Author: SidranneGB (Page 46 of 53)

Calm out of chaos

Inspired by Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) – The harbour of Honfleur, low tide, with boats stranded on the sand (September 12, 1864) – 4,37 x 6,81 inch

It’s the story of four boys, wind-swept hair, just eighteen, a Saturday night on earth.

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The world’s end beach

Inspired by Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) – Beach of Sainte-Adresse (1863) – Watercolour / Black stone – 4,37 x 8,15 inch – SOLD

Andreas wants to surprise Alicia for her fifteenth birthday. They are childhood friends, vacation friends.

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Chaka

Inspired by Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) – Cat head (1824-1829) – Oil on canvas – 8,66 x 10,63 inch

So, it’s past eight in the morning. What is she up to? “Wake up morning” operation.

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Eugène Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix (1798 – 1863) is a French painter considered as the main representative of Romanticism.

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Miller, you’re sleeping

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 …

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Mommy, the little boats …

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.

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The cliffs of Étretat

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. “.*

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A canal in Brussels

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.

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The dream of Charlemagne

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.

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The world according to Charles

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.

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