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I keep staring at Bidaulds… 🎨 😳😻

How he paints wind, earth and water in harmony…..captures the essence of tranquility! May his soul rest in peace!

View of the Isle of Sora 1793

Couvent de Grotta Ferrata 1844

Meudon 1846

He mastered the art of painting skies and waterfalls….look at those skies…. aren’t they picture perfect? 😍💞

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RebelFox · 36-40, F

My mom was talented like that. She made her art come alive, she gave it movement.

I remember finding a painting she did at 16 and looking at the brush strokes amazed how her mind could physically produce light and dark as real as life.

WaryWitchWandering · 36-40, F

@RebelFox amazing

WaryWitchWandering · 36-40, F

The bottom one… the shading and highlight on the tree in bottom corner is 👌🏻

I wish I was good at realism

fun4us2b · M

@WaryWitchWandering That's my fav too...

Vivaci

Ikr? Couldn’t agree more. 😍🖼
That was Bidauld’s best piece imho…He died in the same year 1846.

Just shows how his mastery with capturing light and the time of day improved over the years. @WaryWitchWandering @fun4us2b

fun4us2b · M

@Vivaci Wow I Googled - he was 88 ! That's pretty old for those days...

SomeMichGuy · M

Those are gorgeous! Thank you for teaching me something!

Hmmmm...you might check out

• Thomas Cole (see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cole to start)

• The PBS series Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop...it's available online, etc.

SW-User

Absolutely gorgeous paintings!! The skies look so real !! He was very talented in his artwork !! 😀

Vivaci

@SW-User There is always so much detail in his realistic paintings, but his skies steal the show, Indy 🥰

SW-User

@Vivaci so true Viva!! Absolute beauty!! 💖🌷

JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M

I love landscape paintings!

(my photos)

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JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M

@Vivaci

I think I might go to the National Gallery of Art tomorrow (where that painting was, and may still be). I have not been there in years. I wanted to go last week but they said it was going to rain heavily. I think it might be OK tomorrow.

Street parking in DC is free on Sunday, but I can never find anything close. I just do not want to have to walk in the rain. I do not want to have to carry around an umbrella.

Vivaci

@JoyfulSilence That actually sounds like fun…parking a few blocks away, then walking in the rain and back…& a museum visit and good food in between! 😍

JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M

@Vivaci

I am on my way!

I am in a Dunkin Donuts right now, eating breakfast. It isn't great food, but they have good coffee.

It it supposed to be sunny, and hot and humid. It is partly cloudy now and not too hot yet. There may be a pop up shower later.

I hope the NGA has good AC. One would think they might need it to keep the oils from melting! LOL!

Magenta · F

Wow, so much talent and depth in those.

Vivaci

@Magenta He truly painted the most elegant landscapes. Look at this composition of color and light omg…

Magenta · F

@Vivaci Wow, he's so good at capturing texture. And again, that depth. The eye is drawn to the back where the hills are. You look into not at. 😍

Vivaci

@Magenta Haha…Yes, exactly …the light source is somewhere to the right, behind the mountain, and it’s captured as perfectly as a photograph. Like you said, the focal point of the frame is the back of the hills. 👍🏻☺️ 💞

Rhode57 · 56-60, M

I have seen those paintings before but dont know the name . Yes that is what I call art .

Vivaci

Right? Even I prefer them over modern art. @Rhode57

Northwest · M

He did these in 1844 and 1846? Beautiful landscape artistry.

Vivaci

@Northwest Yes…I believe he did his best work after moving to Tivoli. As though he had learned the tricks of the trade…look at this oil on canvas 🖼

Freeranger · M

They ARE beautiful......on my end, I appreciate the Wyeths....

Vivaci

@Freeranger Indeed…

Such intensity in the Wyeths…

fun4us2b · M

Wow I love the lighting - gorgeous works

Vivaci

@fun4us2b Same…that’s what makes me appreciate the second pic more. I mean how perfect can it be! 😍

fun4us2b · M

@Vivaci True - feels like you're there...landscapes are my favorite

Pawan · 31-35, M

It's about the love more and very less about the painting

Vivaci

True…he captured the moods of the day. @Pawan

ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F

Beautiful

Vivaci

Ikr? He used the water element in many of his landscapes…but his skies were so perfect. 😻

Here’s another of his paintings— Laxenburg Castle near Vienna

@ChampagneOnIce

ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F

@Vivaci so tranquil ❤️

Vivaci

@ChampagneOnIce Yup ✨❤️

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

Women and their bidaulds 🙇‍♂️

Vivaci

🥴 say no more @Kwek00

littlepuppywantanewlife · 31-35, M

Awesome. I wish to live in such places 😃

Vivaci

@littlepuppywantanewlife That’s near Vienna. 😇

Dino11 · M

They look like postcards.

Vivaci

@Dino11 Couldn’t have put it better…exactly that! 😊

Mugin16 · 46-50, M

Beautiful paintings!

Vivaci

@Mugin16 Yes, he had a knack for making every frame attractive with a lovely composition and mood playing with light effects.

Straylight · 31-35, F

Such a talent.

Vivaci

Ikr? The quality of details is surreal…omg

@Straylight

Eddiesolds · 61-69, M

Beautiful!

losthorizons · 51-55, M

Beautiful

bijouxbroussard · F

Amazing ! The details are almost like a photograph. 😃

Vivaci

@bijouxbroussard Indeed….you know what time and season it was just looking at the details. Look at this one, painted around 1800 called Paysage avec chute d’eau

SW-User

ngl, realism in painting isn't really my thing, but that last one is an exception

Vivaci

I agree….he only got better with time. 😍@SW-User

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