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How will I be remembered? As a technician or artist? As a humorist or visionary?
― Norman Rockwell died #OnThisDay in 1978. He painted scenes from everyday American life, for which he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.
🎨 Triple Self-Portrait, 1960
#Art #Painting

Gustave Caillebotte painted "Paris Street; Rainy Day" in 1877. He was the youngest of the Impressionists, but unlike Monet or Renoir he used more refined brushstrokes. The painting remained in his family until 1955 and is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.
#Art #Painting #Impressionism

Monet’s works weren’t initially well received by the Salon de Paris, which continually rejected them. Other artists faced the same lack of recognition. So together they organized their own exhibition, which became known as the first Impressionist exhibition (1874).
#Art #Painting

Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age, was born #OnThisDay in 1632. He produced a small number of paintings, of which only thirty-six are known today. He is famed and admired for his masterful use of light and everyday scenes.
#Art #Painting

I’d begun to sign my canvases, but I soon stopped; it seemed too silly to me. On a seascape there’s a very outrageous red signature, because I wanted a red note in the green.
― Vincent van Gogh
🎨 Seascape near Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, 1888
#Art #Painting

Francis Bacon, Irish-born British Expressionist and Figurative painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1909. He is best known for his powerful and somewhat idiosyncratic images.
🎨 Human Figures in Motion, 1965 / Study for a Bullfight, 1969
#Art #Painting #Expressionism

I paint forms as I think them, not as I see them.
― Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1881. He was an innovative artist who experimented with a wide range of styles, and is one of the most influential artists. He also co-founded Cubism.
#Art #Painting

Marc Chagall painted "Autumn in the Village" while living in exile in New York from 1941 to 1948. He was born in Russia in 1887, first moved to France and later fled to the US to escape the Nazi regime. After the war, he returned to France where he died in 1985.
#Art #Painting

Frits Thaulow, Norwegian Impressionist painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1847. Surprisingly, he is relatively unknown today. His masterful landscapes capturing rivers and villages with dynamic light and spectacular water reflections, deserve more recognition!
#Art #Painting #Impressionism

Auguste Rodin sculpted The Thinker in 1880. It was originally entitled The Poet, representing Dante - author of the Divine Comedy - leaning forward while meditating on his work. The bronze sculpture of a man lost in thought is one of the most famous works of art ever made.
#Art #Sculpture

Childe Hassam, American painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1859. He studied in France where he was influenced by the Impressionists. Upon his return to the US, he settled in New York and spread the ideals of Impressionism among the American audience, popularizing it.
#Art #Painting #Impressionism

In 1654, Dutch painter Carel Fabritius painted his most iconic work: The Goldfinch. #OnThisDay that same year, at the age of 32, his promising career was cut short when a gunpowder factory near his studio exploded, killing him and destroying most of his paintings.
#Art #Painting

A truly poetic canvas is an awakened dream.
― René Magritte
🎨 The Kiss, 1957
#Art #Painting #Surrealism

In 1891, Claude Monet painted a series of views of poplars on the Epte river. Completion was threatened when the trees were put up for auction, so Monet bought them to ensure they remained standing until he was finished. He later sold them back to the lumber merchant who wanted them.
#Art #Painting

In 1880, an art collector commissioned Edouard Manet to paint a bundle of asparagus for 800 francs, but he sent 1,000 francs instead. In response, Manet made a smaller work and sent it with a note that humorously stated: There was one sprig missing from your bunch.
#Art #Painting

In 1907, Pierre-Auguste Renoir purchased an estate at Cagnes on the Mediterranean near Nice. The estate, with its picturesque farmhouse, groves of olive and orange trees, and views of the hilly countryside, provided him with major motifs for his late landscapes.
#Art #Painting #Impressionism

Happy #InternationalCoffeeDay! ☕️
South Korean barista Lee Kang Bin turns a cup of coffee into a work of art! He creates "cream art" in lattes, such as Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" and Edvard Munch's "The Scream".
#Art #Painting #WorldCoffeeDay

In search of some peace, Edvard Munch settled in the small town of Kragerø on the southern coast of his native Norway in 1909. The move sparked his interest in landscape painting and stimulated his development of a bright palette and energetic, sweeping brushwork.
🎨 The Sun, 1910
#Art #Painting

I see something deeper than an ocean in the expression in the eyes of a baby when it wakes in the morning and crows, or laughs because it sees the sun shine into its cradle. If there is a "ray from on high", it might be found there.
― Quote and drawing by Vincent van Gogh
#Art #Painting

Emile Claus, Flemish painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1849. Influenced by Claude Monet, he developed a personal style of #Impressionism called #Luminism, which devotes great attention to light effects.
🎨 Summer Morning, 1891 / The Gate of Villa Zonneschijn, 1912
#Art #Painting

When Claude Monet traveled to Paris as a young man to visit The Louvre, he saw painters copying from the old masters. Monet, having also brought his paints and other tools with him, would instead sit down by a window and paint what he saw outside.
🎨 Quai du Louvre, 1867
#Art #Painting

Dutch master Johannes Vermeer painted The Milkmaid around 1660. He took a simple everyday activity and turned it into an impressive painting. The box on the floor is a foot warmer. Research revealed that Vermeer initially painted a basket filled with laundry there.
#Art #Painting

In 1878, a café owner in Paris commissioned painted palettes from artists to decorate his café. He paid more than what artists got for a small canvas, so several accepted. Unfortunately, only Camille Pissarro's palette has survived the test of time.
#Art #Painting #Impressionism

Joseph Roulin was a postal worker at the Arles train station. Vincent van Gogh went there frequently to send paintings to his brother Theo, and they became close friends. In 1888 and 1889, Vincent painted six portraits of Joseph in the uniform he always wore proudly.
#Art #Painting

How beautiful it is here, to be sure, but how difficult to paint! It's so clear and pure in its pink and blues that the slightest misjudged stroke looks like a smudge of dirt.
― Claude Monet
🎨 Antibes, 1888
#Art #Painting #Impressionism

Edward Hopper often infused his paintings with a sense of quietude and melancholy. His masterful use of light adds a vibrant dimension to his work. This is Edward Hopper at his best, capturing emotion and mood in the play of light and color.
🎨 Rooms by the Sea, 1951
#Art #Painting

Henri Matisse had three cat companions. He particularly enjoyed the company of his furry friends once he lost some of his mobility due to his battle with cancer. He worked on his designs in bed with his cats sitting at his feet.
🎨 Cat with Red Fish, 1914
#Art #Painting #Caturday

It often seems to me that night is more richly colored than day.
― Vincent van Gogh painted this view of the Rhône river in 1888. He marvellously transcribed the colors he saw in the dark. A velvety blue sky, golden city lights, and the stars sparkle like gemstones.
#Art #Painting

T. C. Steele, American Impressionist painter, was born #OnThisDay in 1847. He is one of Indiana’s most beloved artists. His passion was painting landscapes. He was fascinated by the changing light and atmosphere he discovered in outdoor compositions.
#Art #Painting #Impressionism

when you’re feeling lost
there's no shame to ask for help
you are not alone
🎨 Vincent van Gogh, Wheatfield under Thunderclouds, 1890
#Haiku #HaikuChallenge
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay