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Katsushita Hokusai “The Old Man Mad With Painting”
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“The Old Man Mad With Painting”
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Edvard Munch and The Dance of Life
Edvard Munch and The Dance of Life
The Scream on Display At Sotheby's Auction House 2012
Admit it – you’ve seen this painting before, and you probably know what it’s called, but you know nothing about who painted it. You might know his name, but you couldn’t identify another one of his paintings if your life depended on it! And that’s sad, because Edvard Munch was not only...
RENAISSANCE ARTIST GIUSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO’S ART – NATURES FEAST FOR THE EYES
The Vegetable Gardener, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, circa 1587
Think about it – you’re sitting in your kitchen, and you say to yourself, “Now that’s a beautiful basket of fruit – I’m going to paint that!”. You might find that the way the sun is reflecting through a window is casting an interesting glow on the apples that you try to capture. Or you’re struck by the subtle shading of apricots and plums. And if you’re an artist like Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet,...
Henri-Edmond Cross- The French Artist Who Played a Crucial and Vital Role in the Development of Modern Painting
Henri-Edmond Cross- The French Artist Who Played a Crucial and Vital Role in the Development of Modern Painting
Vivid Cypresses at Cagne by Henri Edmond Cross - Painted 1908
"Oh! What I saw in a split second while riding my bike tonight! I just had to jot down these fleeting things ... a rapid notation in watercolor and pencil: an informal daubing of contrasting colors, tones, and hues, all packed with information to make a lovely watercolor the next...
The Raphael Of Flowers Was The Nickname of Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Illustration of a Lilac Flower, Fritilaria Flower and Candolle Rose by Pierre Joseph Redouté
The Raphael Of Flowers Was The Nickname of Pierre-Joseph Redouté
- Redoute was the premier botanical artist 1790 – 1830.
- Redoute was an art tutor to Marie Antoinette (the last Queen of France) and she became his patron.
- Redouté received the title of "Draughtsman...
PAUL KLEE
Paul Klee The Bauhaus Master And Father Of Abstraction Was An Excellent Art Teacher And His 100-Year-Old Art Theories Are Still Influential, Relevant and Taught Today!
Paul Klee The Bauhaus Master And Father Of Abstraction Was An Excellent Art Teacher And His 100-Year-Old Art Theories Are Still Influential, Relevant and Taught Today!
Paul Klee’s In The Desert Detail 1914
The work of the Swiss Artist Paul Klee shows that he was truly...
Beatrix Potter The Tale of an Extraordinary Woman
"Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality."
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“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream “ Vincent Van Gogh
Self Portrait Painted by Van Gogh 1888
Vincent Van Gogh Tormented Artist
Vincent Willem van Gogh, 1853-1890, was a Dutch post-impressionist painter- artist, his early life was unremarkable and as a young man he floundered failing from one job to the next. Although he is now known as a well-respected artist, Van Gogh basically only painted for the last 9 years of his life, and...
THE SPHINX of DELFT- DUTCH ARTIST JOHANNES VERMEER
Vermeer’s View of Delft 1660–1663
The character of Vermeer’s paintings is said to be photographic in realism