To Honor Old Masters - Sophie Gengembre Anderson
Sophie Gengembre Anderson ( 1823 - 1903 ) was a French-born British artist who specialised in genre painting of Victorian children and women . She studied portrait painting under Baron Charles von Steuben in Paris . Despite her excellent painting technique it was not easy for women at that time to have a successful artistic career .
She collaborated with her husband Walter Anderson on portraits of Protestant Episcopal bishops. 1854 they moved to England where Sophie Anderson gained fame as a painter exhibiting her artworks at the Royal Academy .
" The Head of a Nymph " , oil painting on canvas , Image Source
" A portrait of a fairy " The full title of the painting is " Take the Fair Face of Woman, and Gently Suspending, With Butterflies, Flowers, and Jewels Attending, Thus Your Fairy is Made of Most Beautiful Things " ( from a poem by Charles Ede ) , oil painting on canvas , Image Source
" Her Favorite Pets " , oil painting on canvas , 51 x 41 cm , Image Source
" Heavenwards " , oil painting on canvas , Image Source
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Ooooohhh I could spend hours just staring at the beauty here, I paint but know I could never reach this standard. Simple blurred strokes of perception becoming reality, just amazing. This is one of the best art posts I have seen on steemit so far. Upvoted, resteemed and shared to nearly 7000 people on twitter. Thanks for sharing!
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What absolutely lovely paintings. I love this style of art and am always amazed at how beautiful the artist captures the subjects. I can barely draw stick people!
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Beautiful! Thanks for posting it :)
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Artworks like these make me sad about what passes for art (the colloquial meaning of art, anyways) nowadays. Yeah, I'll be honest, I think it's all either shock value or 2deep4u stuff, or both. Not exactly comparable to the the amount of skill it takes to create something rivaling an old master's painting.
Unfortunately I agree with you. However, there are still some good artists who paint beautiful, aesthetic pictures! They are the Light in the sad world of contemporary art .
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