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Johan Zoffany | Neoclassical Portrait painter

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Known primarily as a painter of portraits, conversation pieces and theatrical subjects, Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) was born Johannes Josephus Zauffaly, in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. The son of an architect and court cabinet maker, he was brought up at the court of Alexander Ferdinand, Prince von Thurn und Taxis, and enjoyed court patronage throughout his career. When the Prince took up residence at Regensburg, Johan was apprenticed to a local painter, Martin Speer (c.1702-65).



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Vicki Sullivan, 1961 | Portrait /Figurative /Realist painter

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Vicki Sullivan is an Australian Realist painter who focuses on portraiture.
She is a member of Portrait Artists Australia and the Melbourne Society of Women Sculptors and Painters founded in 1902, has participated in National and International exhibitions with her portraits, and has been a finalist in several Art Renewal Center International Salon Competitions.



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Leonardo da Vinci | Differenza dalla pittura alla scultura | Il Trattato della Pittura

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Trattato della Pittura - Parte prima /39

La prima maraviglia che apparisce nella pittura è il parere spiccata dal muro od altro piano, ed ingannare i sottili giudizi con quella cosa che non è divisa dalla superficie della parete; qui in questo caso lo scultore fa le opere sue che tanto paiono quanto elle sono, e qui è la causa che il pittore bisogna che faccia l'ufficio della notizia nelle ombre, che sieno compagne de' lumi.



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Édouard Manet | Olympia, 1863 | Art in Detail

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With Olympia, Manet reworked the traditional theme of the female nude, using a strong, uncompromising technique. Both the subject matter and its depiction explain the scandal caused by this painting at the 1865 Salon. Even though Manet quoted numerous formal and iconographic references, such as Titian's Venus of Urbino, Goya's Maja desnuda, and the theme of the odalisque with her black slave, already handled by Ingres among others, the picture portrays the cold and prosaic reality of a truly contemporary subject.



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Titian | The Venus of Urbino, 1538 | Art in Detail

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Toward the beginning of his career Titian had brought to completion Giorgione's unfinished canvas of a nude Venus asleep in a landscape; some twenty-five years later he adapted the central motif of the recumbent nude to a new setting and transformed its meaning by domesticating that pastoral deity. Giorgione's Venus - withdrawn in a private dream of love that we can share, to a degree, only by an effort of the imagination - has been brought indoors; fully awake now and aware of her audience, she displays her charms in a deliberately public proclamation of love. Nudity, in the context of the interior setting and her jeweled adornment, is evidently not her normal state; she is, rather, naked, awaiting the garments that will clothe her.


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Benito Quinquela Martín | Seascape /Genre painter

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Benito Quinquela Martín (March 1, 1890 - January 28, 1977) was an Argentine painter born in La Boca, Buenos Aires. Quinquela Martín is considered the port painter-par-excellence and one of the most popular Argentine painters. His paintings of port scenes show the activity, vigor and roughness of the daily life in the port of La Boca.
  • Early years
His birthday could not be determined precisely as he was abandoned on March 20, 1890 at an orphanage with a note that stated "This kid has been baptized, and his name is Benito Juan Martín". From his physical appearance, the nuns who found him deduced that he should be around twenty days old; thus March 1 is regarded as his birthday.



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Lorenzo Bartolini | Venus after Titian | Art in Detail

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The Venus of Urbino was one of the inspirations for Édouard Manet's 1863 Olympia in which the figure of Venus is replaced with the model Victorine Meurent.
Reclining Venus, after Titian by Lorenzo Bartolini at the Uffizi Museum was perhaps commissioned in 1820 by Lord Robert Castlereagh, Marquis of Londonderry.
For the realization of the sculpture, Bartolini availed himself of the presence in Florence of his friend Ingres, for whom in 1821 he obtained permission of the Uffizi Gallery to realize a copy of Titian's Venus.


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Johannes Vermeer | The Milkmaid /La Lattaia, c. 1657-1658 | Art in Detail

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The Milkmaid was painted by Johannes Vermeer in about 1657-58. The small picture (18 x 16 1/8 in., or 45.5 x 41 cm) could be described as one of the last works of the Delft artist’s formative years (ca. 1654-58), during which he adopted various subjects and styles from other painters and at the same time introduced effects based on direct observation and an exceptionally refined artistic sensibility.
Influenced by the detailed realism of Gerrit Dou (1613-1675) and his followers in Leiden, Vermeer created his most illusionistic image in The Milkmaid (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, SK-A-2344).



