Month January 2019
The Beautiful Paris Museum of Modern Art The Paris Museum of Modern Art (also called Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris or MAMVP) is a stunning art museum. This museum is dedicated to modern and contemporary art of… Continue Reading →
Eva Gonzales – The Forgotten Female Impressionism Painter Eva Gonzalès (April 19, 1849—May 6, 1883) was a French painter in the Impressionism art movement. Gonzalès was born in Paris into a wealthy & educated family. Her father was a writer and her… Continue Reading →
The Colorful Matisse Paintings in Musee Matisse Le Cateau In Paris and looking for a museum to view a great collection of Matisse’s Paintings? On a road trip and stopping in Le Cateau? Stop by the fantastic Musee Matisse Le-Cateau…. Continue Reading →
Don’t Miss the Amazing Matisse Art Museum in Nice The Matisse Art Museum in Nice is dedicated to the artworks of Henri Matisse who lived in Nice from 1917 to 1954. The museum traces the history of Matisse and his… Continue Reading →
The Magical Matisse Chapel in Vence The Chapelle du Rosaire is often referred to as the Matisse Chapel. It is a small chapel built and decorated between 1949 and 1951 for Dominican nuns in the town of Vence on the… Continue Reading →
The Colorful Henri Matisse Paintings Henri Matisse’s paintings are iconic and recognizable anywhere. They are characterized by their bold, expressive, non-naturalistic color & loose brushwork and simplified forms. Henri Matisse is widely regarded as the greatest colorist of the 20th century…. Continue Reading →
The Incredible Post Impressionism Artists
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The Famous French Post-Impressionism Artists The post-impressionism artists are those who were directly influenced by the impressionism art movement. However, these artists reacted against the naturalistic depiction of light and color of the impressionists and experimented created new forms of… Continue Reading →
Paul Signac – One of the Founders of Neo-Impressionism Paul Signac (November 11, 1863 – August 15, 1935) together with Seurat were the pioneers of neoimpressionism (pointillism). This was a new art movement that evolved from impressionism. Both Seurat and Signac… Continue Reading →
The Incredible Neo-Impressionism Painter Georges Pierre Seurat Georges Pierre Seurat is a wonderful French neo-impressionist most famous for creating Pointillism art (paintings created by thousands of dots!!! ) Childhood Georges Pierre Seurat was born in Paris, in 1859, and into… Continue Reading →
French Riviera Day Trips: The Art Trail
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Picture-Perfect French Riviera Day Trips in the Footsteps of the 19th & 20th century French Artists Au Revoir Paris!! Heading South to the Sunny French Riviera & Rustic Provence In the 1870’s the Impressionists were centralized in the Parisian capital,… Continue Reading →