Artful Dodgers

In this episode we discuss Monet's Waterlily paintings at the Orangerie in Paris.Link to Paintings: https://www.musee-orangerie.fr/en/node/197502#:~:text=Offered%20to%20the%20French%20State,few%20months%20after%20his%20death.

In this episode we take a look at The Artist's Studio (L'Atelier du peintre): A Real Allegory of a Seven Year Phase in my Artistic and Moral Life, 1855, 359 cm × 598 cm (141 in × 235 in), oil on canvas, Musée d'Orsay, Paris - Painted by Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet 10 June 1819 – 31 December 1877Link to Paintinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Courbet#/media/File:Courbet_LAtelier_du_peintre.jpg

In this episode we look at a pictorial frieze entitled 'The Italian People' painted in 1908 by Giulio Aristide Sartorio (11th February 1860 - 3rd October 1932)Link to Artful Dodgers Instagram where we've put up reference pics for this episode: https://www.instagram.com/p/DAWofDPK-pr/?img_index=1Music: Call me when the Leaves fall - Ian Hawgood

Hi Everyone! We're back this week for a special bonus Episode looking at how the First Impressionist Exhibition came about starting right back with the Paris Salon.No Link this week but be sure to check out some of the paintings that were exhibited throughout the 8 Impressionist Exhibitions.Music - I'm Not Sure We Belong by Ian Hawgood

Welcome to Season/Series 2 of the Artful Dodgers - In this Episode we look at 'Impression, Sunrise' by Claude MonetLink to painting: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Monet_-_Impression%2C_Sunrise.jpgMusic - Ian Hawgood 'Life Lived in the Echoes of Emptiness'

In this episode we chat about 2 paintings that don't exist any more but have influenced many artists over time. Link 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cascina_%28Michelangelo%29#/media/File:Battagliadicascina.jpgLink 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Anghiari_%28Leonardo%29#/media/File:Peter_Paul_Ruben's_copy_of_the_lost_Battle_of_Anghiari.jpgLink to Salone dei Cinquecento present day: http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/Palazzo_vecchio.html

In this Episode we look at the painting 'Mont Sainte-Victoire' by Paul Cézanne painted between 1902 - 04. Link to painting: https://www.philamuseum.org/collection/object/102997

In this episode we look at one of if not the greatest sculptures of all time - Michelangelo's Pietà Link to Sculpture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietà_%28Michelangelo%29#/media/File:Pieta_de_Michelangelo_-_Vaticano.jpg

In this episode we get lost in the swampy river Styx to chat about 'The Barque of Dante' - by Eugène Delacroix.Link to painting: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix_-_The_Barque_of_Dante.jpg

In this episode we walk in the mean streets of Caravaggio's painting 'The Beheading of Saint John'  painted in 1608 - Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, MaltaLink to painting: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/La_decapitación_de_San_Juan_Bautista%2C_por_Caravaggio.jpgLink to Second Painting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Alof_de_Wignacourt_and_his_Page#/media/File:Portrait_of_Alof_de_Wignacourt_and_his_Page-Caravaggio_(1607-1608).jpg

In this episode we look at the Abstract painting 'Canyon' painted in 1965 by New York Artist, Helen Frankenthaler Link to Painting: https://www.phillipscollection.org/collection/canyon-02nd Link: https://www.artsy.net/artwork/helen-frankenthaler-japanese-maple

n this Episode we discuss the painting titled 'Madame Moitessier' by Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresLink to painting: https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.32696.html2nd Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Madame_Moitessier#/media/File:Dominique_Ingres_-_Mme_Moitessier.jpg

In this Episode we look at  ''Hélène Rouart in Her Father's Study' by Edgar Degas Painted around 1886Link to Painting: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Helene_Rouart_in_her_Father%27s_Study.jpg2nd Link: https://www.wikiart.org/en/edgar-degas/henri-rouart-and-his-daughter-helene-1872

In this episode we look at 'Vilhelm Hammershøi' and his beautiful, meditative paintings.Link 1:  https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/vilhelm-hammershoi-interior Link 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Reading_a_Letter#/media/File:Hammershoi_Ida_Reading_a_Letter.jpgLink 3:  https://rodicdavidson.co.uk/news/vilhelm-hammershoi/Link 4: https://arthur.io/art/vilhelm-hammershoi/courtyard-interior-at-strandgade-30Poem Written by Rainer Maria Rilke Black CatA ghost, though invisible, still is like a placeyour sight can knock on, echoing; but herewithin this thick black pelt, your strongest gazewill be absorbed and utterly disappear:just as a raving madman, when nothing elsecan ease him, charges into his dark nighthowling, pounds on the padded wall, and feelsthe rage being taken in and pacified.She seems to hide all looks that have ever falleninto her, so that, like an audience,she can look them over, menacing and sullen,and curl to sleep with them.But all at onceas if awakened, she turns her face to yours;and with a shock, you see yourself, tiny,inside the golden amber of her eyeballssuspended, like a prehistoric fly

