Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1618-1682): Beggar Boys Eating Grapes and Melon, c. 1650 - Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was a Spanish Baroque painter… Although he is best known for his religious works, Murillo also produced a considerable number of paintings of contemporary women and children… These lively,…
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903): Jalais Hill, Pointoise (1867) “This little valley, this hill have a heroic simplicity and forthrightness. Nothing would be more banal were it not so grand…” Émile Zola wrote of the manner in which Pissarro handled his rural subject matter… Indeed, the positive reception…