Art Inspired: Vincen Van Gogh, Starry Night
The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh is probably one of the most over-exposed pieces of art in the history of the world, yet even so, it’s still my favorite Van Gogh painting of all. He only sold one painting in the course of his life and it was not this one–but there’s something a...
Art Inspired: Self Portrait with Rita by Thomas Hart Benton
I couldn’t resist chosing this Benton painting with it’s black and white bathing suits for this week’s Art Inspired Fashion post. Painted in 1922 a decade before he broke into the mainstream with his controversial mural of the Ku Klux Klan, this self-portrait of painter Thomas Hart...
Art Inspired: Large Bathers by Paul Cézanne
I thought it would be fun to chronicle six weeks of beautiful bather paintings as they inspire fashion. This week’s Large Bathers by French artist Paul Cézanne, was first exhibited in 1906 and is considered to be one of the blockbusters of Modern Art. He worked on it seven years and it was u...
Art Inspired: A Walk By the Sea, Paul Gauguin
Continuing with our six weeks of bathing paintings, I had to include one of Gauguin’s signature Tahitian pieces, Bathers, also known as A Walk by the Sea or Tahitian Family. Painted in 1902, just over 100 years later it was listed by Art News as one of The 10 Most Wanted Works of Art in the ...