• Biography: Antoni Gaudí

    Biography: Antoni Gaudí

    Antoni Gaudí was born on June 25, 1852, in Reus, a town in Catalonia, Spain. He was the youngest of five children in a family of coppersmiths. From an early age, Gaudí…

  • List of Historic Poster Artists

    The Beggarstaffs, active 1893–1899 Róbert Berény (1887–1954) Gino Boccasile (1901–1952) Sándor Bortnyik (1893–1976) Firmin Bouisset (1859–1925) Leonetto Cappiello (1875–1942) Jean Carlu (1900–1997) Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (1901–1968) Angelo Cesselon (1922–1992) Jules Chéret (1836–1932)…

  • Biography: Johannes Vermeer

    Biography: Johannes Vermeer

    Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) was a Dutch painter of the Baroque era, best known for his masterful use of light, meticulous attention to detail, and intimate scenes of daily life. Vermeer’s works are…

  • A List of Welsh Artists

    A List of Welsh Artists

    Born before 1800 Thomas Barker (1769–1847), painter born in Pontypool Frances Bunsen (1791–1876), Monmouthshire painter John Gibson (1790–1866), sculptor born near Conwy, moved to Italy to study (and work) in 1817 Thomas Jones (1742–1803), landscape painter born in Radnorshire Edward Owen (died…

  • Inspiration: “Mary Venetia James,” by Luke Fildes

    Inspiration: “Mary Venetia James,” by Luke Fildes

    At the age of 17, Fildes became a student at the Warrington School of Art. Fildes moved to the South Kensington Art School where he met Hubert von Herkomer and Frank Holl. All three men became influenced…

  • Biography: Ludwig Knaus

    Biography: Ludwig Knaus

    Ludwig Knaus, born on October 10, 1829, in Wiesbaden, Germany, was a painter whose work would come to define an era of genre painting in the 19th century. The son of a…