Master Study: Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
How well do you really know Monet's water lilies? A study of how painting the same pond for three decades became one of the most revolutionary acts in modern art — and what his techniques and key works can teach painters today.
Master Study: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
How did Bouguereau make 800 paintings look effortless? A guide to studying the methods, philosophy, and key works of the nineteenth century's most technically accomplished painter.
Jules Joseph Lefebvre: Meet the Academic Master of Luminous Portraits
Meet Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1912), the Academic master whose portraits achieved an inner glow that set him apart from his contemporaries at the Paris Salon. From his classical training at École des Beaux-Arts to his progressive teaching at Académie Julian, discover how this overlooked painter...