Podcasts about impressionists

In 2026, everything is fake — fake content, fake influencers, fake engagement. But here's what's always been true: story is what takes "not selling" to "selling." Van Gogh died unknown with 900 paintings worth nothing. Frida Kahlo was overshadowed by Diego Rivera for decades. The Impressionists were literally mocked. Same artwork. Different story. In this episode, we look at what changed — and how you can apply the same framework to your art in the age of AI. Links Mentioned: Lulu Meservey's "Standing Out in 2026" The woman who turned Van Gogh from worthless to $10 billion

Fluent Fiction - French: Discovering Paris: Where Art and Architecture Meet New Beginnings Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/fr/episode/2026-01-02-23-34-01-fr Story Transcript:Fr: Dans un coin animé de Paris, une couverture de neige recouvrait les rues.En: In a busy corner of Paris, a blanket of snow covered the streets.Fr: Le froid de l'hiver glissait dans l'air, mais une lumière chaleureuse émanait d'un petit café.En: The chill of winter lingered in the air, but a warm light emanated from a small café.Fr: À l'intérieur, le brouhaha doux des conversations et le tintement des tasses de café créaient une ambiance apaisante.En: Inside, the gentle hum of conversations and the clinking of coffee cups created a soothing atmosphere.Fr: Les fenêtres embuées donnaient sur le monde extérieur, maintenant hostile, mais ici, tout était différent.En: The fogged-up windows offered a view of the outside world, now hostile, but here, everything was different.Fr: Émilie, une jeune étudiante en histoire de l'art, s'installait à sa table habituelle, près de la fenêtre.En: Émilie, a young student of art history, settled at her usual table by the window.Fr: Elle aimait cet endroit.En: She loved this place.Fr: C'était un refuge, un moment loin de la tourmente de son année précédente.En: It was a refuge, a moment away from the turmoil of her previous year.Fr: Elle avait besoin d'inspiration.En: She needed inspiration.Fr: Un cappuccino chaud devant elle, Émilie feuilletait un livre sur les impressionnistes.En: A hot cappuccino in front of her, Émilie leafed through a book on the Impressionists.Fr: De l'autre côté de la pièce, Théodore, un architecte en quête de nouvelles idées, observait Émilie avec intérêt.En: On the other side of the room, Théodore, an architect in search of new ideas, observed Émilie with interest.Fr: Il était là pour chercher une étincelle, quelque chose pour redémarrer sa créativité.En: He was there to seek a spark, something to restart his creativity.Fr: Sa carrière semblait piégée dans une routine de lignes monotones.En: His career seemed trapped in a routine of monotonous lines.Fr: À un moment donné, leurs regards se croisèrent.En: At one point, their eyes met.Fr: Avec un sourire timide, Théodore s'approcha de la table d'Émilie.En: With a shy smile, Théodore approached Émilie's table.Fr: "Bonjour," dit-il, sa voix légèrement hésitante.En: "Hello," he said, his voice slightly hesitant.Fr: "J'ai remarqué que vous aimez l'art.En: "I noticed you love art.Fr: Moi aussi, je suis très passionné."En: I am very passionate about it too."Fr: Émilie, d'ordinaire réservée, sourit et l'invita à s'asseoir.En: Émilie, usually reserved, smiled and invited him to sit down.Fr: Leurs discussions commencèrent par les maîtres impressionnistes, puis dérivèrent vers l'architecture moderne.En: Their discussions began with the master Impressionists, then drifted towards modern architecture.Fr: Théodore expliqua comment l'art influençait ses designs.En: Théodore explained how art influenced his designs.Fr: Émilie parla de sa passion pour les expositions et comment l'art l'aidait à voir le monde différemment.En: Émilie talked about her passion for exhibitions and how art helped her see the world differently.Fr: Leur conversation était fluide, naturelle, comme si deux vieux amis se retrouvaient.En: Their conversation was fluid, natural, as if two old friends were catching up.Fr: Émilie, hésitante au début, sentit ses réserves fondre.En: Émilie, hesitant at first, felt her reservations melt away.Fr: Théodore était sincère et sans jugement.En: Théodore was sincere and non-judgmental.Fr: Il avait une manière de la mettre à l'aise.En: He had a way of making her feel at ease.Fr: Il lui raconta ses difficultés à trouver l'inspiration.En: He shared his struggles with finding inspiration.Fr: Émilie pouvait comprendre cela.En: Émilie could understand that.Fr: Elle aussi cherchait un nouveau départ, une nouvelle lumière.En: She too was seeking a new beginning, a new light.Fr: "Il y a une exposition au musée ce week-end," proposa Théodore soudainement.En: "There is an exhibition at the museum this weekend," Théodore proposed suddenly.Fr: "Peut-être que ça pourrait nous inspirer tous les deux.En: "Maybe it could inspire both of us.Fr: J'aimerais beaucoup partager ça avec vous."En: I would love to share this with you."Fr: Émilie, touchée par la simplicité de l'invitation, accepta.En: Émilie, touched by the simplicity of the invitation, accepted.Fr: Une nouvelle amitié naissait, une nouvelle possibilité.En: A new friendship was forming, a new possibility.Fr: Alors qu'ils quittaient le café, une douce euphorie les enveloppait.En: As they left the café, a gentle euphoria wrapped around them.Fr: Les rues d'hiver semblaient moins froides.En: The winter streets seemed less cold.Fr: Émilie avait trouvé quelqu'un avec qui partager ses passions, tandis que Théodore retrouvait l'étincelle perdue, encouragé par ce lien naissant.En: Émilie had found someone to share her passions with, while Théodore rediscovered his lost spark, encouraged by this budding connection.Fr: Marchant côte à côte, ils se dirigeaient vers un avenir plein de promesses, l'esprit léger et le cœur un peu moins lourd.En: Walking side by side, they headed towards a future full of promise, with lighter spirits and hearts a bit less heavy.Fr: C'était le début d'une nouvelle année, une nouvelle chance de découvrir la beauté du monde ensemble.En: It was the beginning of a new year, a new chance to discover the beauty of the world together. Vocabulary Words:the blanket: la couverturethe chill: le froidto linger: glisserto emanate: émanerthe atmosphere: l'ambianceto settle: s'installerthe turmoil: la tourmenteto leaf through: feuilleterthe spark: l'étincellemonotonous: monotoneto meet (eyes): croiserhesitant: hésitantthe master: le maîtreto drift: dériverto influence: influencerfluid: fluidethe reservations: les réservessincere: sincèrenon-judgmental: sans jugementthe simplicity: la simplicitéto touch: toucherto wrap around: envelopperthe euphoria: la douce euphoriethe streets: les ruesthe connection: le liento melt away: fondreto propose: proposerthe possibility: la possibilitéto head towards: se diriger versthe promise: la promesse

POLITICS, WAR, AND THE REPUBLICAN SPIRIT OF THE IMPRESSIONISTS Colleague Sebastian Smee. Édouard Manet was a passionate Republican who loathed the authoritarian rule of Napoleon III, a sentiment rooted in his witnessing the 1848 uprising and his travels to Rio where he saw the horrors of slavery. His political activism influenced the Impressionist circle, who were all Republicans. Manet frequented cafés to discuss politics with figures like Léon Gambetta, a moderate Republican leader navigating the tensions between monarchists and radicals. The group's optimism was tested by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870; following the Emperor's defeat at Sedan, a Republic was declared, but Paris was soon besieged by Prussian troops. The war touched the artists directly: the painter Bazille died in combat, and Alfred Sisley painted landscapes on the banks of the Seine that had recently been bloody battlefields, creating art that contemporaries recognized as scenes of trauma. NUMBER 3

PLEIN AIR PAINTING AND THE IMPRESSIONIST FOCUS ON THE PRESENT Colleague Sebastian Smee. The Impressionists revolutionized art by painting en plein air (outdoors), prioritizing the sincerity of what they saw in front of them over the carefully composed conventions of the studio. They sought to capture fleeting effects of light and color with directness. Berthe Morisot applied this "sincerity" to domestic and threshold spaces, using loose brushwork to convey the fragility and transience of life—a sensibility likely heightened by the recent political trauma. Interestingly, the Impressionists largely avoided painting the physical ruins of Paris, unlike conservative artists who used such imagery for political rhetoric. Instead, they engaged in a form of psychological repression or optimistic looking-forward, choosing to depict the beauty of contemporary life and the resilience of the present moment rather than dwelling on the destruction of the past. NUMBER 6 1914

Nick spotlights five of the greatest impressionists in Saturday Night Live history — Dana Carvey, Chloe Fineman, Darrell Hammond, Bill Hader, and Melissa Villaseñor. Each performer brought a unique brilliance to the art of mimicry, shaping decades of the show's comedy legacy. From Carvey's classic takes on George Bush and Johnny Carson to Hammond's uncanny Bill Clinton and Hader's pitch-perfect Al Pacino, Nick revisits some of the most unforgettable impressions ever seen on the SNL stage. He also includes revealing interview clips of Fineman, Hammond, and Hader discussing their process and performing live examples of their uncanny vocal transformations. Finally, Villaseñor brings the episode home with two standout sketches showcasing her incredible range — nailing everyone from Kristen Wiig to Jennifer Lopez to a shockingly accurate Owen Wilson. A fun, fascinating look at the masters who turned imitation into high art on SNL. [Ep 148]

Paris 1874: The Artistic Revolt Against the Salon and the Birth of Impressionism. Sebastian Smee discusses how on April 15, 1874, an exhibition opened marking the birth of Impressionism. The group, including Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, Cézanne, Degas, and Berthe Morisot, set up the show deliberately outside the established Salon. The Impressionists were frustrated by repeated Salon rejections and were in revolt; they wanted to paint contemporary life and fresh landscapes, rejecting the hierarchy and "made-up landscapes." The name Impressionism originated as an insult from a critic, inspired by Monet's painting, Impression, Sunrise. Critics found the paintings unstructured and lacking deep meaning. A crucial figure absent from the exhibition was Édouard Manet, considered the "father of Impressionism," who still believed success required Salon acceptance and saw the Impressionist show as a small, isolated "silo."

Berthe Morisot and Édouard Manet: Art, Affection, and the Struggle Against Bourgeois Expectations. Sebastian Smee discusses how the Impressionists lived amidst the violence of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. Berthe Morisot came from the wealthy haute bourgeoisie and, along with her sister Edma, became a serious painter, successfully exhibiting at the Salon. However, women of their background were expected to marry and give up painting. Berthe, still unmarried at 29 in 1869, was devoted to her art when she met Édouard Manet at the Louvre. Manet was captivated by Berthe and invited her to pose for The Balcony. Despite precautions, a mutual flirtation developed, though Manet was married to Suzanne, which stood as an impediment.

The Republican Fire: Manet, Gambetta, and the War That Declared a French Republic. Sebastian Smee discusses how Édouard Manet's family wanted him to pursue law or the Navy, but he became a passionate, anti-autocratic Republican inspired by the 1848 uprisings. Manet established himself as an activist painter, creating works protesting Napoleon III's policies. Léon Gambetta became Manet's friend and the leading moderate Republican lawyer. The Franco-Prussian War of 1870 began under Napoleon III, but the French were crushed. When Napoleon III surrendered and went into exile, a Republic was declared in Paris. The victory was bittersweet: Paris was immediately surrounded by Prussian troops, and the entire male population joined the National Guard. However, France was defeated, leading to a humiliating surrender in January 1871. The trauma was reflected subtly in the Impressionists' art.

Sincerity, Transience, and the Domestic Focus of Berthe Morisot's Art. Sebastian Smee discusses how the Impressionists' defining characteristic was plein air painting—painting outside directly in front of the subject. Berthe Morisot was highly innovative, concentrating on women at home doing ordinary, domestic activities. Her work was quick, often using only a few brushstrokes, conveying the impression of a moment glimpsed. Morisot was one of the most radical Impressionists in her style, frequently leaving large parts of the canvas bare to emphasize the feeling of something "quickly caught as if on the fly." Smee identifies her as a "real poet" of fugitive effects and threshold states, often painting adolescent girls at the "cusp of adulthood." Her acute awareness of life's transience and fragility was evident in her style.

Meet Mary Cassatt, a talented artist known for her beautiful paintings of mothers and children. Born in 1844, Mary grew up in America but spent most of her life in France, where she became friends with other famous artists. She loved to paint pictures that showed the special bond between mothers and their little ones. Mary's artwork is full of bright colors and soft, gentle lines that make you feel warm inside. She was one of the few women in a group called the Impressionists, who painted pictures that looked like they were full of light and movement. Mary Cassatt's paintings remind us of the love and joy in everyday life.

