This remains one of the most effective drawing course imo, it’s interesting how it faded out. Thankfully it seems to be making a come back these days 🥰

“Vincent van Gogh, who worked for Goupil for a while, learned to draw from it, and Picasso used it when he was a student at the Barcelona Academy. So did multitudes of lesser-knowns.”

#ClassicalDrawing
#academicart

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ART REVIEW; In the Days When Artists Were Taught How to Draw

Grace Glueck reviews Charles Bargue: The Art of Drawing, show of selected plates from 19th-centry art manual by lithographer and painter Charles Bargue, at Dahesh Museum of Art; photo (M)

The New York Times

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Also a reprinting of the originals

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Online Atelier Art Classes | Sadie Valeri | Classical Drawing and Oil Painting

Online classical drawing and painting courses for adults. Affordable mentorship program teaching Old Master painting and drawing techniques: 19th century French Academic Cast Drawing, Bargue Plates, Drapery, and Figure Drawing with Charcoal and Graphite, Alla Prima, Renaisaance and Dutch Masters Painting Techniques.

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