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I. The Rise of the Modern Artist

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  • I.8. The enthusiast in the studio

An old myth about the prestige of the artist tells how Alexander the Great paid a visit to Apelles in his studio. Baudelaire, for his part, said that modernity is an age of heroes in patent-leather shoes. From the world of myth, we move to another of bourgeois everydayness, which artists often depict in the withdrawal of the enthusiast or collector looking at prints in the studio. The print, furthermore, is a multiple medium, one cheaper than painting or sculpture, and lets the modern artist extend his work to social strata that are no longer limited to those of the bourgeoisie.

I.1. Studio, character and work [1]

I.2. Portraits and self-portraits [2]

I.3. The artist’s apprenticeship. The academy [3]

I.4. Realisms: model and nude [4]

I.5. The artist in his studio [5]

I.6. The bohemian artist [6]

I.7. The bourgeois portrait [7]

I.8. The enthusiast in the studio

I.9. Orientalism [8]

I.10. Japonism and other exoticisms [9]

I.11. Historical painting versus current affairs [10]

I.12. Landscape 1: open air painting and photography [11]

I.13. Landscape 2: Impressionisms [12]

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Marià Fortuny, The print collector, 1866

Josep Duran, Browsing the album, circa 1872

Marià Fortuny, Victory, 1869


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[1] https://www.museunacional.cat/en/i-rise-modern-artist [2] https://www.museunacional.cat/en/i-rise-modern-artist-0 [3] https://www.museunacional.cat/en/i-rise-modern-artist-1 [4] https://www.museunacional.cat/en/i-rise-modern-artist-2 [5] https://www.museunacional.cat/en/i-rise-modern-artist-3 [6] https://www.museunacional.cat/en/i-rise-modern-artist-4 [7] https://www.museunacional.cat/en/i-rise-modern-artist-5 [8] https://www.museunacional.cat/en/i-lascensio-de-lartista-modern [9] https://www.museunacional.cat/en/i-rise-modern-artist-7 [10] https://www.museunacional.cat/en/i-rise-modern-artist-8 [11] https://www.museunacional.cat/en/i-rise-modern-artist-9 [12] https://www.museunacional.cat/en/i-rise-modern-artist-10