In the final installment of our Impressionism primer, we meet the artists who broke away from light and surface to paint something deeper. From Van Gogh's turbulent skies to Gauguin's mythic Tahitian scenes, Cézanne's geometric still lifes to Seurat's scientific dots, the Post-Impressionists transformed 19th-century visual experiments into something stranger, bolder, and more modern. We'll also drop in to Montmartre with Toulouse-Lautrec, and look ahead to the influence these artists had on the Fauves, the Cubists, and even American modernists.  Vincent and the Doctor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubTJI_UphPk&ab_channel=DoctorWho  ______ New episodes every month. Let's keep in touch! Email: artofhistorypod@gmail.com Instagram: @artofhistorypodcast

In Part 2 of our Impressionism series, we leave the floating world of Japan behind and step into the bustling studios, salons, and sun-drenched riverbanks of 19th-century France. This time, we meet the artists who dared to defy the rules (Monet, Morisot, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cassatt) and the dealer, Paul Durand-Ruel, who bet everything on their vision. We'll explore how these painters broke with tradition to capture the modern world around them…and how their movement spread, against all odds, to American collectors, museums, and artists. ______ New episodes every month. Let's keep in touch! Email: artofhistorypod@gmail.com Instagram: @artofhistorypodcast

French Impressionism is a major exhibition developed by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria. Ksenia Radchenko, an art historian and lecturer of art history at the University of Sydney, talks about the collection, the essence of impressionism and the lives of artists. - В Национальной галерее Виктории открылась выставка работ французских импрессионистов из коллекции Бостонского музея в рамках ежегодной серии «Зимние шедевры». Искусствовед и преподаватель истории искусства в Сиднейском университете Ксения Радченко рассказывает о коллекции, сути импрессионизма и жизни художников.

Fluent Fiction - French: Souvenirs of Light: An Artistic Encounter in Paris Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/fr/episode/2025-06-03-22-34-02-fr Story Transcript:Fr: Le soleil printanier baignait Paris d'une douce lumière.En: The spring sun bathed Paris in a gentle light.Fr: Au cœur du Louvre, l'agitation était palpable.En: In the heart of the Louvre, the excitement was palpable.Fr: Élodie, une jeune étudiante en art de Lyon, arpentait la boutique de souvenirs.En: Élodie, a young art student from Lyon, was browsing the souvenir shop.Fr: Les étagères regorgeaient de livres éclatants, de miniatures et d'objets inspirés de l'art.En: The shelves were brimming with vibrant books, miniatures, and objects inspired by art.Fr: Son cœur battait fort dans l'espoir de trouver un souvenir parfait pour célébrer son voyage artistique.En: Her heart beat fast in the hope of finding the perfect souvenir to celebrate her artistic journey.Fr: À côté, Mathieu, employé du musée, arrangeait avec soin des répliques de toiles célèbres.En: Nearby, Mathieu, a museum employee, was carefully arranging replicas of famous paintings.Fr: Depuis longtemps, il rêvait d'ouvrir sa propre galerie d'art.En: He had long dreamed of opening his own art gallery.Fr: Il observait avec intérêt les nombreux visiteurs qui franchissaient la porte de la boutique.En: He watched with interest the many visitors passing through the shop's door.Fr: Élodie examinait une statuette de Rodin.En: Élodie examined a Rodin statuette.Fr: Mais elle hésitait, perdue dans la quantité de choix qui s'offraient à elle.En: But she hesitated, lost in the multitude of choices presented to her.Fr: Devait-elle choisir un livre sur le réalisme, une affiche du surréalisme ?En: Should she choose a book on realism, a poster of surrealism?Fr: Son cœur balançait.En: Her heart wavered.Fr: Elle chercha instinctivement de l'aide, apercevant Mathieu non loin.En: She instinctively looked for help, spotting Mathieu not far away.Fr: Avec un sourire chaleureux, Élodie s'approcha.En: With a warm smile, Élodie approached.Fr: "Excusez-moi," dit-elle, une pointe d'incertitude dans la voix.En: "Excuse me," she said, a hint of uncertainty in her voice.Fr: "Quel souvenir pouvez-vous recommander pour une étudiante passionnée par l'impressionnisme ?"En: "What souvenir would you recommend for a student passionate about Impressionism?"Fr: Mathieu, ravi de partager sa passion pour l'art, réfléchit un instant.En: Mathieu, delighted to share his passion for art, thought for a moment.Fr: "Je crois que pour capturer l'esprit de l'impressionnisme, un livre sur Monet serait idéal.En: "I believe that to capture the spirit of Impressionism, a book on Monet would be ideal.Fr: Ses œuvres changent notre perception de la lumière et des couleurs."En: His works change our perception of light and colors."Fr: Ils parlèrent des impressionnistes, de la magie des touches de pinceaux, et des émotions que les œuvres de Monet évoquaient.En: They talked about the Impressionists, the magic of brushstrokes, and the emotions that Monet's works evoked.Fr: Élodie se sentait comprise, ses doutes estompés par la complicité qu'elle partageait avec Mathieu.En: Élodie felt understood, her doubts eased by the connection she shared with Mathieu.Fr: Finalement, elle prit en main un magnifique livre dédié aux œuvres de Monet.En: Finally, she picked up a beautiful book dedicated to Monet's works.Fr: Les pages luisaient sous la lumière filtrée de la fenêtre.En: The pages glistened under the filtered light from the window.Fr: "C'est parfait," murmura-t-elle, satisfaite et enrichie par cette rencontre inattendue.En: "It's perfect," she murmured, satisfied and enriched by this unexpected encounter.Fr: En quittant la boutique, Élodie sentit un nouvel élan artistique.En: As she left the shop, Élodie felt a new artistic inspiration.Fr: Sa décision était prise, doublement motivée par la discussion enrichissante avec Mathieu.En: Her decision was made, doubly motivated by the enriching discussion with Mathieu.Fr: Elle emporta son précieux livre, persuadée d'avoir découvert un fragment de sa propre histoire dans les couleurs vibrantes de Monet.En: She took her precious book, convinced she had discovered a fragment of her own story in the vibrant colors of Monet.Fr: Mathieu, quant à lui, rêvait toujours de sa galerie, mais avec l'assurance d'avoir inspiré Élodie.En: Mathieu, for his part, still dreamed of his gallery, but with the confidence of having inspired Élodie.Fr: Une nouvelle amitié naissait, toujours nourrie par l'amour de l'art.En: A new friendship was blossoming, always nurtured by a love of art. Vocabulary Words:the spring sun: le soleil printaniergentle light: douce lumièrethe heart: le cœurpalpable: palpablea young art student: une jeune étudiante en artthe souvenir shop: la boutique de souvenirsbrimming: regorgeaientvibrant books: livres éclatantsminiatures: miniaturesthe museum employee: l'employé du muséecarefully: avec soinreplicas: répliquesfamous paintings: toiles célèbresinstinctively: instinctivementwarm smile: sourire chaleureuxhint of uncertainty: pointe d'incertitudepassionate about Impressionism: passionnée par l'impressionnismecapture the spirit: capturer l'espritour perception of light and colors: notre perception de la lumière et des couleursthe Impressionists: les impressionnistesmagic of brushstrokes: magie des touches de pinceauxthe emotions: les émotionsdoubts eased: doutes estompésthe connection: la complicitéa beautiful book: un magnifique livrethe filtered light: la lumière filtréeunexpected encounter: rencontre inattendueartistic inspiration: élan artistiqueenriching discussion: discussion enrichissantenew friendship: nouvelle amitié

