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Gustave Courbet

Corbet was Paul Cézanne’s hero and his chief inspiration at the outset of his career. Corbet was a proponent of the realist school of painting. (Click the photo for a higher resolution image.)

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Paul Cézanne

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Van Gogh and Color Combinations

In Houses at Auvers, Vincent van Gogh used the juxtaposition of red and blue in the rooftops to heighten the intensity of the colors. Just as Chevreul had predicted in his book The Laws of Contrast of Colour, red will … Continue reading

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Michel Eugène Chevreul and Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer considered Michel Eugène Chevreul’s color theories to be his Bible. Chevreul suggested that a yellow hat is the most flattering color for a girl with brown hair. Homer followed this suggestion in his watercolor On the Stile, where the brunette wears … Continue reading

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