Artists

Fine Art Friday: Guess the Artist, Part 2

3 February 2012
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Last week for Fine Art Friday, I shared my love of details within a master’s painting and a little art history game we play to test our visual memory and knowledge of an artist’s touch. I shared close-ups of seven different paintings each on display at the Centre Pompidou in Paris* and asked you to [...]

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Fine Art Friday: Guess the Artist, Part 1

27 January 2012
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In Art History, we were required to know the artist just by the style of the painting. While most of us can tell a Monet by his voluminous brush strokes and cool color palette, some artists can be quite difficult to differentiate. Take Braque and Picasso for example. The two painted side by side in [...]

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Fine Art Friday: FIAC 2011 in Review

28 October 2011
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It seems like it was weeks ago already. All signs of the festivities, the posters, the installations have been torn down, removed, shipped back from where ever they came from. But I still hear people chatting about FIAC in the metro, outside boutiques and in cafés. Many of the contemporary works of art have been [...]

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Fine Art Friday: Nuit Blanche 2011

7 October 2011
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Events like Nuit Blanche never fail to remind me just why I love Paris. Not only is this one of the most robust events of the years, it’s one where everyone can’t wait to get involved. And the best part? The city itself, that is the government, is the host. Imagine Philadelphia hosting a significant [...]

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Fine Art Friday: Musée du Quai Branly

9 September 2011
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It was a lovely Saturday morning last weekend and I was craving a visit to a museum… I know, it’s predictable, right? Having already lived in Paris as an art lover, I made sure I explored as many museums in the city as possible. But it dawned on me that somehow the Musée du Quai [...]

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Fine Art Friday: Cézanne in Provence

1 July 2011
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When visiting Aix-en-Provence, it’s hard to ignore the presence of Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). The post-impressionist grew up in the bustling town and markings throughout the city wind you pass the house he was born in, his father’s old hat shop and countless other sites that played a part, big or small, in the artist’s life [...]

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Le Grand Voyage: The French Riviera

3 June 2011
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After a peaceful break in Lorgues, I was back on the A8 to spend nearly a week in the French Riviera. What another world I entered into! While the other regions seemed to blend one to the next, Nice felt as if I had arrived in another country altogether, even despite my many visits to [...]

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Le Grand Voyage: Provence

30 May 2011
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After racing through Bordeaux, I continued on to Provence for the next leg of Le Grand Voyage road trippin’ around France. A few destinations were among the top of the list. First up, Arles; ancient city and inspiration to Van Gogh’s most successful period. Next, Aix-en-Provence and Le Tholonet for some time with Cézanne whose [...]

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