What makes something "serious" and why do we automatically equate seriousness with importance? In this thought-provoking journey through linguistic history, educational systems, and cultural hierarchies, Captain Frodo reveals how the very concept of seriousness has been weaponized as a tool for social control.Diving into Alan White's groundbreaking essay "The Dismal Sacred Word," we discover how the first dictionaries deliberately created distinctions between "high" and "low" language, with lasting consequences for how we value different forms of expression. The exploration continues through the Protestant-influenced school systems that physically separated "serious" indoor learning from "unimportant" outdoor play—a division that continues to shape our understanding of value today.From the marginalization of play to the struggles of artists seeking legitimacy, this episode exposes how arbitrary yet powerful these distinctions really are. Why did the Impressionists have to fight so hard to be taken seriously? Why do circus performers and magicians still battle for cultural recognition? The answer lies in understanding that "there is no intrinsic link at all" between solemn seriousness and genuine importance.For anyone who has felt their passions dismissed as trivial or unimportant, this episode offers both validation and liberation. By recognizing how seriousness has been socially constructed, we can begin questioning these false hierarchies and reclaiming the profound value of play, joy, and creative expression. What if the most important things in life aren't serious at all?Listen now to challenge everything you thought you knew about what really matters, and discover why play might be the most serious business of all.Support the show...Now you can get t-shirts and hoodies with our wonderful logo. This is the best new way to suport the podcast project. Become a proud parader of your passion for Showmanship and our glorious Craft whilst simultanously helping to gather more followers for the Way.You'll find the store here: https://thewayoftheshowman.printdrop.com.auIf you want to help support this podcast it would be tremendous if you wrote a glowing review on iTunes or Spotify.If you want to contact me about anything, including wanting me to collaborate on one of your projects you can reach me on thewayoftheshowman@gmail.comor find out more on the Way of the Showman website.you can follow the Way of Instagram where it is, not surprisingly thewayoftheshowman.If you find it in you and you have the means to do so, you can suport the podcast financially at:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/captainfrodo

Before Monet painted water lilies or Degas sketched ballerinas, a wave was crashing in from the East. In this episode, we explore how Japanese woodblock prints—especially Hokusai's ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa'—reshaped the way Western artists thought about space, subject, and form. From flattened perspective to everyday scenes, ukiyo-e wasn't just decorative—it was revolutionary. We'll unpack the rise of Japonisme, its deep (and sometimes uneasy) influence on Impressionism, and how one iconic wave helped turn the tide of art history. Today's image: Katsushika Hokusai, ‘Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura),' (1830-32). Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. ______ New episodes every month. Let's keep in touch! Email: artofhistorypod@gmail.com Instagram: @artofhistorypodcast | @matta_of_fact

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TRASH IN THE CAN: ANGELS WITH ANGLES How did movies resurrect and exploit dead celebrities before Rogue One? Easy! Impressionists in Party City makeup and a budget so low the estate doesn't bother to sue. Host of podcast Whatever Happened to Bette & Joan, Frank Calvillo, joins us for a bizarre vanity project about a […]

For the 34th episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Sebastian Smee, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic for The Washington Post and author of "Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism,” published by W. W. Norton.This fascinating conversation explores the violent political upheavals of 1870-71 Paris — the Siege of Paris and the Paris Commune — and how they influenced the Impressionist movement. Smee shares insights into the lives of the artists who survived these dramatic days, including Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot, who were trapped in Paris; Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Frédéric Bazille, who joined regiments outside of the capital; and Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro, who fled the country just in time.Through rigorous research into personal letters and historical documents, Smee illuminates the human context behind familiar masterpieces of light created during this dark period. He offers a fresh perspective on why the Impressionists, with their newfound sense of the fragility of life, turned toward transient subjects of modern life, leisure, fleeting moments and the impermanence of all things in the aftermath of such devastating events.ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sebastian Smee is an art critic for The Washington Post and winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. His previous works include "The Art of Rivalry" and books on Mark Bradford and Lucian Freud. He was awarded the Rabkin Prize for art journalism in 2018 and was a MacDowell Fellow in 2021.PURCHASE THE BOOK https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324006954SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW AND HEAR INTERVIEWS:For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our Of Interest page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.Music composed by Bob Golden

Send us a textAaron Rosen started doing improv back in 2013 and only tried stand-up a few times before going all-in on it in 2022. A teacher in Jersey City, N.J., he's a favorite among the students. He's a very talented impressionist, too, which helps. He's got Seth MacFarlane's resume down and can do several others -- Billy Porter, Owen Wilson, John Mulaney, Donald Trump and the Hormone Monster. He'll be at the Windsor Comedy Festival in Ontario, Canada, on Friday, Dec. 27 and is a regular at the Laugh Tour Comedy Club in Jersey City.Follow Aaron Rosen: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stufffromaaron/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stufffromaaron YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvMJIIL924vvGSZVEVP8i6g Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/stufffromaaron.bsky.socialSupport the show

In this episode, we check out the atmospheric rue Visconti on the Left Bank, tucked around the corner from chic rue Jacob. This sometimes-maligned little street was home to painter Delacroix (this is where he painted his friend George Sand & her lover Chopin!) and writer Balzac ran a printing press here. For photos, please check out my website. Thanks as always to Bremner Fletcher for technical expertise and general know-how. The Improbable Walks theme music is performed by David Symons, New Orleans accordionist extraordinaire. 

In this episode, art historian and curator David Boyd Haycock describes Roger Fry''s legendary exhibition, Manet and the Post Impressionists held at the Grafton Galleries in 1910. In her essay Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown, Virginia Woolf wrote that on or about 1910, “human character changed”, a statement generally accepted to be a reference to the Post Impressionists show. Further Reading:A Crisis of Brilliance by David Boyd HaycockRoger Fry, an autobiography by Virginia Woolf The Sultan of Zanzibar by Martyn Downer about the spectacular hoaxes of Horace de Vere Cole, including the Dreadnought Hoax of 1910. Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown - an essay by Virginia WoolfThis is an Ictus Media production, edited by Leo Hornak and produced by Howie Shannon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Impressionists fled the studio for the great outdoors, and with bold brushstrokes made light, color, and shadow the true stars of their canvases. For European travel information, visit https://www.ricksteves.com.