In This Episode we look at " Bathers by a River - Les Demoiselles à la rivièreOr - simply Bathers by Henri Matisse  - Started in 1909 - finished 1917Link to Painting - https://www.artic.edu/artworks/79307/bathers-by-a-riverDance 2 LINK - https://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-matisse/dance-ii-1910William Blake Link - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/blake-oberon-titania-and-puck-with-fairies-dancing-n02686Music LINK -  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_(Matisse)#/media/File:Matisse_-_Music.jpg

We get in deep with medieval master Hieronymus Bosch and look at 'The Garden of Earthly Delights'Link to painting: https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-garden-of-earthly-delights-triptych/02388242-6d6a-4e9e-a992-e1311eab3609

In this Episode we look at 'Family of Saltimbanques ' (French: Famille de saltimbanques) painted in 1905 by Pablo PicassoLink to Painting:  https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46665.htmlThe Sketch is a guide to what the first layer would have looked like: http://art-picasso.com/1903_85.htmlThe second layer: http://art-picasso.com/1905_8.htmlThis sketch which shows how he started moving towards final image: http://art-picasso.com/1903_82.html

In this Episode we discuss 'The Table' by contemporary Artist Antonio López García - Born 6 January 1936Link to painting: https://www.wikiart.org/en/antonio-lopez/the-table-1980Link to more of his work and photos: https://en.antoniolopezweboficial.com/bio-visualZizinia de les Flors Restaurant Barcelona - https://www.instagram.com/zizinia_de_les_flors/

In this Episode we discuss 'Reflection' made in 1900 by Odilon Redon.Link to image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Reflection%2C_1900-1905.jpgLink to his early work: The Eye Like a Weird Balloon, Goes to Infinity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odilon_Redon#/media/File:Redon_-_L'oeil,_comme_un_ballon_bizarre,_se_dirige_vers_l'infini,_0217275.jpg

In this Episode we discuss The Portrait of 'Bartolomeo Panciatichi' - Painted in 1540 by Agnolo di Cosimo AKA Bronzino - 1503 – 1572Link to Painting: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lluisribes/9178076066Link to second Portrait: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Lucrezia_Panciatichi#/media/File:Lucrezia_Panciatichi_by_Angelo_Bronzino.jpg

In this episode we discuss 'Napoleon Crossing the Alps' By Jacques-Louis DavidLink to Painting:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/David_-_Napoleon_crossing_the_Alps_-_Malmaison2.jpgLink to unfinished Portrait: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Crossing_the_Alps#/media/File:Jacques-Louis_David_011.jpgLink to Delaroche Painting:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Crossing_the_Alps#/media/File:Paul_Delaroche_-_Napoleon_Crossing_the_Alps_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg

In this Episode we discuss the painting 'The Deluge' painted in 1920 by Winifred Knights - Link to painting:https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/knights-the-deluge-t05532

In this episode we discuss the painting 'Bacchus & Ariadne' by Titian, Tiziano Vecellio or Tiziano Vecelli, (born 1488 - Venice [Italy]—died 1576Link to Painting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacchus_and_Ariadne#/media/File:Titian_Bacchus_and_Ariadne.jpg

In this episode we discuss 'Cliff Dwellers' 1913 by George Bellows - 1882 - 1925Link to Painting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Dwellers_(painting)#/media/File:Bellows_CliffDwellers.jpg

In this episode we share our thoughts on 'Le Mercredi, on s’habille en rose' by Flora Yukhnovic and get a little into Rococo and the Joy of PaintingLink to Art work: https://www.florayukhnovich.com/w6sbthvd3w4orlhns4y732zr5l2rx2 Link to Birth and Triumph of Venus - By Francois Boucher 1703 - 1770:https://www.wikiart.org/en/francois-boucher/the-birth-and-triumph-of-venus-1740-1

In this episode we discuss 'After the Duel' in Italian 'Dopo il Duello' by 19th Century Artist Antonio Mancini Link to painting - https://www.gamtorino.it/it/archivio-catalogo/dopo-il-duello/Apologies, we had to take down the second link however you can find a lot of Mancini's work online.

In this Episode we discuss 'HIGH ROCKS BY THE LAKE - HAKONE - VIEW OF THE LAKE' By Japanese Artist Utagawa HiroshigeJAPANESE NAME - HAKONE - KOSUI NO ZU - 1831FROM THE SERIES - The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō - 1833–1834 Link to image: http://collections.artsmia.org/art/9165/hakone-utagawa-hiroshigeLink to Woodblock Demo Video: https://youtu.be/t8uF3PZ3KGQ?si=Lm8h7_okC7UCJYLm

In this Episode we get into our leaden tones and discuss - 'The Evening Star' French title 'L'Etoile du Berger' by Camille CorotIf you want to check out the painting as you listen (highly advisable) here is a Link to image -https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augustins_-_L%27Etoile_du_Berger_-_Camille_Corot_Ro60_1864.jpgThe painting is in Musée des Augustins de Toulouse