~Claude Monet
For Art Thursday, Impressionist paintings by Sisley, Corinth, and Pissarro. This quote from Wikipedia kills me:
When Pissarro returned to his home in France after the war [1872], he discovered that of the 1,500 paintings he had done over 20 years, which he was forced to leave behind when he moved to London, only 40 remained. The rest had been damaged or destroyed by the soldiers, who often used them as floor mats outside in the mud to keep their boots clean.I feel like Pissarro could teach a thing or two about resilience after dealing with that.
The Hay Cart, Montfoucault, 1879
Camille Pissarro
Lady at the Goldfish Basin (1911)
Lovis Corinth
The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring, 1875
Alfred Sisley
1 comment:
Amazing story about Pissarro...could almost cry for him when he discovered all those paintings were destroyed. But obviously he carried on doing great work. Resilience indeed!
Corinth's painting is great if for nothing else than the stunning aquarium.
And I think that Pissarro would certainly approve of how Sisley painted the "air" in The Terrace at Saint-Germain.
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