In the early to mid 1800s, France played host to one of the greatest rivalries the art world had seen since the days when Michelangelo Buonarotti was working in Florence at the same time as Leonardo da Vinci.
I’m delighted to support your effort, George. My day is given a delightful and instructive sendoff each morning as I study your post! Thanks and keep it going and growing.😎
These posts are my sanity highlights, too. Well done again! (I’ve always been more of a Delacroix man). Picasso was an Ingres man, at least for a time, and there’s no one more qualified. De gustibus disputandum non est, I suppose
Thanks a lot Mike. Yes, you’re right - Picasso was a big Ingres admirer. But it’s worth mentioning that van Gogh absolutely revered Delacroix . . . so you’re definitely still in good company there. And that also proves your point about personal tastes too.
I loved reading about this spicy rivalry! The quote about having the talent to sketch a man falling out of a window before he hits the ground, is just fabulous! Thank you!
Thank you for another excellent piece. Not only I enjoy reading many original things about artists, aside from things I already knew, but I always am delighted by the conversations in the comments.
The context in this piece was perfect! Seeing the paintings of these two rivals side by side along with a little of their tumultuous story was really great. Thanks for putting this together!
Does it make you as sad as it does me that there was a time that art meant so much, not just to those titans of painting, but to the world at large?
100% yes. I totally agree with you on that.
Well said, James
I’m delighted to support your effort, George. My day is given a delightful and instructive sendoff each morning as I study your post! Thanks and keep it going and growing.😎
I really appreciate that, Lew. Thanks a lot for your support and encouragement.
These posts are my sanity highlights, too. Well done again! (I’ve always been more of a Delacroix man). Picasso was an Ingres man, at least for a time, and there’s no one more qualified. De gustibus disputandum non est, I suppose
Thanks a lot Mike. Yes, you’re right - Picasso was a big Ingres admirer. But it’s worth mentioning that van Gogh absolutely revered Delacroix . . . so you’re definitely still in good company there. And that also proves your point about personal tastes too.
I didn’t know that! I am indeed in good company!
You learn to settle your differences in more civil ways as you get older- Ingres and Delacroix represent this kind of detente.
oh I came to say the same!
and of course-what a great post
I loved reading about this spicy rivalry! The quote about having the talent to sketch a man falling out of a window before he hits the ground, is just fabulous! Thank you!
Thank you for another excellent piece. Not only I enjoy reading many original things about artists, aside from things I already knew, but I always am delighted by the conversations in the comments.
That’s so nice of you to say. Thank you.
The context in this piece was perfect! Seeing the paintings of these two rivals side by side along with a little of their tumultuous story was really great. Thanks for putting this together!
I’m really glad to know you enjoyed it.
What a lovely little article. Reading this as I start my day—it gave me a shiver of something wonderful, something lost.
Thanks so much. I’m really happy to know that.
Your posts always get me into a better mood to carry me through my day, and away from all the ugliness and upheaval in this world. Thanks George.
Really enjoyed this one. Thank you