Category Archives: portrait

A Boy As Pierrot

Posted on May 12, 2014 by artisoo

A boy with two big jade-green eyes has a small straight nose and a small cherry mouth, whose face has conspicuous blusher on each cheek. He has short golden haircut. Almost his back side of head is covered by a … Continue reading →

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Bordeaux Wine by Monet Will Show Up in Shanghai

Posted on March 10, 2014 by artisoo

As one of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and France, The Master of Impressionism: Monet Exhibition will be held at chi K11 art space of Shanghai K11 Shopping and Arts Center in 8th, March. … Continue reading →

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Woman with a Pearl by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Posted on January 17, 2014 by artisoo

Woman with a Pearl, originally known as La Femme a la Perle, was one of the most important works of French landscape painter and printmaker in etching Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot. As the leading painter of the Barbizon school of France in the mid-nineteenth century, Corot witnessed … Continue reading →

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Protected: A Morning Walk by the Portrait Painters John Singer Sargent

Posted on July 26, 2013 by artisoo

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Portrait of The Jonathan Buttall

Posted on July 24, 2013 by artisoo

Portrait of The Jonathan Buttall was made by the famous British portrait painting master Thomas Gainsborough, which is now preserved in the Huntington Library in Los Angeles. This painting was used to deny Reynolds’s point of "blue can not occupy the … Continue reading →

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Portrait of Leo Tolstoy

Posted on July 19, 2013 by artisoo

The contact of Tolstoy and Repin had lasted the longest time as long as 30 years. When Tolstoy was alive, Repin had made many creations for the image of Tolstoy. Repin drew more than 70 pieces of works about him … Continue reading →

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Appreciation of The Grande Odalisque

Posted on May 2, 2013 by artisoo

Ingres's art “lofty and solemn” could be reflected by his important work The Grande Odalisque. In the painting, Ingres gave up a lot of unnecessary details and made them unified in the serene, quiet and harmonious atmosphere, like carefully calculated. … Continue reading →

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An Interesting Work by Thomas Gainsborough--The Blue Boy

Posted on March 26, 2013 by artisoo

The Blue Boy is a representative painting by Thomas Gainsborough. Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was a celebrated English painter. He was good at painting portrait and landscapes and his speed with which he applied paint was also admired. He revealed poetic … Continue reading →

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