19th Century Art
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Whistler's Nocturne Falling Rocket
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Suzanne Hill
James Whistler's suit against critic John Ruskin made statement that radical ideas in art not be victim to unexamined attacks that denigrate the works to the public. more...
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Meg Nola
An excellent painter and also a patron of his Impressionist colleagues, Bazille's career was tragically cut short by his death in the Franco-Prussian War. more...
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Suzanne Hill
Sir George Beaumont encouraged painters to view his private collection of Old Masters that he gathered after his exposure to the ideals of Joshua Reynolds. more...
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Meg Nola
A fine artist in his own right, Caillebotte was also a patron of his fellow Impressionists and a collector and donor of significant works. more...
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
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Meg Nola
Short biography of the talented and independent-minded daughter of England's Queen Victoria. more...
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Meg Nola
Short biography of the American expatriate known for his career as a portraitist and for his notorious painting Madame X. more...
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Suzanne Hill
These self-portraits by European artists - Heemskerck from the 16th century and von Marées and Courbet from the 19th century - feature realism. more...
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in England began with Dante Rosetti, Holman Hunt and John Millais, who advocated a 'Truth to Nature' approach to art. more...
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Suzanne Hill
Which British or French painter was dismissed as sentimental, was known for satanic subject matter, was the father of modern art, or was honored symbolically as an eye? more...
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Suzanne Hill
See how well you know the 19th-century English or French artist who had only one leg, who had his marriage annulled, or who was financially ruined over a column. more...
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Suzanne Hill
Carl Spitzweg's painting is a premier example of genre painting from the Biedermeier. more...
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