Feb 12, 2024 | Art History, Art News, Reviews, travel, travel for artists
“White Ships”, John Singer Sargent 1908, watercolor over graphite, with gouache and wax resist, Brooklyn Museum, National Gallery of Art “Tarragona”, c. 1908, watercolor over graphite with gouache. New Britain Museum of American Art, National...
Jan 10, 2024 | Americans in Paris, Art History, Art News, art retreat, inspiration, painting workshop, travel, Workshop News
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, View of the Forest of Fontainebleau (1830) How the Artists of the Forest of Fontainebleau Opened the Door to Impressionism By: Vanessa Françoise Rothe Impressionist landscape paintings are among the most widely known and appreciated works...
Jul 21, 2023 | Art News, Artist interview, Help for Artists, Interviews, personal enhancement, scholarship, travel
Painting by Emiliano Marini Emiliano Marini, Soars from Scholarship to Artistic Success It was only a few years ago that Emiliano Marini applied for and was awarded a Scholarship to join us at Workshops in France. He was invited to paint at one of our premier...
Mar 24, 2023 | Art News, art retreat, carrieres de lumieres, Les Baux, Places, Provence, travel, Workshop News
Vermeer to Van Gogh, The Dutch Masters in Southern France. 2023 was the year we discovered “Vermeer to Van Gogh, The Dutch Masters at Carrières de Lumières.” Every year we make a pilgrimage to Les Baux to witness a new audio-visual production at the Carrières de...
Feb 8, 2022 | Art History, Art News, carrieres de lumieres, Les Baux, Provence
The Quarry of Light illuminates the Serenity of Venetian Art at Les Carrières des Lumières Every year we wait with anticipation to hear which artists will be spotlighted in an immense audiovisual display at Les Carrières de Lumieres, the Quarry of Light. In the...
Dec 15, 2021 | Interviews With Past Guests, Art News, Artist interview, couples travel, Interviews, Photography, travel
“St-Germain des Pres”- George Howard George Howard, Non-Painter and Guest Photographer in Provence Non-painting partners are always welcome at our retreats and workshops. But while the artists paint what on Earth do they do? We always are excited...
