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#impressionism

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Hotspur🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦

"The Boulevard Seen from Above," Gustave Caillebotte, 1880.

Born into the upper class, Caillebotte (1848-1894) was most noted as a patron of the Impressionists, rather than a painter himself, but he had talent. He painted more realistically than most Impressionists, but he was still one of them while being a collector of their work.

He did a number of paintings of various views from his studio window, and also had an early interest in photography as art. Some critics view his work as painted snapshots, and there's a vibe of that here.

He was also known for his paintings of men, which has led to a general assumption that he was gay, although there's little concrete proof. I always think of Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party," where Caillebotte is depicted in the lower right, in a sleeveless shirt and straw hat, gazing wistfully at a strapping guy on the other side, also in a sleeveless shirt and straw hat. No question in my mind.

From a private collection.

An Impressionist painting. A bird's eye view of a normal sidewalk scene, with a tree in early leaf, with a grate, pavement, a wagon, and several pedestrians underneath. A bench sits to the left side were a person is sitting. The street is cobblestoned, and everyone is dressed in black.
#Art#Impressionism#GustaveCaillebotte
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"Lilac," Kyriak Kostandi, 1902.

Kostandi (1852-1921) was a Ukrainian artist and scholar; he was a member of a group of Realists known as the Itinerants but also experimented with Impressionism, as we see here.

The delicate morning light touches the domes of a Ukrainian village, and outside a wall, by some blooming lilac bushes, a woman sits and weeps. We have no indication what is making her so sad, but it seems appropriate for the current situation in Ukraine. It's a beautiful, yet sad and enigmatic painting.

A somber Flower Friday, to be sure.

From the Odessa Fine Arts Museum.

A Ukrainian Impressionist painting. We see a morning scene; the sky is pale and the light strikes some domed buildings in the background. A wall with a gate stands, dividing the scene horizontally; the gate is in the right part and a dirt track leads up to it. A row of blooming lilac bushes grow along the wall. In front of them, just to the left of the painting's center, is a bench, with a woman sitting on it. She is dressed in black and sits with her face in her hands, evidently weeping.
#Art#UkrainianArt#KyriakKostandi
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Niamh Bernadette (They/Them)
The Pond / L'Acquitrino for #texturetuesday

A little bit of a Claude Monet inspired photo! (From the Water Lilies Series) This was taken in Giardini Margherita and I tried to get a picture of one of the carp - but they were way too quick for me! 😂

#photography #amateurphotography #texture #textures #light #shadow #dark #colours #park #reflection #pond #moody #water #ripple #details #detail #waves #inspired #art #abstract #abstractart #impressionism #experiment #bologna #italia #italia #photo #monet #claudemonet #europe
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