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Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) was lauded during her lifetime for her whimsical, asymmetric compositions and the incredible detail with which she painstakingly painted every minute leaf and petal. She rose through the male-dominated ranks to become court painter to Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, and sold her flower pictures for impressive sums up to 1,200 guilders each. When she died, a volume of poems was published in her honour, with the authors declaring her an ‘art goddess’ whose still lifes would endure for eternity. Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, A Dead Rabbit and a Satchel, circa 1720s In 1728, Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699-1779) presented two paintings for admittance to the Paris Academy. One was ....
Where: Zoom Tickets: $80 (for a six-week session) from victoriaeventcentre.ca Why: Starting Sunday, experienced comic Emily Woods is offering a six-week crash course in comedy for budding writers. Participants can choose between two 90-minute sessions offered via Zoom each Sunday, with a final in-person showcase (depending on provincial health protocols) bringing the whole process full circle during the last week of February. If you ever wanted to test your mettle when it comes to making people laugh, this is your chance. ART Where: Royal B.C. Museum, 675 Belleville St. When: Daily through Jan. 24 (Wednesdays are closed) Admission: $14.95-$22.95 (children under 5 are free) from royalbcmuseum.bc.ca ....
None The rich history of Brazil’s visual arts is echoed by the country’s museums, which hold notable collections of Brazilian and international art. Here are just six paintings in those collections. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these paintings first appeared in 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Stephen Farthing (2018). Writers names appear in parentheses. Allegory of the Four Continents America (c. 1820) The artist depicting this idealized scene of a native man unassaulted in the landscape was José Teófilo de Jesus, a principal figure in the Bahian school of painting. De Jesus worked under religious orders to produce delicately colored murals on church ceilings in the Bahian capital. He was also commissioned to paint a portrait of Pedro I, the first emperor of Brazil. Painted after approximately 400 years of oppression, resistance, and social disintegration, ....