18th century

  • Girls at the Piano: Domestic Dreams of the Post-Industrial Bourgeois
    Art History • Artworks under the lens
    Girls at the Piano: Domestic Dreams of the Post-Industrial Bourgeois
    2019-09-17 / 5 minutes read

    In Girls at the Piano, Renoir depicts an idealized image of modern bourgeois life and displays his talent for painting the female figure. In this article, Singulart discusses the artist’s life and his mature style exemplified in this work.  Who was Pierre-Auguste Renoir?  Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a French painter and founder of the Impressionist movement. He is particularly renowned…
  • Seed of the Areoi, Paul Gaugin’s most Controversial Work
    Art History • Artworks under the lens
    Seed of the Areoi, Paul Gaugin’s most Controversial Work
    2019-08-07 / 8 minutes read

    Paul Gauguin was a French post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated during his lifetime, Gauguin is now regarded for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style. He is best known for his paintings of French Polynesia, where he lived during the last ten years of his life. Gauguin’s artworks, including Seed of the Areoi, portrayed the French Polynesian islands and explored the…