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Kônan Tanigami - The Asian Woodblock Artist That Became an International Master of Flowers
Nasturtium Flowers by Kônan Tanigami 1917-1924
Kônan Tanigami, 1879–1928, was born in the Hyogo region of Japan. He is best known as a "Kachō-e Nihon-ga" artist. Kachō-e concentrates on studies of birds and flowers, as well as other scenes from nature, and Nihon-ga describes Japanese paintings from about 1900 onwards that have been made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions and techniques.
After establishing himself as an...
Leonetto Cappiello The Father of Modern Advertising
Leonetto Cappiello The Father of Modern Advertising
 | Leonetto Cappiello, 1875 – 1942, was an Italian and French poster art designer and painter, whose art and life were centered in the Paris France art scene. Cappiello is often referred to as the father of modern advertising, and he has truly earned this honor with his innovation in poster design. When Cappiello began painting advertising posters, they were characterized by early...Japanese Artist Kawase Hasui - The Man Behind the Art
 "I do not paint subjective impressions. My work is based on reality...I cannot falsify .. (but) I can simplify…I make mental impressions of the light and colour at the time of sketching. While colouring the sketch, I am already imagining the effects in a woodblock print" – Hasui Kawase
Kawase Hasui's photo at the exhibition hall-1953 Courtesy of Watanabe Woodblock Print Co.
Kawase Hasui,...Archibald Thorburn Britain's Finest and Most Popular Ornithological Artist
Ring-necked Pheasant by Archibald Thorburn c.1890
Archibald Thorburn, 1860-1935, was a Scottish artist known for his watercolors of birds and animals in their natural environments. Thorburn was born in Edinburgh Scotland in 1860. He was the fifth son of Robert Thorburn, who was THE miniaturist painter to Queen Victoria. He was raised in an upper middle-class family of artist, naturalists, and outdoorsmen. Thorburn loved the outdoors and paid attention and painted to the details...THE ART AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF WALTER CRANE La Primavera by Walter Crane 1883 THE ART AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF WALTER CRANEWalter Crane, 1845-1915, was an English artist and book illustrator. Born in London, he was a founding member of both the Art Workers Guild (1884) and the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society (1888) and later was President of the Royal College of Art. Walter was an advocate of new art movements and as his art developed, he became an admirer and...Grant Wood The Man Who Grew up in the City but Whose Heart was on the Farm
 Grant Wood's Stone City 
Grant Wood, 1891-1942, was one of the principal Artistic Regionalists of the 1930s. He depicted his Iowan subjects in a deliberately primitive manner, almost satirizing them. His art was highly influenced by the volatile events of World War One and The Great Depression. The name Grant Wood brings to mind, the Midwest, farms and traditional Americana. Wood used his art to portray his perception of the American Midwest, its people, and his ideas of the American... Henri Rousseau -The Painter of Lush Tropical Scenes Who Never Visited a Tropical Jungle The Flamingos by Henri Rousseau 1907
Henri Rousseau, (1844-1910) was a very interesting and complex artist. He is best known for his richly colored and meticulously detailed pictures of lush jungles, wild beasts, and exotic people. Henri became a full-time artist at the age of forty-nine, after retiring from his post at the Paris customs office. The self-taught Rousseau became known as the naïve artist. His techniques, unusual compositions and style resulted in disdain by contemporary critics. Simultaneously, Rousseau was earning the respect and admiration of... Ohara Hōson Shōson The Japanese Painter of Nature |
