Antonietta Brandeis | Il Ponte Vecchio, Firenze, 1910
Antonietta Brandeis (Miskovice, 13 gennaio 1848 - Firenze, 20 marzo 1926) è stata una pittrice Italiana di ritratti e di pale religiose.GiovinezzaNata in Boemia, a Miskovice, l'adolescente Antonietta è...
View ArticleLeonardo da Vinci | Natura ovvero condizione dell'ombra
Trattato della PitturaParte quinta | Capitoli 561-590Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura | Testo IntegraleIndice561. Di quante figure è l'ombra derivativa.562. Dell'ombra che si muove con...
View ArticleMarc Chagall: "Lo stile non è importante. Esprimersi lo è"
•"Color is everything. When color is right, form is right. Color is everything, color is vibration like music; everything is vibration".•"Despite all the troubles of our world, in my heart I have never...
View ArticleMarc Chagall's Colors
An early modernist, Marc Chagall (1887-1985) was associated with the École de Paris as well as several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting,...
View ArticleStuart Dunkel, 1952 | Classical whimsey
Born in New Jersey Stuart Dunkel began playing classical music and painting at the age of 5. He went on to study music music at Boston University, Mannes College of Music, the Juilliard School...
View ArticleGabriel Ferrier | Orientalist painter
Gabriel-Joseph-Marie-Augustin Ferrier (29 September 1847 in Nîmes - 6 June 1914 in Paris) was a French portrait painter and orientalist.His father was a pharmacist.He began his studies at the École des...
View ArticleChristine Ellger, 1948
Christine Ellger is an accomplished artist whose work spans across various art styles.With her intricate attention to detail and vibrant color combinations, Christine has gained recognition for her...
View ArticlePierre Puvis de Chavannes | Symbolist painter
French painter Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) is known for his mural painting - large-scale decorative painting - in the Symbolism style.Puvis's work is seen as symbolist in nature, even...
View ArticleBarbara Fox, 1956 | Watercolor painter
Barbara Fox has achieved a tremendous following on both the national and international level as a watercolor painter with a vivid and unique style.Her paintings have been featured in solo and group...
View ArticleGrace Kelly: "I hated Hollywood..."
•"Ho odiato Hollywood. È una città senza pietà, conta solo il successo. Non conosco nessun altro posto al mondo in cui così tante persone soffrono di esaurimenti nervosi, dove ci sono tanti alcolisti,...
View ArticleSidney Meteyard | Pre-Raphaelite painter
Sidney Harold Meteyard RBSA (1868-1947) was an English art teacher, painter and stained-glass designer.A member of the Birmingham Group, he worked in a late Pre-Raphaelite style heavily influenced by...
View ArticleJean-François Millet: "To tell the truth, peasant subjects suit my nature...
•"Art will never come except from some small disregarded corner where an isolated and inspired man is studying the mysteries of nature".•"L'arte non verrà mai se non da qualche piccolo angolo...
View ArticleAlfred Boucher | The Mentor to Camille Claudel
A French sculptor and painter, Alfred Boucher (1850-1934), was Camille Claudel's teacher and the founder of the artists' city La Ruche in Paris. Born in Bouy-sur-Ovin (Nogent-sur-Seine), he was the son...
View ArticleFrançois Boucher | Rococo painter
François Boucher (1703-1770) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style.Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative...
View ArticleJean-Honoré Fragonard | Rococo painter
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), French Rococo painter whose most familiar works, such as The Swing (1767), are characterized by delicate hedonism.Fragonard was the son of a haberdasher’s assistant....
View ArticleHugo Salmson | Genre painter
Born in Stockholm, Hugo Fredrik Salmson (1843-1894) was a Swedish painter, known for figures and genre scenes.He was the son of Fredrik Ludvig Salmson, a wholesaler, and his wife Maria Perlberg.He...
View ArticlePierre-Auguste Renoir: "La mia Italia" | Le lettere..
Italia, autunno 1881.Alla signora Charpentier,Dovevo pranzare un mattino con voi, e mi avrebbe fatto infinitamente piacere, perché è già passato tanto tempo.Ma sono diventato improvvisamente...
View ArticleAdolph von Menzel | Realist painter
Adolf von Menzel, in full Adolf Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (1815-1905), German painter and printmaker, best known in his own day as a brilliant historical painter, whose patriotic works satisfied the...
View ArticleOdilon Redon | Portrait of Marie Botkine, 1900
Odilon Redon | Portrait of the ceramist Marie Botkin, pastel | Musée d'Orsay, Paris, FrancePortrait of Marie BotkineAutor:Odilon Redon (1840-1916)Date: 1900Style: SymbolismGenre: PortraitMedia: Pastel,...
View ArticleLionel Walden | Seascape painter
A famous painter of seascapes and marine scenes, Lionel Walden (1861-1933) was born in Connecticut.He first became interested in art in Minnesota, where the family moved when his father became rector...
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