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Who and What Inspired Wassily Kandinsky? Wassily Kandinsky was a brilliant, well educated student of life. In 1896, at the age of 30, he was pursuing a promising career as a law and economics instructor. Fortunately for the world of … Continue reading →

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Art That Tell Stories That The Viewer Imagines

I always enjoy artist works, paintings, drawing, etc., that tell stories, or leaves enough unsaid that creates an imagined and entertaining moment in the viewers mind. An example of this would be the picture to the right. Fair use rationale … Continue reading →

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In Search of That Certain Something

An artist often wonders what inspired him/her to draw and paint the way they do, their styles, art movements and isms, or that one particular artist living or dead. I personally go back in my past and wonder. I have … Continue reading →

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It Was Not Edward Hopper’s Painting, Gas, That Inspired Me

It was not Edward Hopper’s painting, Gas, that inspired my painting, The Old Woodie, but it was much of Edward Hopper’s works together that did. Edward Hopper was an artist in the Realist tradition, painting passionately his interpretation of the … Continue reading →

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Edward Hopper: The Great American Realist

Everyday American life contains an inexhaustible reservoir of new and untried subject matter~Robert Henri to his art student, Edward Hopper. (Henri was the c0-founder of the Ash Can School.) Edward Hopper was an artist in the Realist tradition. He painted … Continue reading →

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