I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is Sophia Jansson – niece of Tove Jansson, the legendary Swedish-speaking Finnish writer, artist, novelist, illustrator, and children's book author, best known for creating the Moomins. Born in Helsinki in 1914, Tove grew up immersed in art from a young age. It was thanks to her artist parents, who raised her and her brothers in a home filled with plaster dust, clay, paintings, and floor-to-ceiling books – known to be (quote) “a box with endless secret compartments…” It was even thought she slept on the shelf at one point! But, growing up in the 1910s and 30s, it was also a time wracked by war. Turning to art, Tove made paintings – in a style influenced by the post-Impressionists – and conceived of imaginary worlds, steeped in nature – from forests to the sea – perhaps to escape the imploding world around her. Jansson's books for children and her novels for adults are just as much great stories as they are philosophies on life as she wrote: “before the war I used to think the purpose of life was to act as justly as possible; after the war I thought the purpose of life was to be as happy as possible.” And there is no shadow of a doubt that Jansson and the Moomins, the large-snouted trolls, can show us the true meanings of life. ENJOY! -- THIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE LEVETT COLLECTION: https://www.famm.com/en/ https://www.instagram.com/famm_mougins // https://www.merrellpublishers.com/9781858947037 Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Nada Smiljanic Music by Ben Wetherfield

A new lawsuit against Diddy is being represented by Gloria Allred. Diddy's four kids make a statement regarding the suspicion around their mom's death? Was Diddy abused as a child? Kim Kardashian's lawyer sends a cease and desist to a creator claiming she is involved. Then I welcome the hilarious and engaged comedy team, Taylor Owen and James Neal. Taylor and James share how they met, fell in love and began doing viral videos impersonating TV and reality stars. We get into some funny Vanderpump Rules' improvisations, Anna Delvey and your typical romantic comedy leads. So funny! Enjoy!  You gotta check out the new softside Luggage from Away. Head on over to https://awaytravel.com and use code juicyscoop to save 15% on any Away suitcase. Offer ends 12/31/24 at 11:59PM ET. Head to https://JLOBeauty.com/JUICYSCOOP for 4 free masks and free shipping today Get 20% OFF @honeylove by going to https://honeylove.com/JUICY #honeylovepod Go to https://TheOuai.com and use promo code JUICY for 15% off any product. Stand Up Tickets and info: https://heathermcdonald.net/ Shop Juicy Scoop Merch https://juicyscoopshop.com  Get EXTRA Juicy on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/juicyscoop  Follow Me on Social Media: Instagram: https://www/instagram.com/heathermcdonald  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heathermcdonald  Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeatherMcDonald Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're shining a spotlight on one of the most significant yet overlooked figures in art history, Berthe Morisot, and we'll find out how she became a founding member of the Impressionist movement. Featuring art historian Dr Sinéad Furlong-Clancy of the National Gallery of Ireland and the Hugh Lane Gallery; Dr Timothy Stott of Trinity College Dublin; Janet McLean, curator at the National Gallery of Ireland; and Dr Sabine Kriebel from University College Cork.

I interviewed Emissive / Excurio co-founder and CEO Fabien Barati at Laval Virtual 2023 after having tried the free-roaming Immersive Expedition edition of Éternelle Notre-Dame, which was really quite incredible. I originally saw the sit-down version of Éternelle Notre-Dame at Venice Immersive 2022, but the free-roaming, immersive expedition version was such a distinctly different experience that felt like I was going on a proper adventure. Here's a showreel of Excurio's immersive expeditions that includes Horizon of Khufu, Tonight with the Impressionists, Paris 1874, Eternal Notre-Dame, and Life Chronicles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUoOzBYQ1cM Emissive / Excurio had their Un Soir Avec Les Impressionnistes, Paris 1874 immersive expedition experience in competition for Venice Immersive 2024, and so I wanted to publish this unpublished interview from my archive backlog because their immersive expedition LBE experiences are really taking the immersive industry world by storm from France to China to Canada and beyond. They're able to put over 100 people per hour through their experiences, and over a hundred thousand over the period of months for some of their runs. There was certainly a buzz around how successful of a model this has been on both the creation of IP but also for the third-party exhibitors who are managing the on-site logistics. Hopefully this archival interview provides a bit more context for how these immersive expeditions have been developing as it was certainly a hot topic amongst folks during the festival who are thinking about the challenges of distribution, throughput, and finding sustainable models that have the promise of growing the XR industry. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

Ahead of the presidential debate, host Scott Detrow talks to comedians Matt Friend and Allison Reese. They're two of the most prominent political impressionists out there, who are trying to channel the candidates.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, the combination of ambient nature sounds and electronic music was actually an innovation in the 1970s. And you may be surprised that the idea had a history in European classical music, especially in England and France. In England, it was the so-called "pastoral" composers like ARNOLD BAX and RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, who created orchestral images of nature. In France, it was the Impressionists, from CLAUDE DEBUSSY to OLIVIER MESSIAEN. They didn't have recordings, so they created new instruments and playing techniques to imitate natural sounds like wind and birdsongs. By the mid-20th century, we could record the sounds of nature, edit them and play them back at will. In the 1950s, avant-garde composers like JOHN CAGE were promoting an awareness of ambient sound as equal to music. Music...was how you listened. Incorporating nature sounds into music was the next step; beside, film soundtracks had been doing it for years. The psychology is foundational: humans evolved listening to natural sounds, and they send a message we respond to instinctively. For example, birdsong on a gentle summer morning is delightful and calming. Blend in some subtle synthesizers, season with gourmet reverberation and you have what two young Canadians named MYCHAEL DANNA and TIM CLÉMENT called "environmental electronic music." It's an idea that was embraced by New Age musicians and in time became a bit of a cliché. But it led to an electronic genre of extended tone-color journeys in virtual space, which is still alive and well. On this transmission of Hearts of Space, the fluid, airy sound of summer spacemusic, on a program called SUMMERTONES 3. Music is by MEG BOWLES, DANNA & CLÉMENT, CHRONOTOPE PROJECT, ALTUS, and STELLIA. [ view program page ] [ view Flickr image gallery ] [ play 30 second MP3 promo ]

