Articles related to "Painter"



Rembrandt: Master Painter
The life and work of one of the world's greatest painters.
• rembrandt • european painter • dutch painter • master painter • amsterdam

Theresa Bernstein's Life Touched THREE Centuries
Theresa Ferber Meyerowitz Bernstein died in mid-February in Manhattan, at the age of 111 years -nearly 112! Born in the 1800s, painted throughout all the 1900s, and died in the 2000s. Pretty amazing, and she was an excellent artist, to boot.
• suite101 • art students' league • theresa bernstein • ash can school • woman artist

Jacques-Louis David and the Training of Professional Women Painters
A significant factor in the training of professional women painters of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century France, David provided opportunities that many other teachers--male or female--either discouraged or simply did not make available.
• jacques-louis david • mongez • frémiet • rude • history painting

Not Intended for the Public: A Look at Amateur Women Painters
So far, we've studied professional women painters, but what of those artists who never intended to make a career of their work? This article will offer a brief sketch of the amateurs.
• amateurs • watercolour • domestic • anonymous

Oil Painters to Learn From...(Part Two)
This article continues the previous article, listing numerous oil painters who have marked history as accomplished painters in their fields.
• van rijn • rembrandt • pollock • chagall • cassat

Rousseau Cast Aside: Women Painters and the Absence of the Bourgeois Ideal
It is documented that women painters of the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth- century Parisian art world rarely represented the ideal of bourgeois motherhood in their oeuvres. Despite public opinion of a woman’s proper “place,” such paintings were approved for exhibition in the (often juried) Salons. Drawing upon historical, economic, and philosophical examples, I will explain two possible reasons for public toleration of this tendency and how it benefited the truly ambitious.
• rousseau • women • bourgeois • motherhood • painting

17th-Century European Painters
Discover artist Hobbema's most famous painting, the definition of academicism, and how a celebrated 19th-century artist has been ignored for decades.
• meindert hobbema • charles le brun • bouguereau • academic art • academicism

Early European Painters
Discover little-known facts about 15th- and 16th-century artists Luca Signorelli,Gentile Bellini, Barent van Orley, El Greco, and Sebastiano.
• luca signorelli • gentile bellini • barent van orley • el greco • sebastiano

From Poverty to Painter
John James Audubon moves to Kentucky but lands in debtors' prison. He travels to Natchez and New Orleans.
• audubon • american artist • ornithologist • america • new orleans

Jules Pascin French Painter
The French Expressionist artist, Jules Pascin, created beautiful paintings and drawings of naked women who were often prostitutes or artist's models.
• jules pascin • french expressionist • prince of montparnasse • sexy painting • paintings of women

Marc Chagall French Painter
Marc Chagall is considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. A brief look at the life and artwork of the French artist Marc Chagall.
• marc chagall • jewish artist • russian artist • famous artists from art history • degenerate art

Name the Painter
Test your knowledge of these 16th- and 17th-century Dutch and Italian painters.
• baroque artist • renaissance artist • gentileschi • caravaggio • testa

Raphael - High Renaissance Painter
Brief bio of Raffaello Sanzio (Raphael), the youngest of the other High Renaissance artists: Michelangelo Buonarroti and Leonardo da Vinci.
• raphael rafaello sanzio • raffaello santi • raphael school of athens • italian painter high renaissance • 15th century italian painters

The Berlin Painter
Who is the "Berlin Painter," and why is his work important? Explore the history of Red-Figure vase painting in Late Archaic Greece.
• berlin painter • greek vase painting • red-figre style • red figure • nolan amphora

Two Famous 18th-Century Painters
Italian Giambattista Tiepolo was virtuoso of fresco painting & Welsh Richard Wilson was honored by John Constable as landscape painter with unique naturalistic style.
• giovanni battista tiepolo • giambattista tiepolo • italian fresco art • venetian art • richard wilson

Which Early Painters Are These?
Test your knowledge of famous 15th- and 16th-century Flemish and Italian painters. Learn intriguing new facts about them.
• piero di cosimo • jan van eyck • filippo lippi • masaccio • renaissance

17th Century Painter of Light
Johannes Vermeer was a significant genre painter whose artistic influence has far outlived him.
• johannes vermeer • vermeer • jan vermeer • flemish • artist

Authorship and the Woman Painter II: Two Case Studies
How the misattributions of the portraits of Charlotte du Val d'Ognes and Dublin-Tornelle exemplify the denial of women's claim to agency in the traditional art historical canon.
• authorship • jacques-louis david • charpentier • villers • labille-guiard

Authorship and the Woman Painter, Part I: General Overview
Since its publication in 1968, Roland Barthes' essay "The Death of the Author" has generated many responses by feminist scholars. Should the issue of the artist's identity be abandoned, or should the traditional status remain as is? This article will examine the general arguments of both camps.
• agency • authorship • barthes • painting • women

George Catlin, Painter of Indians
George Catlin is often talked about in the same breath as Charlie Russell and Frederic Remington. And well he should. He is one of the premier western painters. His paintings portrayed Indians before white man had changed their way of life.
• george catlin • mandan • missouri • fort gibson • fort union

Piazetta: Venetian Painter
Italian Rococo Era Painter (1683-1754)
• art • artist • graphic arts • etching • drawing

Thomas Kinkade: Luminist Painter
Also known as the "Painter of Light."
• thomas • kinkade • painter • of • light

William Merritt Chase - More than a Painter of Fish
William Merritt Chase, great American artist and teacher of art, should be remembered as more than a painter of fish.
• william merritt chase • artist • art teacher • american impressionism • impressionist

Accentuate The Positive
The power of believing in yourself, and what you can conquer.
• screen painter • self belief

