Matisse’s Sitting Woman (left) and Liebermann’s Two Riders at the Beach (right)
Germany has signed an agreement to return an Henri Matisse painting that was seized under Nazi rule to its rightful owner. A similar agreement was signed last week for a painting by Max Liebermann. More at: Independent
The central challenge of history painting lay in selecting a particular subject that could engage the heart and instruct the mind. Grand settings and symbolic accessories proved the artist’s grasp of perspective depth and still-life draftsmanship. Compositions and color schemes had to be carefully conceived to accentuate the principal characters and to clarify the meanings of the incidents. National Gallery
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