Biography: Giovanni Giacometti
Giovanni Giacometti, born on March 7, 1868, in Stampa, Switzerland, was a Swiss painter and father of renowned sculptors Alberto and Diego Giacometti. Though often overshadowed by the fame of his sons,…
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Biography: Evelyn De Morgan
Evelyn De Morgan, a British painter associated with the late 19th and early 20th-century Pre-Raphaelite movement, was born on August 30, 1855, in London, England, as Mary Evelyn Pickering. Her artistic career…
Inspiration: “Sous L’Arbre Rose,” by Gaston La Touche
Sous l’Arbre Rose” (Under the Pink Tree) is a distinguished work by the French painter Gaston La Touche (1854-1913), a prominent artist known for his versatility, painting everything from portraits and landscapes…
Biography: Eero Järnefelt
Eero Järnefelt, a Finnish painter, was born on November 8, 1863, in Viipuri, Finland (now Vyborg, Russia). He emerged as one of the leading figures of Finnish art during the late 19th…
Biography: Daniel Garber
Daniel Garber, born on April 11, 1880, in North Manchester, Indiana, was an American landscape painter associated with the Pennsylvania Impressionist movement. Renowned for his luminous and vibrant depictions of the American…
Inspiration: “Summer,” by Jules Breton
Arguably, Breton’s fame peaked posthumously in 1934 at The Chicago World’s Fair. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt unveiled The Song of the Lark as the winner of the Chicago Daily News contest to…
The Art Bog’s Hall of Fame: Class of 2012
Welcome back to the most anticipated event in our calendar, the grand unveiling of this year’s entrants into The Art Bog Hall of Fame! Every year since 2003, we’ve embarked on the…
Inspiration: “Meu Netinho,” by Eliseu Visconti
In 1884, Eliseu Visconti entered the Liceu de Artes e Ofícios do Rio de Janeiro, where studied under Victor Meireles. Parallel to his studies in the Liceu, he entered the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (English: Brazilian Imperial Academy)…
Inspiration: “Spring,” by Robert Lewis Reid
Robert Lewis Reid was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston under Otto Grundmann, where he was later an instructor. In 1884 he moved to New York City, studying at…
Inspiration: “Portrait of Giovinetta Errazuriz,” by Giovanni Boldini
Boldini was born in Ferrara, the son of a painter of religious subjects, and in 1862 went to Florence for six years to study and pursue painting. He only infrequently attended classes at the Academy…
Biography: Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912) was a Dutch-born British painter known for his lavish depictions of classical antiquity, blending meticulous historical research with vivid romanticism. Born in Dronrijp, Netherlands, Alma-Tadema initially trained at…
Day of The Dead Masks, Mexico City
The Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico developed from ancient traditions among its pre-Columbian cultures. Rituals celebrating the deaths of ancestors were observed by these civilizations perhaps for as long as 2,500–3,000 years. The festival…
