Name the Artist

Recently I stumbled across these paintings.

The young man who created them tried to support his family by selling them, but he wasn’t very successful.   He was turned down twice by The Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.  The directors told him he was unfit and should study architecture instead.'

He turned to politics instead….

What was his name?

Adolph Hitler, of course.

A Little Advice Is a Good Thing

It’s a good thing Mary Cassatt listened to her good friend Edgar Degas.   

While living and painting in Paris Degas and Cassatt met.   Cassatt was painting subjects that included groups of women drinking tea or on outings with friends.  Degas told his friend to begin to paint mothers with their children.   He told her it had only been done in a religious tone up to that point.   She could build a niche.    Mary Cassatt listened and she became known for her mother/child groupings.  

 

The painting I have here…..A Goodnight Hug is her first work after listening to Degas and it’s unique because the facial features are hidden.