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The Inner Life of the Artist: Conversations from the Atelier

Monacelli, April 2025

9781580936576

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55_Cloud Study_ Stormy Sunset_John Constable (2)

Page 26: Cloud Study: Stormy Sunset, 1821–22

John Constable; Oil on paper on canvas; 8 × 10¾ in. (20.3 × 27.3 cm); National Gallery of Art; Gift of Louise Mellon in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

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I_B_MAIN_ Isabel_  Puerta_roja-1

Page 12: The Red Door, 1978

Isabel Quintanilla Martinez; Oil on panel; 64⅝ × 42½ in. (164 × 108 cm); Private Collection, Germany © Isabel Quintanilla, VEGAP, Madrid, 2024

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Page 112: The last strands of winter, 2015

Amaya Gurpide; Mixed media on hand-toned paper mounted on dibond; 8 × 6 in. (20.3 × 15.2 cm); Private Collection

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Copy of 47_On Winter Walks, Scandinavian, MN_Ben Bauer

Page 18: On Winter Walks, Scandinavian, MN, 2022

Ben Bauer; Oil and cold wax on linen; 24 × 26 in. (61 × 66 cm); Private Collection

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II_F_BODY_ID_ Paul Raymond Seaton_Antique Roses, Silver and Silk, Oil on linen, 18 x 14 in-1

Page 122: Antique Roses, Silver and Silk, 2020

Paul Seaton; Oil on linen; 18 x 14 in. (45.7 × 35.6 cm) Image Courtesy of Collins Galleries

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II_QUOTE INTERLUDE_Iof Mar, Charcoal, ink & wash on canvas, 75x55cm-1

Pages 66-67: Mar, 2017

Marcos Rey; Charcoal, ink, and wash; 29½ × 21¾ in. (75 × 55 cm); Private Collection

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Copy of 45_La Giovane Dottoressa_Richard Greathouse (1)-1

Page 46: La Giovane Dottoressa, 2018

Richard Greathouse;  Oil on linen; 21¾ × 19¾ in. (55.24 × 50.16 cm); Private Collection

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Pages 34-35: Untitled, c. 1830–35

Caspar David Friedrich Riesengebirge; Oil on canvas; 28⅜ × 40¼ in. (72 × 102 cm); Nationalgalerie, Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin; Image courtesy of Art Renewal Center

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Copy of Seashell 16x16 JEFFREY T LARSON (1)-1

Page 56: Sea Shell, 2020

Jeffery Larson; Oil on linen; 16 × 16 in. (40.6 × 40.6 cm) Private Collection

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Copy of 25_Moth Man_Konstantinos Kyrtis

Page 16: Juno, 2022

Konstantinos Kyrtis; Oil on linen; 40½ × 36 in. (103 × 92 cm); Private Collection

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Page 28-19: Studies of Eyes, c. 1622

José de Ribera; Etching with plate-tone on paper; 5⅝ × 8½ in (14.3 × 21.6 cm); British Museum

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III_SECTION OPENER_Edmund George Warren 1860 MET Leith Hill from Broadmoor, Surrey-1

Pages 86-87: Leith Hill from Broadmoor, Surrey, 1860

Edmund George Warren; Watercolor with pen and ink and gum arabic; 14 × 20 in. (35.5 × 50.7 cm); Metropolitan Museum of Art; Purchase, Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, 2019

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Page 61: Estella Rijnveld, 2021

Carlo Russo; Oil on panel; 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm); Private Collection

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III_B_BODY_ID_ Juliette-Aristides-1

Page 96: The Forest, 2023

Juliette Aristides; Mixed drawing media on toned paper; 27 × 19 in. (68.6 × 48.3 cm); Private Collection

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Page 104: Freddy en Violet, 2021

Patrick Byrnes; Colored pencil on paper; 11½ × 8 in. (29.2 × 20.3 cm) Collection of the artist

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III_QUOTE INTERLUDE_IMAGE_to go after PAINTING WITH WORDS_ID_ Between Sea and Earth_Julio Reyes-1

Page 8: Heart of August, 2018

Julio Reyes; Egg tempera on panel; 10 × 9 in. (25.4 × 22.9 cm); Private Collection.

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Page 110: Kenyatta, 2000

Mario Robinson; Pastel on paper; 16 × 16 in. (40.6 × 40.6 cm); Private Collection

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