Meeting Benches World art in all forms
JOHN THOMAS BIGGERS (1924/2001), AMERICAN PINTERS – The unmistakable and remarkable influence named Biggers
WINSON HOMER (1836/1910), AMERICAN PAINTER – He believed that artists only should stutter in a language of their own
MARINE LANDSCAPES & FARM LIFE SCENES – Winson Homer: The son of art who loved the sea
WINSON HOMER 1/3 – He was an American landscape painter, best known for his marine subjects. Winslow Homer was born in Boston (Massachusetts), and his mother was a amateur watercolorist, also for that his art talent was on display early. He is considered a preeminent figure in American art. Almost self-taught, he began his career like a illustrator (Homer’s career …
Read More »WILLIAM MULREADY (1786/1863), IRISH PAINTER – Romanticizing depictions in Victorian times
THE EVERYDAY SCENES FROM RURAL LIFE – William Mulready: from Ennis to the Royal Academy School
WILLIAM MULREADY 1/2 – Best known for his romanticizing depictions of rural scenes, he was an Irish genre painter. William Mulready (the pupil and brother-in-law of John Varley), he was born in Ennis, County Clare, but after six years its family moved to London, where he was accepted at the Royal Academy School. In 1802, he married Elizabeth (a landscape …
Read More »BENOZZO GOZZOLI /1421/1497), ITALIAN PAINTER – Not only the most fascinating fresco cycles of 15th-century Florence
THE MAN CALLED BENOZZO – Trained as a goldsmith, he will become painter
BENOZZO GOZZOLI 1/3 – Benozzo Gozzoli he was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence, best known for a series of murals in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi depicting festive processions (in fresco-painting he used the methods of tempera), with fine attention to detail. The art of Gozzoli is pre-eminently attractive by its sense of what is rich, winning, lively and abundant in …
Read More »ROMAN LANDSCAPES – Stunning views of the city and poignant images of the Roman countryside
ROMAN LANDSCAPES PAINTINGS
Landscape painting is the depiction in art of landscapes (such as mountains and valleys, trees, rivers and forests), with its elements inside coherent composition. The history of Roman painting is essentially a history of wall paintings on plaster, and it is thanks to the ancient Roman city of Pompeii that we can trace the history of Roman wall painting. Until …
Read More »MANIPULATING COLORS EMPTINESS AND FULLNESS – Zhang Jing Sheng: the painter that tried to reveal the intensity of color
ZHANG JING SHENG 1/3 – Zhang Jing Sheng is a devoted painter who for many years studied color. In 1967, he graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Central Fine Arts Academy. He is a professor and tutor for graduate students at the Tianjin Fine Arts Academy. He tried to reveal the intensity of color, often working with a palette …
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