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Johannes Vermeer | The Milkmaid / La Lattaia, 1657-1658
The Milkmai 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....
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Van Gogh's starry skies
"At present I absolutely want to paint a starry sky.It often seems to me that night is still more richly coloured than the day; having hues of the most intense violets, blues and greens.If only you pay...
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Paul-Louis Delance | Allegorical / History painter
Paul-Louis Delance (1848-1924) was a French painter and educator.He is known for his allegorical and genre scene paintings early in his career, and his religious, and landscape paintings later in his...
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Marc Chagall's America Windows, 1977
The America Windows are a stunning display of the iconic style of one of the world’s most prolific and expressive artists.They capture Marc Chagall’s unique vision as he reflected, late in his career,...
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Sir John Everett Millais | Ophelia, 1851-1852
The scene depicted is from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act IV, Scene VII, in which Ophelia, driven out of her mind when her father is murdered by her lover Hamlet, falls into a stream and drowns:There, on...
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Iain Faulkner, 1973 | Figurative / Romantic painter
Scottish painter Iain Faulkner was born in Glasgow where he was raised and educated.He graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1996 with a BA (Honours) Degree in Fine Art.From the onset of his...
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William Faulkner: "I believe that man will not merely endure he will prevail!"
William Faulkner’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in StockholmDecember 10, 1950Ladies and gentlemen,I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work - a life’s work in...
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Antonio Zoppi | Grandpa plays the accordion for Grandma
Antonio Zoppi (1860-1926) was an Italian painter, mostly of genre and costume scenes, as well as landscapes.He was born and resident in Novara. In 1881 at Milan he exhibited: Paggio del secolo XVI.In...
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Babylon, the Gate of the Gods
Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometres (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.Babylon functioned...
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Jeune fille (L’Eté), 1880
Renoir’sJeune fille (L'Eté) is a pretty pastel fantasy: a plump brunette wears a breezy white chemise and a fashionable straw hat, festooned with a thick blue ribbon.This Impressionist goddess of...
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Louis Aragon | Tutte le parole del mondo / Toutes les paroles du monde…
Quando tutte insieme le parole del mondo ti avrò datoTutte le foreste d’America e tutte le messi notturne del cieloQuando ti avrò dato ciò che brilla e ciò che l’occhio non può vedereTutto il fuoco...
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Alexander Sheversky, 1961 | Ballet dancers
Alexander Sheversky is an artist who truly captures the essence of beauty with his brushstrokes, whether he is painting a still life, a ballerina, or an assortment of candy in a crystal clear Mason...
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Jan Bogaerts (Dutch, 1878-1962)
Johannes Jacobus Maria (Jan) Bogaerts was an artist from Netherlands.Born in the Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch, in the province of North Brabant, Bogaerts attended the Koninklijke School voor Nuttige...
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Johan Ericson | Landscape painter
Johan Erik Ericson (1849-1925) was a Swedish landscape painter.He was born to Anders Eriksson, a woodcarver, and his wife Johanna, née Petersson. His father emigrated to America when he was only...
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Rosmery Mamani Ventura, 1985 | Pastel painter
Rosmery Mamani Ventura is an award winning hyperrealistic pastel artists from Bolivia.She was born in Omasuyos, near Lake Titicaca where she lived until 1998.At 14 she migrated from her rural Aymara...
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Luigi Bazzani | Neo-Pompeian painter
Luigi Bazzani, also called Il Bazzanetto, was an Italian painter, illustrator and watercolorist.He was born November 8, 1836, in Bologna, Italy.Bazzani studied at Bologna's Accademia di Belle Arti then...
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Giacomo Moretti, 1939 | Genre painter
Giacomo Moretti is an Italian painter born in Cava dei Tirreni in the province of Salerno Italy. For some years he lived in Naples where in 1971 he received, on the occasion of the First Neapolitan...
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Nancy Boren, 1955 | Impressionist painter
Nancy Boren’s first painting, a watercolor, was done at age 12 while sitting next to her artist father, James Boren, as he painted at the Grand Canyon.Since then she has branched out to original print...
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Santiago Carbonell, 1960 | Visionary painter
Born in Quito, Ecuadorian painter Santiago Carbonell emigrated to Mexico in 1986.Carbonell studied painting in Barcelona and was part of a group of young painters influenced by informalism.Tàpies was...
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Francisco Sanchis Cortés, 1969 | Impressionist figurative painter
The Valencian painter Francisco Sanchis Cortés has an enviable genetic line that leads him in pursuit of the fine arts.A line that genetically connects the best manners of Hispanic roots, heir to the...
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