Non-fiction, mostly. Artists’ biographies, history of painting – we’re winding up the topic Painting. And sometimes you come across amazing facts. Look!
Claude Monet’s seascape “Impression, Sunrise” outraged critic Louis Leroy so much that he titled his hostile review of the show "The Exhibition of the Impressionists", thus inadvertently naming the new art movement. This is what he wrote about the painting: Wallpaper in its embryonic state is more finished than that seascape. ??!! It’s next to impossible to believe how blind can be experts, critics and reputable masters. What do you think of it?
I know the standards of beauty were different at that time. Still, isn’t it beautiful? Regardless of artistic trends or period. I'm just wondering…