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Gerrit Dou | Baroque Era painter

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Gerrit (Gerard) Dou (1613-1675) was born on 7 April 1613 in Leiden, a cultural, intellectual and commercial crossroads for much of Europe in the seventeenth century. Situated halfway between The Hague and Amsterdam, it had a prosperous textile industry and the first Protestant university in The Netherlands. Dou's father, Douwe Jansz, owned a successful glass engraving workshop in Leiden. Dou himself studied the craft for two and a half years with a leading glassmaker, developing an eye for fine details that became characteristic of his painting style.



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Kerry Hallam, 1937 | Abstract Impressionism painter

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Kerry Hallam is a British impressionist artist who has produced approximately twelve thousand paintings and whose work is included in collections held by Brigitte Bardot and Björn Borg as well as decorating the permanent residence of Monaco's Ambassador to the United States. Hallam was trained in Chesterfield and London, and has been based in Nantucket since 1981. Hallam has developed a reputation as a wise rogue and enjoyed success with exhibitions worldwide, including one entitled Nude Paintings of Other Men's Future Ex-Wives. His work has been shown at art galleries in New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Beverly Hills.



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Liudmila Kondakova /Людмила Кондакова, 1956 | Romantic Realism painter

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Born in Russia, Liudmila Kondakova immigrated to the United States in 1991. A graduate of the Grabar Center in Moscow, she also attended Russia’s School of Sacred Arts, the Moscow Pedagogical Institute and the Moscow Art Institute. Kondakova connects her highly trained background to her artistic expression this way: "In my art, the essence and beauty has always rested in the details".



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Jacques Volpi, 1948 | Palette Knife painter

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Jacques Volpi is a very famous painter from southern France, of the school of painting cévenole and Provençal.
He is born in 1948 in the town of Ales in the Gare.
Winner of numerous awards and medals.
He paints by using the technique of the "knife". The subjects are animated by persons, the colours are lively. It is famous for his persons in the rain of noon of France. He exposes internationally and the works are a part of prestigious collections all over the world.



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Gulyás László, 1960 | Ballet dancer

William Etty | Narrative Victorian era painter

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William Etty (10 March 1787 - 13 November 1849) was an British artist best known for his history paintings containing nude figures. He was the first significant British painter of nudes and still lifes. Born in York, he left school at the age of 12 to become an apprentice printer in Hull. He completed his apprenticeship seven years later and moved to London, where in 1807 he joined the Royal Academy Schools. There he studied under Thomas Lawrence and trained by copying works by other artists. Etty earned respect at the Royal Academy of Arts for his ability to paint realistic flesh tones, but had little commercial or critical success in his early years in London.



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Rembrandt | Susanna and the Elders, 1647 | Art in Detail

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Susanna and the Elders is a 1647 painting by Rembrandt, now in the Gemaldegalerie in Berlin. It is an oil on panel painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt and represents the story of Susanna from the Bible. The scene shows the moment when Susanna is surprised at the moment she enters her bath.
Susanna and the Elders is a theme from the Old Testament often depicted by Rembrandt, particularly in his drawings. Among these, in the '30s, one finds a sepia and a pen drawing inspired by the painting executed by his master Pieter Lastman in 1614.


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William Witherington | The Robin | Art in Detail

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British School, mid 19th century, oil on canvas genre painting depicting a father and two children watching a robin in the lane a few feet away from their cottage doorstep.
William Frederick Witherington (26 May 1785 - 10 April 1865) was an British painter and academic. Born in London, he entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1805. Except for one year he exhibited annually at the Royal Academy from 1811 until his death. He was elected A.R.A. on 1 November 1830 and R.A. on 10 February 1840. He retired as an academician on 28 May 1863.


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Tia Kee Woon 易其文, 1964 | Watercolour Cityscape painter

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Jack Tia Kee Woon is an artist from Singapore. He is famous through his technique of watercolor painting in acrylic environment. His painting style is very light and radiant, where the watercolors add the transparence to the picture, while acrylic make the colors look very deep. One can see the influence of Chinese and Japanese culture on his art.



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Mary Pettis,1953 | Plein Air /Expressive Realist painter

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Mary Pettis is an Expressive Realist creating elegant, classic traditional oil paintings. Mary has been juried into, and won awards in national painting events and exhibitions from New York City to Scottsdale and Maui.
Recently her paintings were chosen as a finalist in the 2015 Oil Painters of America National Juried Show, the 2014 American Impressionist Societies National Juried Show and the 2013/2014 Art Renewal Center’s International ARC Salon.























Mary Pettis was born in 1953 on a farm in southern Minnesota. Growing up in the country, she followed the rhythm of the seasons: barefoot before the ground was dry in Spring, baling hay, feeding chickens, tromping through the sloughs and ravines and helping "put up" food for the large farm family. At fifteen, Mary discovered that painting seemed a natural means by which she could express her enjoyment and love of nature.

