The Discoveries section provides insights into the WPI researchers’ short and long-term research projects. Our blog posts make the most of the WPI Archive, presenting forgotten details and lesser-known aspects of the works and legacies of the artists studied by the WPI.
Discoveries
The Things of Friendship
Posted on September 20, 2019
Still lifes are often considered a minor genre or a plain subject of study; in fact, the genre is not as static and silent as we think. In the nineteenth century, the genre revealed the intimate bonds that united several Impressionist painters. As discreet witnesses to the daily life of these artists, still lifes can be touching evidences of a friendship or skillfully staged marks of consideration like Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s […]