It's Matt's last appearance on the podcast, and he's assembled comedians Jon Culshaw, Lewis Macleod and Nerine Skinner to give us their best political impressions - including the Tories in the running to lead the party.Plus: Columnists India Knight and James Marriott discuss the Olympics, Strictly, and we find out whether Matt really has been bullying James. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of the great French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840-1926) in London, initially in 1870 and then from 1899. He spent his first visit in poverty, escaping from war in France, while by the second he had become so commercially successful that he stayed at the Savoy Hotel. There, from his balcony, he began a series of almost a hundred paintings that captured the essence of this dynamic city at that time, with fog and smoke almost obscuring the bridges, boats and Houses of Parliament. The pollution was terrible for health but the diffraction through the sooty droplets offered an ever-changing light that captivated Monet, and he was to paint the Thames more than he did his water lilies or haystacks or Rouen Cathedral. On his return to France, Monet appeared to have a new confidence to explore an art that was more abstract than impressionist.WithKaren Serres Senior Curator of Paintings at the Courtauld Gallery, London Curator of the exhibition 'Monet and London. Views of the Thames'Frances Fowle Professor of Nineteenth-Century Art at the University of Edinburgh and Senior Curator of French Art at the National Galleries of ScotlandAnd Jackie Wullschläger Chief Art Critic for the Financial Times and author of ‘Monet, The Restless Vision'In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio ProductionProducer: Simon Tillotson Studio production: John GoudieReading list:Caroline Corbeau Parsons, Impressionists in London: French Artists in Exile 1870-1904 (Tate Publishing, 2017)Frances Fowle, Monet and French Landscape: Vétheuil and Normandy (National Galleries of Scotland, 2007), especially the chapter ‘Making Money out of Monet: Marketing Monet in Britain 1870-1905'Robert Gordon and Andrew Forge, Monet (Harry N. Abrams, 1983)Paul Hayes Tucker, Monet in the '90s: The Series Paintings (Yale University Press, 1990)Paul Hayes Tucker, Monet in the 20th Century (Yale University Press, 1998)Katharine A. Lochnan, Turner, Whistler, Monet (Tate Publishing, 2005)Nicholas Reed, Monet and the Thames: Paintings and Modern Views of Monet's London (Lilburne Press, 1998)Grace Seiberling, Monet in London (High Museum of Art, 1988)Karen Serres, Frances Fowle and Jennifer A. Thompson, Monet and London: Views of the Thames (Paul Holberton Publishing, 2024 – catalogue to accompany Courtauld Gallery exhibition)Charles Stuckey, Monet: A Retrospective (Random House, 1985)Daniel Wildenstein, Monet: The Triumph of Impressionism (first published 1996; Taschen, 2022)Jackie Wullschläger, Monet: The Restless Vision (Allen Lane, 2023)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of the great French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840-1926) in London, initially in 1870 and then from 1899. He spent his first visit in poverty, escaping from war in France, while by the second he had become so commercially successful that he stayed at the Savoy Hotel. There, from his balcony, he began a series of almost a hundred paintings that captured the essence of this dynamic city at that time, with fog and smoke almost obscuring the bridges, boats and Houses of Parliament. The pollution was terrible for health but the diffraction through the sooty droplets offered an ever-changing light that captivated Monet, and he was to paint the Thames more than he did his water lilies or haystacks or Rouen Cathedral. On his return to France, Monet appeared to have a new confidence to explore an art that was more abstract than impressionist.WithKaren Serres Senior Curator of Paintings at the Courtauld Gallery, London Curator of the exhibition 'Monet and London. Views of the Thames'Frances Fowle Professor of Nineteenth-Century Art at the University of Edinburgh and Senior Curator of French Art at the National Galleries of ScotlandAnd Jackie Wullschläger Chief Art Critic for the Financial Times and author of ‘Monet, The Restless Vision'In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio ProductionProducer: Simon Tillotson Studio production: John GoudieReading list:Caroline Corbeau Parsons, Impressionists in London: French Artists in Exile 1870-1904 (Tate Publishing, 2017)Frances Fowle, Monet and French Landscape: Vétheuil and Normandy (National Galleries of Scotland, 2007), especially the chapter ‘Making Money out of Monet: Marketing Monet in Britain 1870-1905'Robert Gordon and Andrew Forge, Monet (Harry N. Abrams, 1983)Paul Hayes Tucker, Monet in the '90s: The Series Paintings (Yale University Press, 1990)Paul Hayes Tucker, Monet in the 20th Century (Yale University Press, 1998)Katharine A. Lochnan, Turner, Whistler, Monet (Tate Publishing, 2005)Nicholas Reed, Monet and the Thames: Paintings and Modern Views of Monet's London (Lilburne Press, 1998)Grace Seiberling, Monet in London (High Museum of Art, 1988)Karen Serres, Frances Fowle and Jennifer A. Thompson, Monet and London: Views of the Thames (Paul Holberton Publishing, 2024 – catalogue to accompany Courtauld Gallery exhibition)Charles Stuckey, Monet: A Retrospective (Random House, 1985)Daniel Wildenstein, Monet: The Triumph of Impressionism (first published 1996; Taschen, 2022)Jackie Wullschläger, Monet: The Restless Vision (Allen Lane, 2023)

Award winning artist, Marjorie Hicks's canvases capture the play of light and the drama of shadow and color that fall on any and all of her subjects. As much as she enjoys painting. She is also a popular teacher to artists. John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla, Henry Potthast among others continue to inspire her works. Marjorie is grateful for the talented and supportive community of artists in Nashville, where she resides. She is equally at home painting commissioned portraits in studio or outdoor scenes in a style inspired by the Impressionists.Find more about Marjorie here

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Chapter 1What is ColorEmbark on a vivid journey through the palette of history with Victoria Finlay's "Color." The book traverses the globe to unravel the fascinating, often hidden, origins of colors and how they impacted society. From deep within an Afghan mine where lapis lazuli blue was extracted, to the perilous routes used to trade the coveted cochineal red, Finlay uncovers the brutal, adventurous, and often surprising stories of dyes and hues. This enchanting exploration is not only about the aesthetics of colors but about the humanity sewn into each thread. It illuminates how the pursuit of colors influenced trade, fashion, art, and technology throughout civilizations, revealing that colors are much more than a visual experience—they are historic whispers that echo stories of our human heritage. "Color" invites readers to see beyond the spectrum, into the colorful tales of our ancestors.Chapter 2 Meet the Writer of ColorVictoria Finlay skillfully blends vivid descriptions, historical anecdotes, and personal narratives in her book, "Color: A Natural History of the Palette." Her approach brings colors to life, intertwining their cultural, artistic, and historical significances to engage the reader on an emotional and intellectual level. Finlay's language is rich and evocative; she employs a variety of tones ranging from whimsical to reflective, effectively conveying the deep emotional and cultural resonances of colors. Through her exploratory and descriptive prose, she allows the reader to visualize the hues and contexts she describes, making the history of colors not just informative but also palpable and relatable. This method enables Finlay to transform what might be a mundane topic into a series of compelling stories that illustrate how deeply color is woven into the fabric of human experience.Chapter 3 Deeper Understanding of ColorColor has had a profound influence on literature, culture, and society, serving both symbolic and practical roles that have evolved across time and have been crucial in shaping human experience and expression. Here is an exploration of how color influences these three domains: LiteratureIn literature, colors are often used symbolically to convey deeper meanings, evoke specific emotions, or develop characters or atmosphere. For instance:- Red can symbolize passion, anger, or danger.- White often represents purity, innocence, or emptiness.- Black might be used to symbolize death or evil.- Green can represent nature, jealousy, or growth.The use of color in literature is not static and can vary greatly depending on cultural contexts and historical periods. For example, in Western literature, black is often associated with mourning, whereas in some East Asian cultures, white might be used in similar contexts.F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" serves as a prime example, where colors are rich in symbolic implications. The green light at the end of Daisy's dock symbolizes Gatsby's hopes and dreams, reflecting a broader theme of the American Dream. CultureColor's significance in culture is immense, impacting art, language, fashion, and ceremonies. Colors carry cultural significance that can affirm identity and traditional values:- In many cultures, colors in clothing are deeply significant and can convey information about one's status, age, and gender. In India, for example, brides traditionally wear red as a symbol of prosperity and fertility.- In art, different art movements have used color in various ways. The Impressionists, for instance, experimented with shades to capture the effect of light on surfaces, fundamentally altering the techniques and approaches in painting.- Festivals and rituals also make extensive use of color. Holi, the Indian festival of colors, involves the throwing of...

