PAINTERS

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF PRINCESS HAYFA BINT ABDULLAH – “The Starting Point”

She is Princess Hayfa bint Abdullah (daughter of late King Abdullah). Combining passion for art depths with imagination, she made her debut solo exhibition “The Starting Point” in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with art pieces she created in the past 16 years. Her paintings depict the vivid world of her imagination. Born in 1981 and based in Jeddah, she graduated from …

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MAINTAINING AN PICTORIAL BALANCE – Brent Lynch: between living in the present and paying homage to the past

BRENT LYNCH 1/3 – He spends the coldest month of winter painting in Todos Santos (a small town on the Baja Pacific side). His body of work ranged from large scale murals, books, magazines, event posters and record cover artwork. The energy and poetry of both his figurative and landscapes, are a result of the artist’s passion for direct study …

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BRENT LYNCH, CANADIAN PAINTER – Pursuing the abstract quality of light, color and composition

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WAKING UP EARLY IN THE MORNING – Pierre August Cot, the French painter that preferred to paint while the light was good

PIERRE AUGUSTE COT 1/3 – He woke at dawn, painted while there was good light. His paintings had a strength that magically was mixed with delicate grace. He created several works of lasting popularity (such as Le Printemps and The Storm, both are on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City), but he also was renowned …

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PIERRE AUGUSTE COT (1837/1883), FRENCH PAINTER – Following the rules of composition of the delicacy and color

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THE INVISIBLE IMPRESSIONISTIC BORDER – Pal Szinyei Merse: Pal Szinyei Merse: the man who paints over the borders

PAL SZINYEI MERSE 1/3 – Now, Chminianska Nová Ves is a village in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia, but historical records of the village was first mentioned in 1248. Pál Szinyei Merse (one of the most well-known rapresentativ of Hungarian impressionist painting), was born here into a Hungarian family. In 1864, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts …

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PAL SZINYEI MERSE (1845/1920), HUNGARIAN PAINTER – The harmonious effect of complementary and contrasting colours

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SEARCHIN FOR FORMS AND COLOUR OF HIS COUNTRY – Martin Benka: where people lived in communion with nature

MARTIN BENKA 1/3 – Searching for forms and colours of Slovakia, he would visit regions where people lived in communion with nature. He was born in 1888, inside a September day, in the family of an carpenter with a small farm, as the youngest of six children living. Modesty and sensitive towards people taught him by his mother (a model …

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MARTIN BENKA (1888/1971), SLOVAK PAINTER – Its purpose was to combine the cooperation of different kinds of art

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BASING BACKGROUND COLOURS ON THE COLOURS YOU FEEL – David Hockney, painting while listening music

DAVID HOCKNEY 1/3 – He was born in Bradford, England, in 1937, and attended art school in London before moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s, where he painted his famous swimming pool paintings. English painter, but also photographer and stage designer. He made apparent his facility as a draughtsman while studying at Bradford School of Art.         DAVID HOCKNEY …

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