Topic: Museum of Art

Azjah

Date: 2008-02-20 21:15 EST
The Museum of Art: The fourth set of doors leads to the Museum of Art. The collection housed here is woefully lacking due to a huge heist successfully completed about one hundred years ago. The collection was robbed of several Van Gough?s, a Monet, four Cezanne?s, six Renoir?s, and three Seurat?s, among other lesser known artists. The curator for this wing has sought in vain for the return of these stolen prizes.

The museum has begun to collect the works of some of RhyDin?s contemporary artists.

(Feel free to post your own art work in this folder. In fact, we encourage you to share your work here.)

Azjah

Date: 2008-02-23 21:03 EST
The first exhibit is dedicated to Pierre August Renior. Impressionist painter.

Title: By the Water
Technique: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions: 46.2 x 55.4 centimeters
Year: Circa 1880

Artist: Pierre-August Renoir

Renoir's paintings are notable for their vibrant light and saturated color, most often focusing on people in intimate and candid compositions. The female nude was one of his primary subjects. In characteristic Impressionist style, Renoir suggested the details of a scene through freely brushed touches of color, so that his figures softly fuse with one another and their surroundings.


http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/BythewaterRenoir1880.jpg

Azjah

Date: 2008-02-23 21:12 EST
Artist: Renoir
Title: The Swing
Circa: 1878

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/TheSwingRenoir1876.jpg

Azjah

Date: 2008-02-24 20:18 EST
Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Artist born on February 25, 1841, died December 3, 1919. He was born in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France. He died at the age of 78 in Cagnes-su-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Cote d?Azure, France. He was a leading painter in the development of Impressionist style. He is well known for his portrayal of feminine sensuality.

He was taught painting by Charles Gleyre in Paris, where he met Alfred Sisley, Frederic Bazille, and Claude Monet.

He developed rheumatoid arthritis in 1892. In 1907 he moved to the warmer climates of Les Collettes close to the Mediterranean coast. He painted during the last 20 years of his life from a wheel chair, and developed progressive deformities in his hands. He painted having a brush strapped to his paralyzed fingers.

Azjah

Date: 2008-02-24 20:32 EST
Title: Nach dem Bade
Artist: Renoir
Circa: 1888

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/NachdemBade1888.jpg

Azjah

Date: 2008-02-24 20:50 EST
Title: Girls at the Piano
Artist: Renoir
Circa 1892

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/GirlsatPiano1892Renoir.jpg

Azjah

Date: 2008-02-24 20:58 EST
George-Pierre Seurat

Born December 2, 1859 to a well off family in Paris. He died March 29, 1891. The cause of his death is uncertain. He was the founder of Neo-impressionism.

He attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1879 and 1879. He shared his ideas about pointillism with Signac. His best known work, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte took him two years to complete.

Azjah

Date: 2008-02-24 21:14 EST
Title: La Chahut
Artist: Seurat
Circa: 1889

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/RhyDin/Chahut-Seurat1889.jpg

Azjah

Date: 2008-02-24 21:30 EST
Title: Un dimanche apr?s-midi ? l'?le de la Grande Jatte
Artist: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Circa: 1884 - 1886

This is his most well known work.

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/RhyDin/Seurat-GrandeJatte.jpg