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However, most of art history’s master painters dabbled in more than justoils and acrylics.
In fact, many had a penchant forpastel.
Some of the most prolific painters in art history have also worked in pastels.
Eugène Delacroix, “Sketch for The Death of Sardanapalus,” (ca. 1827) (Photo:Wikimedia CommonsPublic Domain)
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Eugene Delacroix
Eugene Delacroix, Sketch for The Death of Sardanapalus, (ca.
- (Photo:Wikimedia CommonsPublic Domain)
Romantic artistEugene Delacroixis renowned for hislarger-than-life paintingsbursting with drama.
Jean-Francois Millet, “Dandelions,” ca. 1867-1868 (Photo:Wikimedia CommonsPublic Domain)
Crafting studieslike his sketch forThe Death of Sardanapalus, one of his most well-known worksaided Delacroix in his art.
After all, henoted: Peasant subjects suit my nature best, for I must confess .
that the human side is what touches me most in art.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, “Boating Couple,” ca. 1881 (Photo:Wikimedia CommonsPublic Domain)
Like Delacroix, Millet would often employ pastel to sketch out ideas for his peasant paintings.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Boating Couple, ca.
1881 (Photo:Wikimedia CommonsPublic Domain)
ImpressionistPierre-AugusteRenoirwas drawn to pasteland for good reason.
Edgar Degas, “The Star,” ca. 1876-1878 (Photo:Wikimedia CommonsPublic Domain)
Renoir first explored the medium in the middle of the 1870s.
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas, The Star, ca.
It changed my life.
Mary Cassatt, “At the Window,” 1889 (Photo:Wikimedia CommonsPublic Domain)
I saw art then as I wanted to see it.
Though initially inspired by Degas, Cassatt eventually developed a distinctive style that was entirely her own.
This influence is particularly evident in Toulouse-Lautrec’s scenes set in brothels.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, “The Salon in the Rue des Moulins,” 1894 (Photo:Wiki ArtPublic Domain)
In any case, Toulouse-Lautrec sought to capture an authentic glimpse of life behind closed doors.
I don’t comment,he said.
The Sommelier shop created and started selling their famousoil pastelsshortly after this meeting, and the rest is history.
Pablo Picasso, “Head of a woman,” 1921 (Photo:Wikimedia CommonsPublic Domain)
