Theodor Josef Ethofer | Genre painter
Theodor Josef Ethofer (October 29, 1849 in Vienna - Leopoldstadt; † October 24, 1915 in Baden near Vienna) was an Austrian painter, known for Figure, genre and Austrian native costume painting.Theodor...
View ArticleKarl von Blaas | Academic Classicism painter
Karl von Blaas (28 April 1815 in Nauders - 19 March 1894 in Vienna) was an Austrian painter known for his portraits and religious compositions executed on canvas as well as in the form of frescoes.Karl...
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Della Murfologia Applicata alla Contabilità | Capitolo OttavoIllusione di Frothingham • Il tempo è denaroLegge di Crane • Niente è gratis.Prima legge di Parkinson • Il lavoro si espande fino ad...
View ArticleEugène Girardet | Orientalist painter
Eugène Alexis Girardet (1853-1907) was a French Orientalist painter of Swiss ancestry.He came from a Swiss Huguenot family. His father was the engraver Paul Girardet. His siblings, Jules, Léon, Paul...
View ArticleGeorge Sand racconta Chopin
"Lei era appoggiata al pianoforte, e il suo sguardo ardente come brace era su di me. La mia anima aveva trovato un porto.Mi prese una sorta di languore, nondimeno mi ritirai dal pianoforte con...
View ArticleTimoleon Lobrichon | Genre painter
Timoléon Marie Lobrichon (1831-1914) was a French genre scenes and portrait painter.He received a formal artistic training with François Edouard Picot at the Paris Beaux-Arts Academy.In 1859, he...
View ArticleTheodor von Hörmann | Impressionist / Genre painter
Theodor von Hörmann (1840-1895) is regarded as the first and only Austrian impressionist painter.He was born on December 13, 1840 in Imst in Tyrol. He set out to pursue a career as a military officer...
View ArticleCristiano Banti | Macchiaioli painter
Cristiano Banti (4 January 1824 - 4 December 1904) was an Italian genre and landscape painter. He was a leading figure in the Macchiaioli movement of Tuscany.Banti was born into a middle class family...
View ArticleHeide Presse, 1958 | Romantic painter
Heide E. Presse was born in Heidelberg, Germany, and grew up in Louisiana.Born with a natural artistic talent into a family with no other artistically inclined members, Presse had no formal art...
View ArticleSir Peter Lely | Baroque painter
Sir Peter Lely (14 September 1618 - 7 December 1680) was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court.Lely was born...
View ArticleWilliam Henry Gore | Genre painter
William Henry Gore RI (1857-1942) was an British painter and watercolourist of the late Victorian period to the early Twentieth Century.He is known for his rural landscapes of his native Berkshire and...
View ArticleEva Bagge (Swedish, 1871-1964)
Eva Bagge (15 December 1871 - 6 November 1964) was a Swedish painter who studied first in Sweden and then made study trips to Rome and Paris.Remembered in particular for her farm scenes and interiors,...
View ArticleDod Procter | Figurative painter
Dod Procter, born Doris Margaret Shaw, RA (1890-1972) was an English artist, and the wife of the artist Ernest Procter.Her painting Morning was bought for the public by the Daily Mail in 1927.Procter...
View ArticleSir Cedric Morris | Post-Impressionist painter
Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris, 9th Baronet (11 December 1889 - 8 February 1982) was a British artist, art teacher and plantsman.He was born in Swansea in South Wales, but worked mainly in East Anglia.As...
View ArticleLaurits Tuxen | Skagen painter/sculptor
From: Art Museums of SkagenLaurits Regner Tuxen was brought up in Copenhagen. As the son of a naval officer, he originally wanted to be a marine artist. When training at the Royal Danish Academy of...
View ArticleLegge di Murphy: "Nulla è impossibile per colui che non deve farlo!"
Della Espertologia | Capitolo NonoRegola aurea delle arti e delle scienze• Chi ha l'oro fa le regole.Legge di Gummidge• Il costo di una expertise è inversamente proporzionale al numero di parole...
View ArticleAkseli Gallen-Kallela | Art Nouveau / Symbolist painter
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (26 April 1865 - 7 March 1931) was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. His work is considered a very important...
View ArticleMax Slevogt | Impressionist painter
Max Slevogt (8 October 1868 - 20 September 1932) was a German Impressionist painter and illustrator, best known for his landscapes.He was, together with Lovis Corinth and Max Liebermann, one of the...
View ArticleAlice Neel | Abstract Expressionist painter
From: MoMa - The Museum of Modern ArtAlice Neel's (1900-1984) portraits hinge on trust. A figurative painter throughout the 20th century, she created work known for its deliberate distortion, bold...
View ArticleClaude Monet at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine.It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898-1900.The museum holds mainly...
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