JOIN US TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 21, FOR OUR YOUTUBE LIVE CHAT. THE TIME IS 2 PM EASTERN. THE TOPIC IS Creating Unity with Opposites. I hope you enjoy another refurbished post from four years ago. Say Impressionism and Claude Monet immediately comes to mind, but did you know there was a Czech Impressionist whose work arguably is every bit as strong as Monet's? From the Impressionist era, meet
Czechoslovakian painter Vaclav Radimsky, 1867-1946. Radimsky, a close friend of Cezanne, met Monet and eventually became his neighbor. Not only that, but in Paris he received recognition for his work, receiving gold medals in Rouen in 1895 and
the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900. So we wonder why he's not given importance in the history books. This week's composing tip is not so much instructional as to share with you this relatively new discovery. It's exciting to find artists who our historical documents have left behind when in their day they, too, made their mark.
In this case, the Impressionist movement of the late 19th and early 20th century was not limited to Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Cassatt and others whose names we routinely encounter. They just happen to be the ones who rose to the top and got recognition. But the movement would not have survived without the
unsung artists who played a strong role, giving strength because of their dedication to and participation in the movement. Enjoy a fun weekend of exploring the unknown! During my Language of Painting series, I explained the role of our visual elements. If you'd like to review those roles to better understand the behavior of elements, here are the links to each of those
discussions: Color --Value -- Shape -- Texture -- Size -- Line and Direction
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