PAINTERS

AROUND THE GREAT EPIC OF MAHABHARATA AND RAMAYANA – Raja Ravi Varma: traveling throughout India, in search of subjects

RAJA RAVI VARMA 1/4 – Most of his paintings, include pictures of mythological characters, from the epics and tales from religious texts and manuscripts. He was a renowned Indian painter, who greatly influenced the future generations of Indian painters. He is one of the few painters who have managed to accomplish a unison of the Indian traditions with the techniques …

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RAJA RAVI VARMA (1848/1906), INDIAN PAINTER – Observig epics tales, religious texts and manuscripts

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IF THE SKAY WILL GIVE ME JUST A FEW MORE YEARS – Katsushika Hokusai: the thirty-six faces of Mount Fuji

KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI 1/4 – He had a long career, but he produced most of his important work after age of 60. He began painting around the age of six, perhaps learning from his father. Born in Tokyo, he is best known as author of the woodblock print series thirty-six views of Mount Fuji. He was a Japanese artist of the …

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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760/1849), JAPANESE PAINTER – The long creative season of man with many names

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TECHNIQUES WHICH USE DARK SHADOWS – Michelangelo Merisi, alias Caravaggio

CARAVAGGIO / MICHELANGELO MERISI 1/4 – In Rome, in 2010, an exhibition of his work which marked the 400th anniversary of his death attracted more than 580,000 visitors. His career, was short-lived. He killed a man during a brawl and fled Rome. He died not long after, on July, 1610. He was born as Michelangelo Merisi in Italy, around 1571, …

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CARAVAGGIO / MICHELANGELO MERISI (1571/1610), ITALIAN PAINTER – One of the founding fathers of modern painting

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AUSTRALIAN SURREALIST PAINTERS

The surrealist painters, even in Australia, they express the energy and enthusiasm of expressive vitality. Among these artists, skilled in combining sublime painting with the enthusiasm, we also wanted to collect some of their creative suggestions. Not always what you perceive corresponds to what you see. Observing what they paint, you will never forget this basic concept. Four Australian surrealist …

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THE SURRELIST PAINTER WHO CONCEPTUALIZES ALL – Jim Tsinganos, a world of rich, vivid colors

JIM TSINGANOS 1/4 – His characters, come in various sizes, but most of his images are based in the real world. His illustrations distantly remind of Goncalo Viana’s work (for their rich, vivid colours). Surrealist, Conceptual painter and Illustrator. http://www.tsinganos.com/ He is Australian, with more than 25 years of editorial experience in illustration and collaborations with Time, Penguin Books, Amnesty …

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JIM TSINGANOS, AUSTRALIAN PAINTER – Real-world’s characters, in various sizes

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SURREALISTIC WORKS, SUGGESTIVE AND BIZARRE IMAGES – The wonderful world of Salvador Dalì

SALVADOR DALI’ 1/4 – He was born on May day, in Figueres, Spain. From an early age, he was encouraged to practice his art. In the 1920s, he went to Paris and began interacting with many artists (such as Picasso, Magritte and Miró). This Spanish artist and Surrealist icon, is perhaps best known for his painting of melting clocks, “The …

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