Life and Paintings of Bernardo Strozzi (1581 – 1644)
Bernardo Strozzi (c. 1581 – August 2, 1644) was a prominent and prolific Italian Baroque painter born and active mainly in Genoa, and also active in Venice. Strozzi was born in Genoa. He was probably...
View ArticleLife and Paintings of Gerard van Honthorst (1592 – 1656)
Gerard van Honthorst (or Gerrit van Honthorst) (4 November 1592 – 27 April 1656) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Early in his career he visited Rome, where he had great success painting in a style...
View ArticleMasters of Art: Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527 – 1593)
Giuseppe Arcimboldo ( also spelled Arcimboldi) (1527 – July 11, 1593) was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables,...
View ArticleMasters of Art: Diego de Velázquez (1599 – 1660)
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the...
View ArticleLife and Paintings of Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917)
Edgar Degas ( born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, 19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917), was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. He is especially identified with the...
View ArticleLife and Paintings of Guido Reni (1575 – 1642)
Guido Reni (4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style. Born in Bologna into a family of musicians, Guido Reni was the son of Daniele Reni and Ginevra de’ Pozzi. As...
View ArticleMasters of Art: Leonardo DaVinci (1452 – 1519)
Leonardo da Vinci born Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer,...
View ArticleMasters of Art: Giovanni Lanfranco (1582 – 1647)
Giovanni Lanfranco (26 January 1582 – 30 November 1647) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Movements: Baroque, Illusionism Giovanni Gaspare Lanfranco was born in Parma, the third son of...
View ArticleMasters of Art: Claude Monet (1840 – 1926)
Claude Monet (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement’s philosophy of expressing one’s...
View ArticleLife and Paintings of Titian (1488 – 1576)
Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576) known in English as Titian, was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in...
View ArticleMasters of Art: Nicolas Poussin (1594 – 1665)
Nicolas Poussin (15 June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a French painter in the classical style. His work predominantly features clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. His work serves as...
View ArticleLife and Paintings of Antonio da Correggio (1489 – 1534)
Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – March 5, 1534), usually known as Correggio, was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most...
View ArticleMasters of Art: Jacopo da Pontormo (1494 – 1557)
Jacopo Carucci (May 24, 1494 – January 2, 1557), usually known as Jacopo da Pontormo, Jacopo Pontormo or simply Pontormo, was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine school....
View ArticleLife and Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough (1727 – 1788)
Thomas Gainsborough (christened 14 May 1727 – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter. Movements: Academicism, Naturalism Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, the...
View ArticleLife and Paintings of Alessandro Magnasco (1667 – 1749)
Alessandro Magnasco (February 4, 1667 – March 12, 1749), also known as il Lissandrino, was an Italian late-Baroque painter active mostly in Milan and Genoa. He is best known for stylized, fantastic,...
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