Eugène Delacroix (1798 – 1863) is a French painter considered as the main representative of Romanticism.
Author: SidranneGB (Page 44 of 51)
Inspired by Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) – Mill near a canal in Holland (July 19, 1867) – Water color / Black stone – 5,55 x 10,43 inch
Hans hung around with some friends all night. He loves to party, drink until he loses control. With his mates every weekend, it’s up to whoever gets drunk dead as quickly as possible. Although youth is far behind them. They are all married and fathers of several children each. And yet, vice is still there. Their wives gave up. Hans’s wife left with their three kids last week. She had enough of this selfish and dangerous lifestyle. Finding yourself alone, keeping an eye on the car’s engine in the driveway …
Inspired by Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) – Fleet of boats at the entrance of Antwerp (October 15, 1866) – Water color / Black stone / Lead pencil – 5,67 x 10,23 inch
That go on the water, do they have legs? Whenever Arthur sees sailboats in the sea, it’s always the same refrain running through his head.
Inspired by Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) – Cliffs of Etretat (June 16, 1857) – Water color / Black stone – 7,08 x 9,37 inch
” Shortly before 4.30 pm yesterday, a man who was on the cliff of Etretat at the level of the Golf has fallen. His body was recovered on the foreshore by a water rescue team of firefighters. In the case of a violent death, the body of the deceased, a 57-year-old man, was left at the disposal of the gendarmerie for the usual findings. A witness of the scene must be heard by the military to determine whether it is an accident or a voluntary act. “.*
Inspired by Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) – Canal in Brussels – Water color / Black pencil – 4,41 x 6,30 inch
Most of all, Michel loves walking his dog, a Breton spaniel, big-hearted and devoted.
Inspired by Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) – A street in Nevers (October 14, 1873) – Water color / Black Stone – 6,53 x 4,76 inch
As night falls on a dark and narrow street in Nevers, a city in central France, Genevieve keeps her promise to her grand-daughter Lucie.
Inspired by Albert Anker (1831-1910) – Still nature with coffee and brandy glass (around 1870-1880) – Oil on canvas – 12,99 x 18,11 inch
That’s how it goes in the « greater world ». anyways, at my parents’ place, when they have friends or acquaintances for dinner, all from the British aristocracy. « The high society », as my father always says when he takes this inspired look on his face, his eyes half-closed and his chin slightly raised, “the one and truely”, he end s up the discussion which appears to be more like a monologue than a dialogue.
Inspired by Vermeer (1632-1675) – A woman holding a scale (around 1664) – Pastel – 8,82 x 7,80 inch
Aleydis loves her job but her third pregnancy is literally killing her. Remaining standing for hours and hours makes her back and belly horribly painful. She is scared, so scared that something awful happened to her. One day, a fortune teller had taken her left hand almost by force and had predicted … No, no, no, she’d rather not remember!
