Lorenzo Lotto | High Renaissance painter
Lorenzo Lotto, (born c. 1480, Venice [Italy]-died 1556, Loreto, Papal States), late Renaissance Italian painter* known for his perceptive portraits and mystical paintings of religious subjects. He...
View ArticleLord Frederic Leighton, P. R. A. | Cymon and Iphigenia, 1884
Cymon and Iphigenia is an oil on canvas painting by Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton PRA *. The painting does not bear a date but was first exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 1884....
View ArticleCristina Fornarelli, 1978 | Figurative Palette knife painter
Cristina Fornarelli was born in Bari, Italy. After art school, she attended the Institute of Industrial Design in Rome where she still lives and works.She has taken part in many national and...
View ArticleSir John Lavery R.A. | Plein Air / Portrait painter
Sir John Lavery R.A. (1856-1941)* was a well-known Irish-born British painter*, associated with the Glasgow Boys*, a group of artists who followed the French "En plein air*" movement.Sir John Lavery...
View ArticleVittorio Matteo Corcos | Dreams / Sogni, 1896 | Art in Detail
Author: Vittorio Matteo Corcos (1859-1933)*Title: DreamsDescription: The young lady is Elena Vecchi, a friend's daughter.Date: 1896Medium: Oil on canvasDimensions: 160 × 135 cmCurrent location:...
View ArticleThe Master of the Story of Griselda | Il Maestro di Griselda | Artemisia, 1498
"Artemisia" - Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milano (Lombardia, Italy) - attributed to an anonymous Sienese master, known conventionally as the Master of the story of Griselda.The Master of the Griselda Story is...
View ArticleVan Gogh | Small Bottle with Peonies and Blue Delphiniums, 1886 | Art in Detail
Title: Small Bottle with Peonies and Blue Delphiniums;Author: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)*;Date: Paris, june - july 1886;Medium: Oil on canvas;Dimensions: cm 34.5x27;Current location: Van Gogh Museum,...
View ArticleMarina Podgaevskaya / Марина Подгаевская, 1963 | Abstract Figurative painter
Marina Podgaevskaya / Марина Подгаевская" was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. In 1983, she graduated from Leningrad Serov Art college, Interior Design Department.In 1998 she finished the studio...
View ArticleSlava Korolenkov / Вячеслав Короленков, 1958 | Figurative Plein Air painter
Vyacheslav (Slava) Korolenkov / Вячеслав Короленков was born in the small city of Tula, not far from Moscow. Before entering Art School he studied drawing with a sculptor, and as a result was accepted...
View ArticleMisawa Hiroshi 三澤 寛志, 1961 | Figurative painter
Japanese painter Misawa Hiroshi was born in Tokyo in 1961.He is interested in educating younger generations, so now he works in two art schools.He has a fund of knowledge about human body anatomy, so...
View ArticleMiomir Badzic | Ballet dancers
Badžić Miomir is an Serbian artist, known for working in classical and realistic style. Do not give preference to any one genre, among his works can be found portraits, landscapes, still lifes... Some...
View ArticleEdward J. (Ted) Reed | Classical Realism painter
Edward J. (Ted) Reed lives in Vienna, Virginia, with his wife and two daughters. He paints in his home studio and teaches portrait, figure and still-life painting at The Art League School located in...
View ArticleCarlo Wostry | Genre / La Belle Époque painter
A painter of historical and genre subjects*, Carlo Wostry (1865-1943) was also a sculptor and engraver. He studied in Vienna and also at the Baviere School in Munich, so gaining a varied and...
View ArticleLindsey Kustusch | Cityscape painter
Lindsey Kustusch - "I am an oil painter based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. My ambition is to try and capture the fleeting moments in life using this medium as an opportunity to see the world with...
View ArticleHistory of Valentine's Day, 14th February
St. Valentine - Stained glass window at Basilica in Terni, ItalySaint Valentine, officially known as Saint Valentine of Rome, is a third-century Roman saint widely celebrated on February 14 and...
View ArticleClaude Monet | The Houses of Parliament, 1900-1905 | Painting series
Claude Monet* painted a series of oil paintings of the Palace of Westminster, home of the British Parliament, in the fall of 1899 and the early months of 1900 and 1901 during stays in London. All of...
View ArticleRabindranath Tagore | Stay in front of my eyes / Rimani davanti ai miei occhi
Laurie BlankStay in front of my eyes, and letthat your eyes inflame my songs.Remains one of your stars, and their lightlet me turn on my worship.The land remains on holdthe roadside of the world;...
View ArticlePierre-Auguste Renoir | Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1881 | Art in Detail
Artist: Pierre-Auguste RenoirYear: 1880-1881Medium: Oil on canvasDimensions: 129.9 cm × 172.7 cm (51 in × 68 in)Location: The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, Acquired 1923Luncheon of the Boating...
View ArticlePierre-Auguste Renoir | La Balançoire / L'altalena, 1876 | Art in Detail
Author: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)*Title: La balançoire [The Swing]Date: 1876Medium: Oil on canvasDimensions: H. 92; W. 73 cmCurrent location: © Musée d'Orsay, dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice...
View ArticleEd Sandoval | Romantic Impressionist /Expressionist painter
Ed Sandoval was born in Nambe, New Mexico, to a prominent Spanish family. Hespent the childhood with a foot in two worlds; on his family’s ranch in Nambe and in Los Alamos, where his father worked as...
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