🌳 ‘And the green has such a distinguished quality. It’s the dark patch in a sun-drenched landscape, but it’s one of the most interesting dark notes, the most difficult to hit off exactly that I can imagine. Now they must be seen here against the blue, in the blue, rather.'
Édouard Manet wanted to render the truths of modern life unabashedly.
This work, created in 1876, shows a private moment with a corseted woman, her back towards the viewer. She admires her reflection in a mirror in quiet contemplation.
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Van Gogh experienced a period of new hope and happiness in the spring of 1888. Having just moved to Arles from Paris, he anticipated all of the bright new colours he would see in the South and how he would capture them in flowering orchards.
Painting inspiration for this weekend comes from Fahrelnissa Zeid (1901–1991), best known for her vibrant, kaleidoscopic paintings. 🎨 Here she is in her Paris studio, where she mounted canvases across the walls and painted for hours, uninterrupted. ❤️ https://t.co/5ZRkVpG32d
Busy making a few video demos and examples of oil pastel sgraffito techniques for our Y7 as part of their insect project. All uploaded to our dept YouTube channel ready to share, show and discuss with students. Looking forward to seeing what they create 🙂
https://t.co/oz3tM5vcBl
Good morning!
Claude Monet painted this pair of wheat stacks in the morning, capturing the cool tones of dawn in winter as the warm sun rises to begin a new day. #MuseumMomentofZen
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Mourning ring featuring two skeletons supporting a coffin. The detailed coffin lid opens to reveal another skeleton! Enamelled gold. England c17th (@britishmuseum) #mementomori