Rivers of France – Artistic Inspiration
Landscapes along the rivers of France encouraged so several of the world’s good artists – and manufactured some of the world’s terrific artwork treasures. Believe Giverny (Monet)… Paris (Picasso, Gaugin, Manet, Pissarro, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec and so lots of far more)… Provence (van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse, Chagall, to identify a handful of). Their is effective are centerpieces of museums the entire world around – and the French landscapes that captured their imaginations so lots of several years back are yours to find out nowadays. Satisfy some of the artists and the destinations – which includes a amazing withinTauck presentation by artist Jill Steenhuis who gives insights into the globe of Vincent van Gogh.
American-born French Impressionistic painter Jill Steenhuis, our vacation associate, supplied us with an unique presentation that shares insights into the everyday living of artist Vincent van Gogh – and how his lifetime and inventive journey have formed her individual. An Atlanta native, Jill has lived in Aix-en-Provence due to the fact 1980, painting in the landscapes of Provence. After graduating from Sweet Briar School with a BFA in studio artwork, she attended The Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing in Aix. In the 1980s and 1990s, Jill was a single of the scarce artists to have a studio at the Château Noir, in which Cézanne experienced his studio in the late 19th century. Jill has exhibited in solo shows in New York Metropolis, Greenwich, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington DC, Dallas, and San Francisco, between other major American cities, as very well as in Aix-en-Provence and Paris.
Her function is portion of the permanent collections of numerous museums and crucial personal collections in The us and in France. Jill appeared on “Good Early morning America” and served as the Cézanne expert for the Smithsonian Institute for the 100th anniversary of the painter’s death she is the Cezanne and Van Gogh expert for American museums who stop by the south of France. Specializing in oil portray, lithography and watercolor, Jill captures the essence of Provence with her very own personalized poetry and vivid vitality – “In my portray, the catalyst is mother nature. By the act of painting, my soul engages in a dialogue.”
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