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This dish, inspired by the bellas of the Italian Renaissance, bears witness to the fruitful collaboration that began in 1882 between the ceramist Théodore Deck and the young artist Paul Helleu, before the latter became the fashionable portraitist of feminine elegance. 1. Paul Helleu In 1913 Robert de Montesquiou wrote in his book devoted to the painter: "Helleu was born in Vannes in 1859, of a Breton father and a Parisian mother". He hardly knew his father, who died when he was three years old, and was brought up entirely by his mother, who sent him to continue his studies at the Lycée Chaptal in Paris in 1873. The discovery of Edouard Manet's Chemin de Fer at the 1874 Salon is reported to be at the origin of his artistic vocation. He worked against his mother's wishes in the studio of the painter Gérôme, also frequented by the painters Giovanni Boldini, Jean-Louis Forain and Antonio de La Gandara...

Painted en plein air. Artist Bio: Nelson H. White was born in New London, Connecticut in 1932. White has been surrounded by art and artists from the time he was born. He received h...

Painted en plein air. Frame Dimensions 10.5 x 15.5 in Artist Bio: Nelson H. White was born in New London, Connecticut in 1932. White has been surrounded by art and artists from t...

A classic Nelson White plein-air oil painting. The waves are painted by pallet knife, which allows for White's signature impasto of the white caps. Artist Bio Nelson H. White was bo...

Orsolic Dalessio's plein air painting is a picturesque depiction of the French countryside. Her impressionistic brushstrokes along with the soothing colors of nature, create a dreamy...

A fine figural oil painting of a mother and three children with worried looks on their faces as military planes fly overhead by American artist Hope Shipee Bunin (1908-1970). Bunin w...