Yearly Archives: 2017

THE PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF COUNTRY LIFE – Jean Francois Millet

JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET 1/3 – A native of a village in the Normandy, who had two wives and nine children. He is regarded as an interpreter of the French realism of the late nineteenth century. Son of peasants, he began painting bathers, mythological figures and portraits. The influence of art of Daumier and Barbizon, helped to bring about a decisive …

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JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET (1814/1875), FRENCH PAINTER – When the main characters are farmers at work

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VICTOR CRISOSTOMO GOMEZ, PERUVIAN ARTIST – chest full of mysteries and surprises

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E. IRVING COUSE (1866/1936), AMERICAN ARTIST – culture of Taos Indians

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CHARLES BIRD KING (1785/1862) , AMERICAN ARTIST – PORTRAITS OF SIGNIFICANT TRIBESMEN

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NATIVE AMERICAN PAINTINGS THROUGH CENTURIES – vibrant and continuing traditions

Native American art is also called Indian art or American Indian art. Check selected painters and enjoy the cultural heritage, different character and themes of the paintings over centuries. Do you prefer traditional or modern innovative painters ? NAVAJO SAND-PAINTING – The sand-painting has been used for centuries in religious rituals, including healing ceremonies. A sand-painting for a ceremony is …

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BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF VALENCIAN TILES OF BLUE – Welcome to House of Joaquín Sorolla

The Sorolla Museum, http://www.mecd.gob.es/msorolla/en/inicio.html aims to promote enjoyment of Joaquín Sorolla’s legacy, in the conviction, that this legacy can provide a positive and enriching emotional and aesthetic experience, as an instrument of knowledge where to develop their own creative abilities. The Sorolla Museum occupies artist’s family house from 1911 (the house has been preserved almost intact with the decoration, it …

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EVERY EFFECT IS SO TRANSIENT, IT MUST BE RAPIDLY PAINTED – Joaquin Sorolla

JOAQUIN SOROLLA 1/3 – he was born in 1863 in Valencia, Spain. His style was a variant of Impressionism. His best works painted in open air portray the sunny seacoast of Valencia. He drew his inspiration from the light on the water near his home and his beach scenes are marked by sharp contrasts of light and shade. The appearance …

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JOAQUIN SOROLLA (1863/1923), SPANISH PAINTER – The painter of light

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ODD NERDRUM, NORWEGIAN PAINTER – Painting outside of time and space

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