Liam was sick today, so there was a distinct lack of impressions on the show. Belle was fine with it but Ben wanted to fill the void. Listen Live on the Nova Player App Follow us on Instagram - TikTok - FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Wilson's guest is the pioneering American artist, author and educator Judy Chicago. Having run the first ever feminist art course in California, she established herself as a powerful advocate of women artists in the early 1970s. She is best known for a ground-breaking installation piece called The Dinner Party, a monumental work which was made with the help of a team of ceramists and needle-workers over five years and first displayed in 1979. Now enjoying her sixth decade as an artist, Judy Chicago is regarded as a trailblazing figure in the art world.Judy recalls studying at the Art Institute of Chicago's children's classes at the age of five, and afterwards wandering around the galleries upstairs where she was particularly drawn to the Impressionists. It was here that she first decided to become an artist. As a young woman she moved to the west coast to pursue her dream. Although she found the art scene there "inhospitable" to women, she was inspired by a group of male artists including Ed Rucha, Larry Bell and Bill Al Bengton, associated with the LA-based Ferus gallery. Judy also cites discovering Christine de Pisan, the Italian-born French medieval poet at the court of King Charles VI of France, as a turning point in her own research and art practice. Like Judy herself, de Pisan had faced obstacles because of her gender and sought to challenge contemporary attitudes towards women by creating an allegorical City of Ladies. She is one of the women represented in Judy Chicago's landmark work The Dinner Party.Producer: Edwina PitmanArchive used: Omnibus: Judy Chicago's Dinner Party, BBC1, 13 January 1981 Rebel Women: The Great Art Fight Back, BBC4, 10 July 2020

From early myths to the latest LEDs, light has been "the magician of the cosmos." But what is light? Is it God? Truth? Particle or wave? This "radiant history" sees light through the eyes of mystics, sages, artists, poets, and scientists. Like the Nobel-winning physicist who studied light "because it's so much fun," Bruce Watson enjoys taking readers along in search of this eternal force of nature.  Light: A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age (Bloombury, 2016) explores ancient observatories and Gothic cathedrals, Galileo's workshop and Isaac Newton's "darken'd chamber." Readers will visit Rembrandt's studio and watch stunning sunrises at Stonehenge and at Newgrange in Ireland. The story follows light as it is captured by cameras, framed by Impressionists, and electrified by Edison. Finally, Light brings us to a world remade by lasers, making ours truly the Age of Light. Garima Garg is a New Delhi based journalist and author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science

Mary Cassatt had always been an independent thinker. But once she became a member of the radical group of artists known as the Impressionists, she sidestepped expectations of gender (and the traditional rules of artistic expression), and forged a singular style that was all her own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The impressionists are back - Jon Culshaw, Rory Bremner and Nerine Skinner join Matt to talk about their favourite political impressions, before engaging in a 'three-way Trump-off'.Plus: Andrew Neil gives his take on the future of Humza Yousaf and the SNP, and Gyles Brandreth discusses Keir Starmer opening up about his childhood.Andrew Neil (03:15)The Columnists (12:00)The Impressionists (30:30) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Order your exclusive da Vinci BoldBrush paintbrush set!https://brushoffer.com/collections/boldbrushLearn the magic of marketing  with us here at BoldBrush!https://www.boldbrushshow.com/Get over 50% off your first year on your artist website with FASO:https://www.FASO.com/podcast/---Today, we sat down with Tim Tyler, a realist oil painter based in San Miguel de Allende with a passion for subtle narratives and wide ranges of subject matter, from portraits to landscapes to figurative to still lifes. In this episode, we discuss Tim's perspectives on the realist art movement today and art history, the importance of creative work rather than formulaic painting, and why it's important to break away from societal expectations on art and appreciate paintings from both a technical and intellectual level. He also reminds us that it's good to specialize in your subject matter of choice, and also reminds us of the value of failure and why pushing your own boundaries can help you grow and improve at your craft. Finally, Tim invites us to check out his workshops in San Miguel de Allende!Tim's FASO Site:https://www.tctyler.com/Tim's  Upcoming Workshops:https://www.tctyler.com/workshopsTim's Workshop Location:https://sanmiguelart.com/Tim's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/braveart_tim/Tim's YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv4Rzcm8u3WaQXtnhpSwFtA

Episode: 1158 The Crystal Palace, the 1851 exhibition, and Victorian art.  Today, we look for art to equal the building that holds it.

