Stories about painting, sculpture, architecture, history

 🖌️🎨 Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766) - French painter, born in Paris, the second son of Marc Nattier (1642-1705), a portrait artist, and Marie Courtois (1655-1703), an artist who created miniatures. A prominent representative of the Rococo era painting. 🖼️ "Madame Le Fevre de Caumartin as Hebe" 1753 Oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Washington The painting depicts Madame Le Fevre de Caumartin, a famous lady of her time, in the guise of Hebe, the Greek goddess of youth and cupbearer of the gods. In Greek mythology, Hebe (Greek: "Ήβη) is the goddess of youth. Hebe was the goddess of youth and the cupbearer of the gods, the patron goddess of the young bride and the companion of the goddess Aphrodite. The young woman is dressed in flowing white clothes with blue drapery falling around her. Her hair is decorated with flowers, and there is an elegant floral arrangement on her bodice. The woman poses gracefully, holding a silver jug in one hand and a shallow bowl in the ot...

 Marble two-tone female bust About 1900 Guglielmo Pugi (1850-1915) - Italian sculptor, born in Fiesole, his workshop was in Florence. Height: 60 cm Dimensions: 60x41x19 cm

 🖌️🎨 Claude Monet (1840-1926) - French artist, one of the founders of Impressionism. 🌊Monet and the Sea Seascapes of Claude Monet The work of the outstanding impressionist artist Claude Monet, presented through his seascapes. 🌊Beginnings: Childhood in Le Havre Monet's relationship with the sea began as soon as the young artist moved with his family to the coastal town of Le Havre, Normandy, in the mid-1850s. In these early years, Monet did not feel an immediate attraction to "plein air" painting, and he concentrated on drawing caricatures of neighbors and acquaintances. But his young talent attracted the attention of an artist who had settled in Le Havre a few years earlier, Eugène Boudin, who is still considered one of the greatest marine painters of the 19th century. After a few months, the master convinced the young artist to accompany him on his forays into nature to paint in the open air. Boudin's persistence was not in vain, and Monet admitted a few years la...