Art classique

Art is my life; this is mostly a traditional art blog, ranging from ancient to modern/contemporary art.

[sullorlodelprecipizio]

“To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.”

— Jasper Johns (via joseph-schlichting)

[artist-sargent]

Madame Gautreau, John Singer Sargent

Medium: watercolor

https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singer-sargent/madame-gautreau-1883

[artist-sargent]

Isabel Valle, John Singer Sargent

Medium: oil,canvas

https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singer-sargent/isabel-valle-1882

[ducissatenebrarum]

Rudolf Jettmar (1869- 1939) 

Sleepless Night, etching c’1890s

[bizarreauhavre]

Julien Adolphe-Duvocelle (1873-1961)… Two skulls, wash and charcoal 1898. 

[artist-magritte-deactivated2020]

Banquet, Rene Magritte

[nouveau-art]

The Old Man and the New Trees, 1883, Carl Larsson

Size: 61x93 cm Medium: watercolor, paper

[driftpetal]

Vincent Van Gogh’s last words before he died from a self inflicted gun shot

[master-painters]

Karla Ortiz - 2016/2017

[alongtimealone]

john singer sargent  young man seated I895

[closeupofpaintings]

Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl - The Souls of Acheron, 1898 (detail), oil on canvas

[laclefdescoeurs]

Clouds on the Mountaintop, Thomas Cole

[tthujaa-blog]

Alphonse Mucha

[aura-eden]

John Everett Millais, Ophelia, 1851-1852

[polishartandtea]

Michał Elwiro Andriolli 1836-1893 (Polish), Mother, 1888

[master-painters]

Eugen Bracht

[achasma]

Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment and Their Son Frans (detail) by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1635.