American Artist Alice Neel
Throughout her intense and independent life, Neel painted candid portraits of the famous and not-so-famous, and always maintained her true artistic vision.
• alice neel • american women artists • american painters • kenneth fearing • portrait painters

Andrew Wyeth: Great American Artist
Andrew Wyeth is one of the great American artists. During his career, which spanned most of the twentieth century, he produced paintings that rivaled the work of the Renaissance.
• andrew wyeth • farnsworth museum • rockland • maine • people

Barocci vs. Campagnola
Brief comparison of two Italian artists.
• graphic artist • art • artists • draftsman • etching

Catholic Scientists
Despite the inconsistencies between their work or lifestyles and the traditional Catholic beliefs, these artists, authors and scientists are all Catholic.
• catholic scientists • catholic pioneers • catholic authors • catholic writers • catholic painters

Charlie Russell, Cowboy Artist
Charlie Russell was a famous western artist. He is usually ranked with the other greats of the era such as Frederic Remington and George Catlin.
• charlie russell • western painter • montana • great falls • rawhide rawlins

Color me Red, Color me Blue....
Disclaimer: This is not a psychological essay, not even pop psycho-babble. This is more like an eclectic mix between Cosmo magazine and some practical character analysis. This article does not claim responsibility if you fire your hairdresser, fashion coordinator or burn down your favorite dress boutique. That being said and out of the way, let’s get down to the real fun...
• fashion • dresses • colors • hues • shades

Elfwood
Fantasy and science fiction art at Elfwood
• art • pictures • amateurs • artists • painters

Gustave Moreau
Article on French symbolist painter Gustave Moreau.
• article on french symbolist painter gustave moreau

Hildegard of Bingen -- a role model for all women
Hildegard of Bingen, a German mystic of the 12th century has been called an ideal model of liberated women.
• hildegard of bingen • mystic • poet • scientist • painter

Maria Howard Weeden, author of Shadows on the Wall
Maria Howard Weeden was an accomplished artist and writer. Her books are filled with portraits and verse about the people she knew.
• huntsville • alabama • maria howard weeden • weeden house museum • painter

Pieter Bruegel
Article on painter Pieter Breugel.
• article on painter pieter breugel.

Szentendre, the town of artists
Szentendre is a town which lies on the right bank of the Danube in the foothills of the Visegrad Hills. Artists' colony was established and the Society of Szentendre Painters was founded. These artists still play a decisive roll in the life of the town as well as in the Hungarian artistic life.
• szentendre • hungary • europe • painter • museum

Winslow Homer: Dangerous Sea
Winslow Homer spent a quarter of a century living in Maine and painting the seascapes and working people of Maine. Though not a native Mainer, his work depicts the traditional Yankee Mainer. This article explores Homer's beginnings and the progress of his career.
• homer • artist • maine • seascapes • fishermen

Wyeth Family Tradition: Wonderous Strange
“Every artist is a magician, aspiring to create an illusion that will mystify and entertain.” – Greg Albert, The Artist’s Magazine, May 2000.
• art artist graphic wyeth family tradition painting

Wyeth Family Tradition: Wonderous Strange IV
Finally! The end of the Wyeth Family Tradition: Wonderous Strange series of articles!
• jennifer brennick • wyeth • family • tradition • articles

Flemish Artist Jan van Eyck
Before he became famous and was lured to Burgundy by Philip the Good, Jan van Eyck, who perfected the new oil painting medium, was hired by John III the Pitiless.
• jan van eyck • flemish painter • adoration lamb • altar ghent • new medium oil painting

Francisco Jose de Goya
Short biography of Spanish Rococo and Romantic artist Francisco de Goya. His paintings and etchings provide insights of Spanish life and history.
• francisco jose de goya • goya biography • spanish painter goya • goya's paintings • goya religious paintings

Guess the European Artist
See how well you know the 19th-century English or French artist who had only one leg, who had his marriage annulled, or who was financially ruined over a column.
• gustave courbet • john ruskin • narcisse-virgile diaz de la pena • english painter • french painter

A Biography of Emily Carr
Emily Carr is known throughout the world for her artwork but she was also an award winning writer.
• canadian artist • canadian woman artist • famous painters • woman painters • emily carr

American Artist Charles Demuth
Expert painter and watercolorist, Demuth's variety of styles and subjects show his complexity and talent.
• charles demuth • william carlos williams • marsden hartley • arthur dove • alfred stieglitz

Sir Anthony van Dyck,Sir Anthony van Dyck
Master of the "sitter.",Master of the "sitter."
• sir anthony van dyck • sitter • portrait • portraiture • painter

American Artist Georgia O'Keeffe
Brief biography of the world-famous painter, known for her large floral portraits and boldly spare landscapes painted in the southwestern desert.
• georgia o'keeffe • biography • american artists • alfred stieglitz • american painters

Artist Emil Nolde
Forbidden to paint by the Nazis, Nolde's reputation and works ultimately triumphed following the end of World War II.
• emil nolde • german expressionism • german painters • paul klee • vincent van gogh

Artist Frederic Bazille
An excellent painter and also a patron of his Impressionist colleagues, Bazille's career was tragically cut short by his death in the Franco-Prussian War.
• frederic bazille • impressionist painters • claude monet • edouard manet • pierre auguste renoir

Becoming Georgia O'Keeffe
A glimpse into the student days and formative experiences that would make O'Keeffe an artistic icon.
• georgia o'keeffe • american women artists • anita pollitzer • william merritt chase • a woman on paper

Chase Jarvis Hasselblad Master
Seattle based advertising photographer Chase Jarvis's images breathe a compelling freshness to sports and lifestyle photography, mostly inspired by painters.
• chase jarvis master professional photographer • hasselblad • advertising photographers of america • inspired by painters • h3d digital camera


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