Posts Tagged ‘1876’

Berthe Morisot Oil Painting Young Woman Watering a Shrub 1876

Berthe Morisot Oil Painting Young Woman Watering a Shrub 1876 image 2

The above painting was on display in July 2018 at the Pittsburgh Frick museum. It is by Berthe Morisot and this domestic scene is said to be typical of the day for the subject of a female painter. Yet she distinguished herself. The second image will help you to see the brushstrokes that illustrate what…

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Comical Animal Designs by Christopher Dresser 1876

In ornament humour finds expression in the grotesque. Humour is no new-characteristic of the human race; it is as old and as natural as love. This being the case, we find the grotesque in all styles of ornament, but in some it predominates, while in others it is of rare occurrence. A curious manifestation of…

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Wall Designs Inspired by Window Frost by Christopher Dresser 1876

I cannot too strongly urge upon the ornamentist the necessity for ever seeking new ideas, and for training the mind to see new forms, or combinations of shapes, in everything that the eye can rest upon. Sometimes mere straws in the street may suggest good ornaments, and a bent reed reflected in a lake may…

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