2008 2008: a year of sweeping political change, jarring economic upheaval, and amidst it all, the official launch of a plucky little weblog called The Abbeville Manual of Style. Most people won’… more →
Abbeville Blogwrote 4 days ago: A picture is worth a thousand words, but can pictures make a poem? Gustav Klimt, The Beethoven Friez … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was a French Impressionist painter who painted scenes of urban and rura … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: 2013, oil on canvas, 100×80 … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Life isn’t a support system for art. It’s the other way around. –Stephen King Although not yet comp … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Daily Artwork — “The Stone Breakers, Gustave Courbet, 1849″ Use the photos posted … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Es gibt unter den sog. Modernen genug, die trotz der Modernheit ihre Gegenstände völlig illusionserw … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Ça arrive à toutes les filles, enfin à toutes celles qui sont ou trop pauvres ou trop pressées pour … more →
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wrote 1 month ago: Realizm jako styl w malarstwie wykształcił się w Europie w drugiej połowie XIX wieku. Zapoczątkowany … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Earlier this week I went to see a film in the MOMA New Directors/New Films series. The film was They … more →
wrote 2 months ago: New Post goes up every Wednesday at 8:30 PM ET. ELEGANCE The Frick Collection, aka “The Frick, … more →
wrote 2 months ago: From France 24. The town of Ornans helped to raise 4 million euros to repatriate Courbet’s The … more →
wrote 2 months ago: FROM SEQUENCE 2013 March 2013 An artist may, seeking to draw a face, a landscape, a feeling, become … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Edouard Manet shocked the 19th century art world in the way he displayed the nude body – and the rev … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Depuis une vingtaine d’années, j’ai l’habitude d’aller déjeuner chez Lipp, boulevard Saint-Germain. … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Through European Eyes: The Landscape Oil Sketch is a small yet effective exhibition currently at the … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Geen gezicht, geen armen en geen benen. Alleen een vrij realistisch geschilderd beeld van een vagina … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Guest Entry by Edward Spencer Many people have posed the age old question: “what is the opposite of … more →
wrote 3 months ago: With this post I am now two-for-three writing about exhibitions past or just about to close. But las … more →