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The ARC Philosophy

  • ARC Chairman Fred Ross' Oil Painters of America Keynote Address

  • Chapter I. The Great 20th Century Art Scam

  • Chapter II. Art / Bad Art - Pulling Back the Curtain

  • Chapter III. Bouguereau and the "Real" 19th Century

  • Chapter IV. ARC Chairman speaks at the Angel Academy of Art

  • Chapter V. ARC Chairman Speaks at duCret School of Art

  • Chapter VI. Abstract Art is Not Abstract and Definitely Not Art

  • Chapter VII. Oppressors Accuse their Victims of Oppression
  • Special Feature.Hockney's 'Secret Knowledge': Refuted



  • Most Recent Articles

    by Brian Yoder
    2012-01-17

    Some people feel that the nude form is something that should be hidden away both in art and the artist's classroom and they frequently write to ARC expressing trepidation about the fact that we display nude drawings, paintings, and sculptures in the ARC Museum. This article describes their complaints and attempts to respond to their concerns and makes a case for the value of nudity in art and the training of artists.

    by Kara Lysandra Ross
    2012-01-06

    Although the English artist Edmund Blair Leighton is rarely mentioned by name today, his paintings are widely recognized as icons of medieval legend and regency charm.

    A Step by Step Guide
    by Eric Bossik
    2012-01-06

    The following excerpt from Eric Bossik's e-book, How To Create an Underpainting Like the Old Masters - A Step by Step Guide, focuses on how to utilize brushes when creating an underpainting.

    Finding Negative Shapes
    by Juliette Arstides
    2011-11-07

    The following excerpt from Juliette Aristides new book, Lessons in Classical Drawing, concerns the use of negative space in drawing.

    by Wallace Wood
    2011-11-07

    Chats With Famous Painters, by Wallace Wood, was salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XLVII, No. 2, December, 1893. The article features numerous illustrations of studies and commentary by J.L. Gerome, J.P. Laurens, Bouguereau, Puvis De Chavannes, J.J. Lefebvre, Fredrick Leighton, Albert Maignan, and J. E. Lenepveu.

    by ARC Staff
    2011-02-03

    The Catalog Raisonné on William Bouguereau published by Art Renewal Center and the Antique Collectors Club. Authors Damien Bartoli with ARC Chairman, Fred Ross

    by Fred Ross
    2010-11-16

    This article is reprinted from the Catalog Raisonne of William Bouguereau by Damien Bartoli and Fred Ross which was published in 2010 by the Antique Collectors' Club and the Art Renewal Center. This two-volume boxed set illustrates the complete oeuvre of paintings of this great master, with information on all of William Bouguereau's 828 known paintings.

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