The Artistic Wisdom of John Singer Sargent



John Singer Sargent. Nonchaloir (Repose), 1911.

Oil on Canvas 25 1/8" x 30" (64 x 76 cm)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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Cultivate an ever continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents. Store up in the mind ... a continuous stream of observations from which to make selections later. Above all things get abroad, see the sunlight and everything that is to be seen.

 

~ John Singer Sargent.



The Artistic Wisdom of Winslow Homer.

 

 

Winslow Homer - On a Lee Shore
1900. Oil on canvas. 39" x 39".
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence.

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What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing

continuous work in the right way.

~ Winslow Homer

 

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A special side note:

Winslow Homer's Maine studio

is now open to the public.

 

An artistic pilgrimage 

to this fine Artist's studio

is in order at some point.

 

Winslow Homer Open Studio.

The Artistic Wisdom of Chuck Close.

Today,
I celebrate
the 4th of July
with the Artistic Wisdom
of renowned and celebrated
American Artist,
Chuck Close.

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Chuck Close, Self-Portrait, 2004-2005

Oil on canvas. 102" x 86"

Private Collection, New York.

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Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how somebody figured another way to rub colored dirt onto a flat surface and make space where there is no space or make you think of Life experience.

~ Chuck Close.

The Artistic Wisdom of Leonardo Da Vinci.

Leonardo Da Vinci. Vitruvian Man. 1487.

Pen and ink with wash over metalpoint on paper. 13 1/2" x 10".

(Image source from Wikipedia)

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One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

~ Leonardo Da Vinci. (1452-1519)

Learn more on Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man here.

The Artistic Wisdom of Ludwig van Beethoven

Polly Seip. Winter Sunsets - On the way Home #12.

6"x6". Oil on mdo board. 2011. Copyright.

Available at the Cate Charles Gallery.

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"Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine."

~ Ludwig van Beethoven.

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I discovered this beautiful slice of artistic wisdom while listening to this. Enjoy!

The Artistic Wisdom of Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas. Two Ballet Dancers. Pastel. 1879. Shelburne Museum, VT. 

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Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

~ Edgar Degas  (1834 – 1917)

The Artistic Wisdom of Paul Cezanne.

Paul Cezanne. Mont Sainte-Victoire. Oil on canvas. 65 x 81 cm. 1904-06. 
(Image source and info: Wikipedia.)

All my life I have worked to be able to earn my living, but I thought that one could do good painting without attracting attention to one's private life. Certainly, an artist wishes to raise himself intellectually as much as possible, but the man must remain obscure. The pleasure must be found in the work.

~ Paul Cezanne.