Biography: Eliseu Visconti
Eliseu Visconti (1866-1944) was a Brazilian painter, considered one of the most significant figures in Brazilian art history. He is known for his contributions to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, and his work had…
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Inspiration: “Witches Going to Their Sabbath,” by Luis Ricardo Falero
WITCHES GOING TO THEIR SABBATHLuis Ricardo Falero1851-1896Spanish1878Oil on CanvasDimensions: Height: 145.5 cm (57.2 ″); Width: 118.2 cm (46.5 ″)Private Collection, Monza – Italy Luis Ricardo Falero was born in Granada and originally…
Inspiration: “Seated Model in The Artist’s Studio”
SEATED MODEL IN THE ARTIST’S STUDIOPaul Gustav Fischer22 July 1860 – 1 May 19341910Danish Paul Fischer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Paul Fischer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He belonged to the…
Inspiration: “The Bubble Boy,” by Paul Peel
Paul Peel was born in London, Ontario, and received his art training from his father from a young age. Later he studied under William Lees Judson and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Thomas Eakins.…
Inspiration: “A Woodland Stream,” By Peder Monsted
Mønsted was born at Grenå, Denmark. He was the son of Otto Christian Mønsted and Thora Johanne Petrea Jorgensen. His father was a prosperous ship-builder. At an early age, he began to receive…
Biography: Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper (1882–1967) was an American realist painter known for his iconic and often melancholic depictions of American life. Born in Nyack, New York, Hopper developed an interest in art at an…
Inspiration: “Rosita Mauri,” by Anders Zorn
Rosita Mauri was the daughter of the Catalan ballet master and choreographer Pedro Rafael Jaime Mauri who, from her childhood, trained her for stardom. She was brought up in Reus, which has…
Inspiration: “Church in Rabka,” by Aleksander Augustynowicz
Aleksander Augustynowicz was born in Iskrzynia in February 7, to his father Wincenty, a landlord and his mother, Julia from the House of Habecki. He completed his secondary education in Rzeszów, in…
California: The History of its Art
Long before California appeared on European maps, before gold or missions or highways, it was a land of visual cultures—plural, specific, and deeply embedded in place. The earliest surviving art in the…
Inspiration: “Artist’s Wife in a Blue Hat,” by August Macke
August Robert Ludwig Macke was born in Germany on 3 January 1887, in Meschede, Westphalia. He was the only son of August Friedrich Hermann Macke (1845–1904), a building contractor and amateur artist,…
Inspiration: “Absynt,” by Zygmunt Andrychiewicz
Zygmunt Andrychiewicz began his studies at the Warsaw School of Drawing while working as a decorative painter. From 1884 to 1886, thanks to a scholarship from the “Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych ”…
