George Lundeen, 1948 | Departure / Partenza, 1986
"Departure", installed in the park near the library in Loveland, CO, is a life size bronze sculpture by the American artist, George Lundeen.According to the artist, "The original piece came from a...
View ArticleOlivia Muus, 1985 | Museum of Selfies
Olivia Muus, a designer and marketer based in Denmark, has found a new fun idea that will make sure you won’t get bored the next time you visit a museum. Olivia, who works as an art director at an...
View ArticleGeorges Maroniez | Landscapes with figures painter
Georges Philibert Charles Maroniez (17 January 1865, Douai - 11 December 1933, Paris) was a French painter, specializing in landscapes with figures. Education and first worksMaroniez was the son of an...
View ArticleErnst Lorenz Murowana | Romantic Seascape painter
Ernst Hugo Lorenz-Murowana (Murowana Goślina (Poznan) 1872 - Berlin 1950) was an German painter, active in Berlin. His paintings show predominantly nocturnes views of Berlin, Potsdam, landscapes of...
View ArticleVasily Polenov / Василий Поленов | Woman Walking in a Forest Park, 1883
Vasily Dmitrievitch Polenov was born on May 20,1844 in Saint-Petersburg. His family placed great emphasis on the importance of art and culture. Indeed his father, Dmitri Vassilievitch Polenov...
View ArticleIlya Repin | A Parisian Cafe / Un caffè Parigino, 1875
Repin's time as an academic pensioner in Paris 1873-76 was a fruitful as well as confusing time for the rising young star of Russian realist painting and he responded to a bewildering variety of new...
View ArticlePlatone | The Philosophy of Music / La Filosofia della Musica
Raffaello - Scuola di Atene -Platone / Raphael - The School of Athens (1509-1511)"Music is a moral law.It gives soul to the universe,wings to the mind,flight to the imagination,and charm and gaiety to...
View ArticleBob Pejman, 1963 | Neo-Romantic Realism painter
"There are no people in my paintings, so you can imagine yourself in the scenes", explains the artist.Born in Vienna, Bob Pejman was surrounded by art and culture from an early age. The son of an...
View ArticleRomee Kanis, 1953 | Figurative bronzes sculptor
Romee Kanis was born in Jutphaas in 1953. Currently she lives in St. Maartensbrug in Zijpe in a farmhouse, where her sculpture garden and her studio are located and she also works in her workshop in...
View ArticleBoltraffio | Narcissus at the Fountain / Narciso alla fonte, c. 1500-1510
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio | Narcissus at the Fountain,Uffizi Gallery, FlorenceDescription: Narcissus at the Fountain;Painted: shortly after 1500;At the Uffizi: since 1894;Author: Giovanni Antonio...
View ArticleDaniel Dell'Orfano | Romantic Realism painter
“I aspire to blend old fashion artistic integrity with modern perception. My paintings depict life, not as it may be, but more as it is remembered- a snapshot, not of a particular moment, but of an...
View ArticleBoltraffio | The Virgin and Child / Madonna col Bambino, c. 1493-1499
Artist:Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467-1516);Full title: The Virgin and Child;Date made: probably about 1493-1499;Medium and support: Oil on walnut;Dimensions: 92.7 x 67.3 cm;Located: National...
View ArticleAmaldus Nielsen | Naturalist painter
Amaldus Clarin Nielsen (23 May 1838 - 10 December 1932) was a Norwegian painter.Early lifeHe was born in Halse as a son of shipmaster and merchant Niels Clemetsen Nielsen (1795-1845) and his wife...
View ArticleAntoine Blanchard | Paris painting
Antoine Blanchard is the pseudonym of the French painter, Marcel Masson [1910-1988]. Blanchard was often introduced to collectors as the foremost artist of Parisian street scenes of his day. Like his...
View ArticlePaul Renard | Paris painting
French artist Paul Renard (1871-1920) was studied at Rotterdams Academy of Art.He spent most of his career painting narrative street scenes of Paris for which he became renowned.His is a well listed...
View ArticleShakespeare | Shall I compare thee to a summer's day.. / Dovrei paragonarti a...
Nydia Lozano, 1947 ~ Impressionist Figurative painter Sonnet 18Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And...
View ArticleNydia Lozano, 1947 | Impressionist Figurative painter
Spanish painter Nydia Lozano was born in Alginet, a small town of the Ribera of Valencia. The name Nydia recalls the character created by Bulwer-Lytton in his The Last Days of Pompei when the local...
View ArticleEugene Galien-Laloue | Paris painting
French painter Eugène Galien-Laloue [1854-1941] was born in Paris on 1854. He was a populariser of street scenes, usually painted in autumn or winter. His paintings o f the early 1900s accurately...
View ArticleCanaletto | London paintings, 1746-1755
The revered Venetian landscape painter Giovanni Antonio Canal (28 October 1697 - 19 April 1768), known as Canaletto, enjoyed a roaring trade from English visitors to Italy in his early career, but by...
View ArticleVictor Gilbert | The Flower Seller | Academic /Genre painter
The mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century saw the introduction of art based on daily life, a depiction of everything from the street vendors to the homeless in and around France. Artists were...
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