Posts for March, 2024

BargueEncore™ plates offer much more than standard reproductions. Their lithographic quality provides an unparalleled artistic learning experience, just as Bargue intended.

These exquisite Bargue plates go above and beyond simple print replicas to offer students a wealth of detail and subtlety. Every line and value are rendered with remarkable precision, allowing students to truly understand the nuances of form and value. Students are able to study each stroke as it was intended thereby fostering their learning and progress. What's more, the durability of the lithographs, hand-inked on beautiful 350g Italian art paper, ensures that they will remain intact and usable for years to come providing a long-term investment in art education.

By using BargueEncore Plates, schools and academies can provide their students with unparalleled study materials that have encouraged the emergence of exceptional artistic talent since the 19th century. Individuals can also purchase them directly. Offset, laser, plotter, inkjet printing or photocopy can never match the subtleties of texture, value and line quality achieved on lithographed plates, which are essential to the goals of BargueEncore.

Visit https://bargueprints.com/find-out-more/ for a free sample plate.

Read this article: https://www.artrenewal.org/article/title/Bargue-Encore-An-Academic-Tradition-Revived

Join Bay Area Classical Arts Atelier for these amazing workshops in the UK Summer of 2024 with Juliette Aristides, Carlo Russo, and Kamille Corry.

Please scan the qr codes or visit the BACAA website for more information. 

Learn more about BACAA’s classes and workshops at www.BACAA.org or email at Info@BACAA.org.

The Angel Academy of Art, Florence, offers the opportunity to learn drawing and painting as the Old Masters did. Whether you are a beginner looking to explore Realism in Florence or an experienced scholar looking to manifest a career, their mission is to provide the experience and skills that you need to succeed. 

Students can enroll in the Angel Academy of Art, Florence, for a summer workshop, a four-week intensive portrait course, or the three-year diploma program. Each of these cover techniques instrumental to mastering Realism in drawing and painting. For example, right from the first year of studies in the Diploma Program, the Angel Academy thoroughly teaches Pictorial Composition and the Process of Designing a Painting.

Each program offers the unique experience of learning as the Old Masters did and in the heart of Florence.

The full range of programs accommodate students with any amount of experience. No portfolio or previous experience is required.

Be in touch! Tell The Angel Academy of Art, Florence your goal and they will suggest a vision for you. 

Diana Scultori (1547–1612), also known as Diana Mantuana, was the first documented woman in Europe to have a professional career as a printmaker. Born in the Italian city of Mantua, Diana came from a family of artists with professional connections to the local court. Diana was eventually drawn to Rome, where ambitious printmakers went to make their fortunes. Like many printmakers in this period, she specialized in engraving renditions of paintings, drawings, and sculptures by other artists, which required the creativity and technical acumen needed to translate an image from one medium to another. Placing her work in dialogue with other printmakers in her orbit, this exhibition highlights Diana’s contributions to the dynamic world of printmaking in late-1500s Rome.

The exhibition runs from January 27 – July 7, 2024 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130.

For more information, click here. 

Visit the ARC Calendar for more events and exhibitions.

Texas Academy of Figurative Art is participating in Spring Gallery Night, which is run by Fort Worth Art Dealers Association.

Visit the TAFA Gallery for an exhibition of student and faculty works that range from classical Old Master copies, cast drawings, portraits, figurative works, still-life and landscapes.

Spring Gallery Night takes place on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 415 S Main St, Fort Worth, TX 76104 with the opening reception at 5 to 9 pm.

To learn more, click here.  

For more events and exhibitions, please visit the ARC Calendar.

For the artist’s seventh solo show with Hirschl & Adler Modern, ARC Associate Living Master Frederick Brosen continues his career-long celebration of New York while also turning his gaze to the postcard-worthy shores of Provincetown, Massachusetts. In twelve new watercolors, two seemingly disparate landscapes are united by the artist’s masterful touch. Although Provincetown’s population of 3,000 is miniscule in comparison to New York’s overwhelming population of 8.5 million, Brosen renders these two distinct locations with the same sense of placidity and intimacy.

The exhibition takes place at Hirschl & Adler, The Fuller Building, 41 E. 57th Street, 9th Floor, NY 10022 from March 14 – April 12, 2024.

To learn more about this exhibition, please click here. 

For More events and exhibitions, visit the ARC Calendar.

Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance chronicles three generations of Pre-Raphaelites, a movement formed in 1848 by seven rebellious young men determined to reinvigorate art in Victorian England. Resolved to capture the passion and authenticity conveyed by medieval and Renaissance Italian artists who worked before the death of Raphael (1520), the Pre-Raphaelites re-envisioned styles and themes from the past in decidedly modern ways. 