In this episode, Helen Newman, Chairman of Sotheby's Europe is joined by Paul Signac's great granddaughter Charlotte Hellman, artist Erik Madigan Heck, and the National Gallery's Christopher Riopelle for a conversation about the revolutionary impact made by the Impressionists. This podcast was originally recorded at Sotheby's in London in February 2024 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Impressionism. To see the works discussed in this episode and to step further into the world of Sotheby's, you can visit any of their galleries around the world, which are open to the public. For more information, visit sothebys.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Page One, produced and hosted by author Holly Lynn Payne, celebrates the craft that goes into writing the first sentence, first paragraph and first page of your favorite books. The first page is often the most rewritten page of any book because it has to work so hard to do so much—hook the reader. We interview master storytellers on the struggles and stories behind the first page of their books.About the guest author:Robin Oliveira is an award-winning NYT bestselling author of four books. Her latest historical novel, A WILD AND HEAVENLY PLACE is a sweeping tale about the birth of Seattle and two star-crossed lovers that discover it. Her debut novel, MY NAME IS MARY SUTTER won the prestigious Shaara Prize Winner for Civil War Fiction and was an instant NYT bestseller about medicine and nursing in the civil war and inspired by her background as a nurse specializing in Critical Care and Bone Marrow Transplants, which we will get into a bit today. Robin holds a B.A. in Russian and studied at the Pushkin Language Institute in Moscow when Russia was still the USSR. In addition to a degree in nursing, she holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is known for her meticulous research which helps her create compelling and authentic story worlds as she does in her second novel, I Always Loved You, which traces the lives of the Impressionists in Paris, France. Her third novel, Winter Sisters, explores the disappearance of two little girls during an historic blizzard in Albany, N.Y., When she is not writing or reading - her favorite activity, she loves to travel, cycle and hike near her home outside Seattle. About the host:Holly Lynn Payne is an award-winning novelist and writing coach, and the former CEO and founder of Booxby, a startup built to help authors succeed. She is an internationally published author of four historical fiction novels. Her recent novel, ROSE GIRL is an Amazon bestseller, earned a prestigious Kirkus starred Review and named Editors Choice from the Historical Novel Society. Her debut, The Virgin's Knot, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers book. She lives in Marin County with her daughter and enjoys mountain biking, surfing and hiking with her dog. She earned her MFA from USC, BA in journalism from University of Richmond and has served on the faculty of Stanford, San Francisco State University, California College of the Arts and the Academy of Art University. To contact her or learn more about her books and private writing coaching services, please visit hollylynnpayne.com or find her at Instagram and Twitter @hollylynnpayne. Stay in touch:You can listen to Page One on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher and all your favorite podcast players. Hear past episodes.If you're interested in getting writing tips and the latest podcast episode updates with the world's beloved master storytellers, please sign up for my very short monthly newsletter at hollylynnpayne.com and follow me @hollylynnpayne on Instagram, Twitter, Goodreads, and Facebook. Your email address is kept private and you can always unsubscribe anytime. The Page One Podcast is created at the base of a mountain in Marin County, California, and is a labor of love in service to writers and book lovers. My intention is to inspire, educate and celebrate. Thank you for being a part of this loving, creative community! Be well and keep reading.~Holly~ Thank you for listening to the Page One Podcast, where master storytellers discuss the stories and struggles behind the critical first page of their books. If you liked this episode, please share it on social, leave a review on your favorite podcast players and tell your friends! I hope you enjoy this labor of love as much as I love hosting, producing, and editing it. Please keep in touch by signing up to receive my newsletter at www.hollylynnpayne.com with the latest episodes each month. Delivered to your inbox with a smile. For the love of books and writers,Holly Lynn Payne@hollylynnpaynewww.hollylynnpayne.com

Oof, Paul Gauguin, amirite? In this episode, we are joined by one of our favorite old friends, chef/artist/communicator/musician extraordinaire, ANGELA DELA CRUZ! Come meet our favorite Shmang!!! Together, we will dive deep into the depraved life of Paul Gauguin. Good thing his suffering matched his crimes in the end...There will be dogs named after penises, themes of colonization, there will be a song Chelsea came up with to remind about STD prevention, and in true theme with the Impressionists, and now this show... there will be SYPHILIS! But as always we do make it fun!Thank you for listening!We love you,the Baroque BitchesWARNING: This episode does contain explicit content about this artists life, and he did have inappropriate relationships with underage girls. Because this world is fucked up and you or someone you know may have been affected by a similar situation, we want to warn before you listen to this episode in case you may suffer from PTSD or just want to avoid this type of material in general. You may consider skipping this one. Also, please be reminded, we love you.

Claude Monet loved his garden and made about 250 paintings of water lilies. He and his Impressionist contemporaries were focused on color, light, and how our eyes perceive the world, but I would say technology was also central to the development. In his paintings of the train station, The Gare Saint Lazare, Monet gives us a glimpse of iron and glass station filled with the smoke of the steam engines. One critic wrote, “Unfortunately thick smoke escaping from the canvas prevented our seeing the six paintings dedicated to this study.” While the Impressionists were overtly apolitical, there is always a statement made by what is shown and what is not shown. Even if the artist himself or herself strives to be objective simply holding a mirror to their world, which way they aim that mirror matters. Monet shows the steam engine in its element as the subject of the work not merely something in the background. Technology of course drives change in our world. In the middle of the 19th century, painters suddenly had to compete with the camera. As photographs could quickly and easily capture the lines, shapes and proportions of a subject, painters shifted their focus to the color, an element cameras could not capture at that time. The tube of paint and numerous synthetic pigments also came about in the 19th century giving artists easy access to a wider range of colors. As I look at Monet's use of so many colors, the pinks and blues of the cloud rising from the steam engine, I think of the critics the defenders of the status quo feeling threatened by change. They feel overwhelmed by the subject and begin to choke at the sight of roaring engines filling the space with smoke and they want to look away. They want the grand facades buildings and well-dressed elites walking city streets, not the workers and machines that powered the advancements. Monet though was unwavering. He meticulously studied his subjects at different times and in different seasons to find the beauty of even the smoke and engines in the industrial space. While the critics wanted grand visions of mythology, Monet showed what he and countless others experienced in the real world. Other episodes to listen to: Claude Monet | Water Lilies Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Luncheon of the Boating Party Berthe Morisot | The Cradle Gustave Caillebotte | Paris Street Rainy Day Art Smart: Impressionism & Post Impressionism Check out my other podcasts Art Smart | Rainbow Puppy Science Lab Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a young adult, Edvard Munch studied art. He was influenced early on by the Impressionists, but he really came into his own when he began using painting as a way of expressing his inner struggles. He is best known today for his expressionistic works like The Scream. Interestingly The Scream is not about a person screaming. The tormented figure in the painting is actually suffering an anxiety attack and overwhelmed by the din or the noise of the world around him. The specific look of the figure may have actually been based on a Peruvian mummy that was on display in the World's Fair in Paris in 1889. Check out my other podcasts  Art Smart | Rainbow Puppy Science Lab Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many know the image of Paris Street; Rainy Day, but somehow far fewer know the artist who painted it, Gustave Caillebotte. He was born in Paris in the mid 19th century just as massive changes were happening in urban development as well as with technology and society more generally. Caillebotte inherited a fortune that allowed him to follow his passion for art without needing to worry about what would sell. He loved the new style of the Impressionists and he not only exhibited with them, he supported them by buying their works which he eventually donated to the state. Related episodes: Georges Seurat | A Sunday on la Gran Jatte Berthe Morisot | The Cradle Henri de Toulouse Lautrec | At the Moulin Rouge Pierre-Auguste Renoir | The Luncheon of the Boating Party Claude Monet | The Gare Saint-Larave Check out my other podcasts  Art Smart | Rainbow Puppy Science Lab Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices