Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters

by Elbert Hubbard

Art, Design & Architecture Biography & Autobiography

16 chapters8h 20mEnglish1916

About this book

Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of the subject and their oeuvre. In this volume he reflects on famous painters from the Renaissance to the 19th century. Included are Michelangelo, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Scheffer, Landseer and Dore, among others. (Summary by Lucy Perry, adapted by Ava) This is Volume 4 in a series of 14 books.

Chapters (16)

1Michelangelo, Part 1

1688

2Michelangelo, Part 2

1600

3Rembrandt, Part 1

1796

4Rembrandt, Part 2

1944

5Rubens, Part 1

1764

6Rubens, Part 2

1896

7Meissonier

2375

8Titian

2174

9Anthony van Dyck

2376

10Fortuny

2071

11Ary Scheffer, Part 1

1338

12Ary Scheffer, Part 2

1663

13Francois Millet

1944

14Joshua Reynolds

1961

15Landseer

1766

16Gustave Dore

1699

Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters

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