THE ART BOG

  • 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,…

  • Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend Upon thy self thy beauty’s legacy? Nature’s bequest gives nothing, but doth lend, And being frank she lends to those are free: Then, beauteous niggard, why…

  • 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 ”…

  • 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.…

  • THE PICTURE BOOKWilliam Brymner1898CanadianWatercolor, oil and resin on linenNational Gallery of Canada *** Born in Greenock, Scotland, the son of Douglas Brymner the first Dominion Archivist and Jean Thomson, he moved with his family to Melbourne, Canada East in 1857. In…

  • Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest Now is the time that face should form another; Whose fresh repair if now thou not renewest, Thou dost beguile the world,…

  • AFTER THE MISDEEDJean Béraud (1849-1935)Between 1885 and 1890FrenchOil on canvasHeight: 38.1 cm (15 ″); Width: 46 cm (18.1 ″) National Gallery Jean Béraud was born in Saint Petersburg. His father (also called…

  • Jean Béraud (1849-1935) was a French painter known for his depictions of life in Paris during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was associated with the French academic and realist…

  • John George Brown was born in Durham, England on November 11, 1831. His parents apprenticed him to the career of glass worker at the age of fourteen in an attempt to dissuade…

  • When forty winters shall besiege thy brow, And dig deep trenches in thy beauty’s field, Thy youth’s proud livery so gazed on now, Will be a tatter’d weed of small worth held:…

  • An expert hand meets an old lady

  • Helen Galloway McNicoll (1879-1915) was a Canadian Impressionist painter known for her contributions to the art world during the early 20th century. She is particularly recognized for her depictions of landscapes, portraits,…