Pierre auguste cot

I picked a pair of French Academy Works by painter Henri Pierre Picou “Spring time” I feel that his paintings combine the classical beauty of human body and the lightness style of rococo. I am fascinated by its lush at…

"All Souls Day @ Camposanto, Pisa" by Pierre-Auguste Cot. 1872, oil on canvas. In the collection of The Appleton Museum, Ocala, FL. Depicts a widow and her two children at the grave of her husband. The same subject was painted by William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1859. The woman in this painting is reminiscent of the one in Hugues Merle's "The Scarlet Letter" (1861) at The Baltimore (MD) Museum of Art.

7/365 How would you possibly compose the painting above as Pierre Aguste Cot did in his “Springtime” painting? Well, below I break down the design elements he uses to make this masterful composition (see Day 240). Later in the 365 I will analyze this painting and show you all of his tricks. The Canon of […]

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“Springtime, 1873, and The Storm, 1880, by Pierre Auguste Cot (1837-1883)”

A glance at four brilliant paintings which portray Daphnis and Chloé, the lovers who were blessed by Pan, the Nymphs and Eros.