Many of Velazquez’s early works are influenced by Caravaggio. But later on, the Caravaggio elements are simply one of the many ingredients in Velazquez’s unique style. Los Borrachos (The Drunkards) (1629) and Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob (1630) are among Velazquez’s most Caravaggio-like paintings.
From the first quarter of the nineteenth century, Velázquez’s artwork was a model for the realist and impressionist painters, in particular Édouard Manet
Alfred Sisley, the son of English parents, was born in Paris. Sisley was strongly influenced by Corot. In 1862, he studied under Charles Gleyre along with the fellow Impressionists Monet and Renoir. He fist exhibited in the Salon of 1866, then again in 1868 and 1870. The three students became the strong leaders of the movement. Sisley often painted landscapes of the Sienne, Loire, and the Thames Rivers and focused on light in the clouds and reflections. Due to lack of sales channel, Sisley’s work was not appreciated until his death. He died in Moret-sur-Loing in 1899.
Like Gauguin, Cezanne (1839-1906) began as an Impressionist, or maybe a pseudo-Impressionist. He exhibited in the first and third Independent Exhibitions of Impressionist Painters, but early on the believed that Impressionist Paintings were too airy and superficial. He said, “I wanted to make of Impressionism something solid and enduring, like the art in museums.” Instead of fleeting, light-as-air impressions, Cezanne chose to make forms look solid; he did this by rendering them with thick slabs of color instead flecks of paint. Also, he wasn’t interesting in chasing motion with quick flicks of this brush, but in painting solid things anchored firmly to the ground.
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William Etty (1787 – 1849), English painter, best known for his paintings of nudes.
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