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Memorable Rejections: Monet and the Artist’s Struggle, Part One
While he’s regarded as one of the most revolutionary painters in history, Claude Monet was rejected often throughout his youth.
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Memorable Rejections: Monet and the Artist’s Struggle, Part Two
Bay Area artists on their most memorable rejections and the paths that unfolded after their early setbacks.
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Transits: A Wife and Husband Reunited
In this edition of Transits, a series that looks at the movement of art in the Museums’ galleries, we’re highlighting three paintings by Peter Paul Rubens.
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Rubens in the Royal Menagerie
Rubens’s painting Daniel in the Lions’ Den is a favorite of visitors.
By Alexandra Libby
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A Tarantino-Like Taste for the Macabre
Rubens’s interest in dark subject matter is evident in his riveting Head of Medusa.
By Corrinne Chong with Petr Tomášek
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Tissot’s Fascination with Fashion
James Tissot grew up in a household attuned to fashion.
By Justine De Young
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Séances And Spiritualism: The Visions of James Tissot
Tissot’s most personally meaningful work was as a visionary religious artist.
By Melissa Buron
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The Impresario: Degas ‒ Or Tissot?
James Tissot: Fashion + Faith is the first major reassessment of Tissot’s career in over 20 years.
By Anthea Callen
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Conserving Boucher: A Painting’s Relationship to Tapestry Production
The Paintings Conservation department undertook a three-year treatment of François Boucher’s Vertumnus and Pomona.
By Elise Effmann Clifford, Kathryn Harada, and Sarah Kleiner
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Renewal Among the Ruins: Vigée Le Brun in Exile
Vigée Le Brun developed a highly sought-after style of portraiture.
By Isabella Holland
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A Renaissance Mystery: Investigating Corneille de Lyon’s “Portrait of a Man”
Exploring a painting’s unanswered questions.
By Georgia Brabec
