Original link: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-2022061362a7b656bec90 Fra Angelico was an early-Renaissance Italian painter who rose to prominence primarily by a series of frescoes for his own friars at San Marco in Florence. I must admit, they are breathtaking. If you go to Florence, be sure to check it out! Today we present part of his “Annunciation” work. It […]
Original link: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-2022061362a7b51b304c2 In late February 1886, Van Gogh arrived in Paris. There, he aimed to develop further as an artist and hoped to sell his work in the city. He moved into his brother Theo’s house. Their small apartment sits at the foot of the Montmartre hill on the northern edge of the city.
Original link: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-2022061362a7b37e27146 The theme of “unequal couples”, which enjoyed its heyday in 16th-century printmaking, can be thought of as a combination of secular genre work and medieval Christian representations of vice. The old man with his comically distorted face, in this photo, is embracing a visibly young and beautiful woman, and is giving her
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Original link: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-2022061362a7b60495006 The painting dates back to two months when Paul Gauguin lived and worked with Vincent van Gogh in the Yellow House in Arles, France, during which time Gauguin painted 17 oil paintings. Among them, this one is the most mysterious. Its background is the park opposite the house. Gauguin used sketchbooks to
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Original link: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-20220606629e00bc55967 Florine Stettheimer was an American modernist painter, feminist, theater designer, and poet. Stettheimer developed a feminine style of dramatic painting, depicting her friends and her experiences in New York City. Along with her sisters, Stettheimer graciously hosted social gatherings for prominent figures of New York’s avant-garde culture. These events often provide themes
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Original link: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-2022061362a7b6303d95f German-Swiss painter Ottilie W. Rodstein (1859-1937) was one of the outstanding female artists of the 1900s. After training in Zurich, Berlin and Paris, she moved to Frankfurt am Main between 1891 and 1909, when she and her partner, the gynaecologist Elisabeth Winterhalter, settled in the neighbouring Hoof in the Taunus Mountains Heim.
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Original link: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-2022061362a71cae1933e Kyriak Kostandi was a well-known Greek-Ukrainian painter and art scholar. As a member of the Russian Realist art movement Peredvizhniki (literally “touring”), he also produced several Impressionist paintings; today’s Geese is a good example. Kostandi is a representative of the South Russian Artists Association, founded in 1890 by Odessa painters. In that
Original link: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-20220606629df3b1e0fa1 Today is the last day of Special Collaboration Month at the Leopold Museum . We hope you enjoy this museum! We wanted to close the event with a beautiful and calming landscape created by Gustav Klimt. Enjoy! A close-up view of the Litzlberger Keller restaurant shows that the work was painted on
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Original link: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-20220607629f31308c4fb Giuseppe Canella, also known as Eldor Giuseppe Canella, was an Italian painter. Giuseppe Canela’s father, Giovanni, was an architect, fresco painter and set designer who started his career making stage sets and decorating mansions in Verona and Mantua. His set of 13 landscapes, first exhibited at the Brera Exposition in 1831, was
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Original link: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-20220607629f2ed3ecbbf 1882 – American painter Edward Hopper was born. His realistic depictions of everyday urban scenes astonished the public, but also made people feel the strangeness of the familiar environment. Although he is best known for his urban and rural landscapes, life as a child in Nyack, New York, sparked his passion for
Original link: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-20220607629f10b495d7f Lise Tréhot, Renoir’s mistress for many years, played various roles for him. On the one hand the portrait follows the Romantic tradition: the figure’s blouse slid from her shoulders – but not erotic – is covered by jet-black curly hair, and she maintains a frontal stretched pose, but avoids any Audience eye
Original link: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-20220607629f0cabed231 Have you heard of Sarah Miriam Peale? An artist active in Baltimore and Philadelphia in the 1820s, she is best known for her portraits and still lifes. This painting is one of Peel’s greatest works and depicts the fruit in its flawless state. The melons, peaches, and grapes laid out on the
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Original link: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/dailyartartwork/img-20220606629e014018c64 Today we want to present something unique, this female terracotta figurine from 3500 – 3400 BC! To give you a comparison of some of the things that happened in the world at that time: we know that the first known zoo opened in Hierakonpolis (Egyptian city), humans discovered tin, and wheeled transportation