Over 350 artworks by Italian masters ranging such as Cimabue, Daddi, Botticelli, Angelico, Gozzoli, Lippi, Della Robbia, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, Veronese and Reni – juxtaposed with major works by British artists including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, John Ruskin, Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, Elizabeth Siddal, Frederic Leighton, G F Watts, Simeon Solomon, Evelyn De Morgan and J W Waterhouse are on display.

The exhibition runs from 2/24-6/30/24 at San Domenico Museum, 12 P.le Guido da Montefeltro, Forlì, 47121 Italy.

To learn more, please click here.  

For more events and exhibitions, please visit the ARC Calendar.

Following a successful 2023 workshop at the Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier studios, Kamille Corry will be teaching a master figure painting workshop in a historic artist studio in Chelsea, London, UK. The workshop will include 2 days of museum visits with sketching from master works and 5 days of painting from the live model. The workshop runs July 18 - 24, 2024.

For details and registration visit https://www.bacaa.org/bacaakamille-corry-master-figure-painting-workshop-london-uk-2024

Learn more about BACAA’s classes and workshops at www.BACAA.org or email at Info@BACAA.org.

The Angel Academy of Art, Florence, offers the opportunity to learn drawing and painting as the Old Masters did. Whether you are a beginner looking to explore Realism in Florence or an experienced scholar looking to manifest a career, their mission is to provide the experience and skills that you need to succeed. 

Students can enroll in the Angel Academy of Art, Florence, for a summer workshop, a four-week intensive portrait course, or the three-year diploma program. Each of these cover techniques instrumental to mastering Realism in drawing and painting. For example, right from the first year of studies in the Diploma Program, the Angel Academy thoroughly teaches Pictorial Composition and the Process of Designing a Painting.

Each program offers the unique experience of learning as the Old Masters did and in the heart of Florence.

The full range of programs accommodate students with any amount of experience. No portfolio or previous experience is required.

Be in touch! Tell The Angel Academy of Art, Florence your goal and they will suggest a vision for you. 

ARC Living Master Juliette Aristides and Robert Armetta are holding an exhibition of works at the Barrington Center for the Arts at Gordon College, MA. 

Opening Reception and Artist's Talk - Thursday, March 14, 2024, 4–6 pm

The exhibition takes place at a the Barrington Center for the Arts, 255 Grapevine Road, Wenham, MA 01984 form March 14 – April 18, 2024.

For more information, click here.  

Visit the ARC Calendar for more exhibitions and events.

Held in a 19th century library in the heart of the Hudson River Valley, "Realism on the Hudson" is a carefully curated small works show featuring an array of contemporary realist paintings and drawings. The exhibition aims to make accessible contemporary art, encouraging collectors to take home their purchases immediately. 

All artwork is for sale at the show and online during the show dates in the AAPLinc.org/artwork-store. The show is on display on two floors of the Howland Cultural Center’s Northcutt Hall Gallery. The Howland Cultural Center is in Beacon, about 60 miles north of New York City.

The show runs from 3/2 – 4/14/24 at Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main Street, Beacon, New York, NY.

Click here for more information.  

Visit the ARC Calendar for more events and exhibitions.

Beloved children’s book author and illustrator Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) rooted her fiction in the natural world. Childhood summers spent in Scotland and the English Lake District nourished Potter’s love of nature, while her famous menagerie of pets inspired her picture letters and published tales. Her study of botany and mycology established an abiding interest in the life sciences, a passion she would bring to rural life at Hill Top Farm in Cumbria, England. There, she enjoyed a second act as a sheep breeder and land conservationist, ultimately bequeathing four thousand acres of farmland to the National Trust.

Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature brings together artwork, books, manuscripts, and artifacts that trace how Potter’s innovative blend of scientific observation and imaginative storytelling shaped some of the world’s most popular children’s books.

The exhibition runs from February 23 – June 9, 2024 at the Morgan Library 225 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016.

To learn more, click here.   

For more events, please visit the ARC Calendar.

We Are Now Accepting Entries To The 17th International ARC Salon Competition!

The deadline for entries is June 13, 2024 11:59:59pm PST.

When talking about competitions dedicated to 21st Century Realism, the International ARC Salon is the largest in the world. With over $130,000 in cash awards and international recognition through partnerships with prestigious magazines, galleries, museums, and more, don’t miss your chance to compete. Categories include: Figurative, Portraiture, Imaginative Realism, Drawing, Landscape, Still Life, Plein Air Painting, Fully From Life, Sculpture, Animals, and a special category for teens.

Click here to enter.  

Join BACAA for this exciting workshop in beautiful Oxford England from June 21-26, 2024. During the six day intensive workshop, students will learn a sequential approach to confidently draw the human figure and how to express life through their design. During the workshop students will learn a set of skills that have informed artists for centuries. Each day they will address a different aspect of drawing, from blocking-in to rendering on toned paper using charcoal or graphite and the option to use colored pastel pencils for a contemporary take on traditional drawing.

To learn more about this workshop, please click here. 

Visit https://www.bacaa.org/ for more workshops and courses.