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| From L-R: Giovanni Boldini's The Woman in Red, The Mondona Singer, Princess Marthe Lucile Bibesco |
Not until historical romance did I begin to appreciate classical impressionist art, but Boldini and Degas are quickly changing the game for me.
My first encounter with Degas was back when my then 15-year old sister, Shutterhound, started painting ballerinas. I was a wee tot of 7 back then. I knew zilch in those days and just a little more than that now. At present, however, I am more able to appreciate their strokes of genius now. (Get it?! lol)
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| From L-R: Edward Degas's The Green Dancer, Dancer Resting, Reading a Newspaper, ??? Please feel free to email me if you know the title |
Both Boldini and Degas produced work during the late 1800s through to the early 1900s. Their various art contain both a lightness and darkness to it, a whimsy that manages to carry a thick, blanketing malaise -- a hauntingly bright effect that is specific to these two.