While receiving a BFA in Art and in Humanities from the College of St. Benedict, Mary studied with Hungarian artist Bela Petheo at nearby St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. She excelled in advanced courses in Modern Composition and in Abstract Art at Mankato State University during the summer. She also did extensive research abroad in art museums from Amsterdam to Rome.

Mary's love for the traditional style emerged in 1975 when she was accepted to a three year full-time student apprenticeship in Classical Realism at Atelier Lack in Minneapolis, Minnesota. During that period, she also studied copperplate etching with C. Daniel Graves (founder and director of the Florence Academy of the Arts - Florence, Italy). Working daily from antique plaster casts and from the figure gave her a solid foundation and disciplined approach which would never leave her.
Through the years, while continuing to read and study the Masters, she opened a studio gallery, taught classes and led workshops on various topics. She spent many years painting commissions, portraits, and highly illustrative wildlife and genre pictures to the commercial
specifications of various publishers. While this was a sidetrack from "following her muse", she recognized it as an important part of her artistic journey.
As she says, "There is something to be learned from every subject, every challenge, and every failed attempt. Just when I would begin despairing over my artistic growth, I would see a tiny touch of true beauty in what had come from my hands. I would recognize an edge, a square inch, a color combination that was truthful... and the passion to forge ahead would possess me all over again".
As I paint, I get swept away by the symphony of artistic elements in front of me.
In the mid 1990s Mary met Jim Wilcox, who introduced her to the "wet-in-wet" plein air approach.
"I spent years laboring over details using layers and glazes, taking weeks or months to complete a picture. This method was totally different. It was sheer fright and utter joy to paint directly, to strive towards putting the right color in the right place in one fell swoop!"
With more input and encouragement from Robert Duncan, and Zhang Wen Xin, whose tradition stems from the Russian Realist and Impressionist schools, Mary moved her studio outdoors.
Melding the experiences in her life with her artistic influences have now resulted in an authentic and powerfully lyrical style.
"As I paint I get swept away by the symphony of artistic elements in front of me. It is an honor to be able to share through my work those impulses which, more often than not, feel like expressions of private worship".
Today, as she melds technical proficiency with insight and sensitivity towards her subjects, Mary's art resonates with her deep connection to nature and her love of life.











Awards:

  • February 2016 - 11th Maui Plein Air Invitational, Lahaina, HI Pioneer Inn award;
  • November 2015 - 3rd Place, En Plein Air Texas Painting Competition;
  • May 2015 - Oil Painters of American National Juried Show finalist;
  • February 2015 - 10th Maui Plein Air Invitational, Lahaina, HI Montage Kapalua Bay award, King of Frame award;
  • December 2014 - Raymar Fine Art Competition Finalist;
  • 2013/2014 - 10th Annual International ARC Salon Competition Finalist;
  • October 2014 - American Impressionist Society's 15th Annual National Juried Exhibition Finalist;
  • May 2014 - Minnetonka Center for the Arts Members' Juried Show First Place/Best in Show;
  • February 2014 - 9th Maui Plein Air Invitational, Lahaina, HI;
  • June 2013 - Easels in Frederick Plein Air Invitational, Frederick, MA 2013 People’s Choice Award;
  • February 2013 - 8th Maui Plein Air Invitational, Lahaina, HI;
  • 2012 - American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN;
  • July, 2012 - Door County Plein Air Invitational, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI;
  • February, 2012 - 7th Maui Plein Air Invitational, Lahaina, HI;
  • March-April, 2012 - Il Chiostro Juried Exhibition, The Art Gallery, 25 Central Park West, New York, NY;
  • February 2011 - 6th Maui Plein Air Invitationals, Lahaina, HI Irvine Museum Award.
























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Vernon Ward | Edwardian Era painter

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Vernon de Beauvoir Ward (1905-1985) was a 20th-century British painter and commercial artist noted for his works of flowers, birds and Edwardian subjects and who lived for most of his life in Hampstead in London.
  • Early life and education
He was born in Hampstead, the son of an art dealer, educated at St Joseph's Roman Catholic school in Highgate and trained at the Slade School of Art in London under Henry Tonks, Wilson Steer and Sir Walter Russell. He was the cousin of John Stanton Ward.







  • Career
A member of the New Society of Artists, he was elected an associate of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1926 and exhibited at the Royal Society and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. During the war he worked on ambulance maintenance with the Civil Defence Service in Richmond.
His work found particular favour in the commercial sector with publishers such as Solomon and Whitehead, Frost and Reed and W.N Sharpe of Bradford and reproductions of his work were often found on jigsaw puzzles, greetings cards and commercial prints.
He painted a symbolic figure composition for the Free French during World War II and the Borough of Twickenham commissioned him to design a naval war memorial. He occasionally produced original works under the pseudonym Bertram Linder.














































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