Talbot HUGHES - Echo - 1900

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Karl Ferdinand SOHN Torquato Tasso and the Two Leonores

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Karl Ferdinand Sohn (December 10, 1805 in Berlin – November 25, 1867 in Cologne) was a German painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting.

Friday, May 10, 2013

BRONZINO Portrait of Luca Martini

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Agnolo di Cosimo (November 17, 1503 – November 23, 1572), usually known as Il Bronzino, or Agnolo Bronzino (mistaken attempts also have been made in the past to assert his name was Agnolo Tori and even Angelo (Agnolo) Allori), was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence. His sobriquet, Bronzino, in all probability refers to his relatively dark skin.

Monday, May 6, 2013

William Blake RICHMOND 1889-90

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Sir William Blake Richmond (29 November 1842 – 11 February 1921), was a portrait painter and a designer of stained glass and mosaic, whose works include mosaic decorations below the dome and in the apse of St Paul's cathedral in London.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Jean-François PORTAELS The yellow Butterfly

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Jean-François Portaels (3 April 1818 – 8 February 1895) was a Belgian orientalist painter and director of the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

George Elgar HICKS On the Seashore 1879

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George Elgar Hicks (13 March 1824 – 1914) was an English painter during the Victorian era. He is best known for his large genre paintings, which emulate William Powell Frith in style, but was also a society portraitist.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Beda STJERNSCHANTZ Pastoral Primavera 1897

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Beda Maria Stjernschantz (10. joulukuuta 1867 Porvoo – 28. toukokuuta 1910 Helsinki) oli suomalainen taidemaalari.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Ambrogio LORENZETTI Allegory of Peace 1338-1340

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Ambrogio Lorenzetti (or Ambruogio Laurati) (c. 1290 – 9 June 1348) was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. He was active between approximately 1317 to 1348. His elder brother was the painter Pietro Lorenzetti.