkis- und Smaragdgrüntönen. Darüber spannt sich ein wolkenloser blauer Himmel.

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Medieval Self-Portraits: Ten Artists Who Put Themselves in the Picture

Medieval artists did not just paint saints and kings—they sometimes slipped themselves into the scene, leaving behind portraits that can be devotional, witty, and surprisingly personal.

https://www.medievalists.net/2026/01/medieval-self-portraits-ten-artists-who-put-themselves-in-the-picture/

Medieval artists at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=medieval+artists

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I'm happy that my watercolor painting 'Little Blue Tit on a branch' won third place in the Fine Art America contest 'Painting with yellow white green black blue only'.

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‘Little Blue Tit on a Branch’ is a portrait-format watercolor painting hand-painted by the artist Karen Kaspar.
A little blue tit sits on a thin branch, looking to the right. Its blue and yellow plumage is reflected in the soft green tones of the abstract background.
Blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) are welcome visitors to the bird feeder and in my garden. I love watching them and they are always a welcome subject for new paintings.

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Ein Sommergewitter zieht auf und Regen kündigt sich an. Der dunkle Himmel läßt die gelben Sonnenblumen leuchten...

Sonnenblumenfeld - handgemaltes abstraktes Aquarellgemälde
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Sonnenblumenfeld abstrakt ist ein Gemälde im Hochformat gemalt mit Aquarellfarben und Tusche von der Künstlerin Karen Kaspar. Es zeigt ein Feld mit vielen gelb blühenden Sonnenblumen unter einem dunklen indigoblauen wolkenverhangenen Himmel. Ein Sommergewitter zieht auf und Regen kündigt sich an. Der dunkle Himmel läßt die gelben Sonnenblumen leuchten.
Dieses Gemälde ist Teil meiner Serie von Sonnenblumenbildern.

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So I feel this painting really accurately reflects the direction I’ve been aspiring to in my art. So the new year really has started off great.

Dawn
Oil on Canvas Paper, 8 x 10”

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A a beautiful woman with very short black hair with tight curls is looking face on, with a gold emergency blanket wrapped around her, one hand clutching an edge. Behind is a pastoral landscape scene less realistically painted in greens, with a rosy sunrise sky.

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Did you know - In many countries people believe the tricolor or calico cats bring good luck. In Germany they are called Glückskatze, which means literally lucky cat.

Calico cat portrait - handmade acrylic painting - here: https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/calico-cat-portrait-karen-kaspar.html

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