New ARC Letter: Past for Inspiration
July 31, 2013
 Le Ravissement de Psyche by William Bouguereau | We have recently added a letter by Eric Alexander Santoli, who has written in on what it is like to be a young artist today who looks towards the past for inspiration. "I studied one painter in particular who is a favorite on the ARC website: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905). "What a brilliant painter", I thought and still do think even as I am writing this. His technique was superb, and his Victorian ideals satisfied me on an aesthetic level. I studied him and would only get looks of dismay when I said his name and spoke about him at school." |