Landscapes together the rivers of France motivated so many of the world’s fantastic artists – and made some of the world’s good art treasures. Believe Giverny (Monet)… Paris (Picasso, Gaugin, Manet, Pissarro, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec and so quite a few additional)… Provence (van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse, Chagall, to identify a couple of). Their functions are centerpieces of museums the earth in excess of – and the French landscapes that captured their imaginations so numerous several years ago are yours to find now. Meet some of the artists and the locations – including a magnificent insideTauck presentation by artist Jill Steenhuis who offers insights into the entire world of Vincent van Gogh.
American-born French Impressionistic painter Jill Steenhuis, our vacation spouse, delivered us with an unique presentation that shares insights into the life of artist Vincent van Gogh – and how his lifetime and creative journey have formed her own. An Atlanta indigenous, Jill has lived in Aix-en-Provence considering the fact that 1980, painting in the landscapes of Provence. Just after graduating from Sweet Briar University with a BFA in studio artwork, she attended The Leo Marchutz Faculty of Portray and Drawing in Aix. In the 1980s and 1990s, Jill was a single of the uncommon artists to have a studio at the Château Noir, where Cézanne had his studio in the late 19th century. Jill has exhibited in solo reveals in New York Metropolis, Greenwich, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington DC, Dallas, and San Francisco, amongst other important American cities, as very well as in Aix-en-Provence and Paris.
Her function is portion of the long term collections of quite a few museums and essential non-public collections in The united states and in France. Jill appeared on “Good Morning America” and served as the Cézanne expert for the Smithsonian Institute for the 100th anniversary of the painter’s death she is the Cezanne and Van Gogh specialist for American museums who pay a visit to the south of France. Specializing in oil portray, lithography and watercolor, Jill captures the essence of Provence with her have personalized poetry and vivid vitality – “In my painting, the catalyst is mother nature. Via the act of painting, my soul engages in a dialogue.”
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