Il Realismo Romantico di Lucia Sarto, 1950

Lucia Sarto è una pittrice Italiana, nata a Udine e nota a livello internazionale per il suo stile definito "Realismo Romantico" od impressionismo romantico.

La sua arte si distingue per la capacità di catturare la luce ed il colore in atmosfere sognanti, ispirandosi alla tradizione pittorica del sud Italia (come De Nittis) ed all'impressionismo americano.

Si è formata tra l'Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia (sotto la guida di Virgilio Guidi) e Torino.

Gustave Boulanger | Il pittore Néo-Grec

Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (1824-1888) è stato un pittore di figure, artista accademico Francese ed insegnante, noto per i suoi soggetti classici ed orientalisti.

Boulanger fu una figura chiave del movimento artistico Néo-Grec, che cercava di reinterpretare la vita quotidiana dell'antica Grecia e di Roma con precisione archeologica ed un tocco di eleganza moderna.

Di origine creola ed orfano a 14 anni, fu allievo di Pierre Jules Jollivet (1754-1871) e di Paul Delaroche all'École des Beaux-Arts nel 1846.

Vinse il Prix de Rome nel 1849 con l'"Ulisse riconosciuto da Euriclea", divenne membro dell'Accademia di Belle Arti nel 1882 ed insegnò nell'Académie Julian.

I paesaggi emotivi di Isaac Levitan

Isaak Il'ič Levitan / Исаак Ильич Левитан (1860-1900) è stato un pittore, docente e paesaggista Russo.

È considerato il più importante paesaggista russo del XIX secolo.

Figura emblematica dei Peredvizhniki (I Vagabondi), fu pioniere del genere "Paesaggio dell'umore" ("paesaggio emotivo" / "paesaggio dello stato d'animo" / "mood landscape"), catturando non solo scene di natura ma anche le emozioni sottili legate alla stagione, alla luce ed alla solitudine.

Morì prematuramente a soli 39 anni a causa di una malattia cardiaca.

Agnes Slott-Møller | Symbolist painter

Agnes Slott-Møller, born Rambusch (10 June, 1862, in Nyboder - June 11, 1937 in Løgismose) was the daughter of the later commander in the Navy Jacob Heinrich Victor Rambusch (1825-1886) and his wife Constantine Juliane born Hansen (1834-1891).

She was a Danish painter and sculptor who was influenced by Italian art before the Renaissance, British Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts and Crafts Movement in his image and style.

Edwin Lord Weeks | Orientalist painter

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849-1903) was born at Boston, Massachusetts.

He was a pupil of Léon Bonnat and of Jean-Léon Gérôme, at Paris.

He made many voyages to the East, and was distinguished as a painter of oriental scenes.

Weeks' parents were affluent spice and tea merchants from Newton, a suburb of Boston and as such they were able to accept, probably encourage, and certainly finance their son's youthful interest in painting and travelling.

José Puyet | Modern Impressionist painter

José Puyet Padilla (1922-2004) was an Spanish modern impressionist painter, whose popularity spread throughout Spain and the United States.

Puyet was born in Malaga, Spain.

He was grandson of teacher José Padilla, a spanish artist who began painting in the nineteenth century.

As a child, Puyet learned to paint by watching his grandfather, whose company he preferred to that of children his own age.

By age eight, he had started working in pencils and oils.

Louis Gallait | Romantic painter

Louis Gallait (1810-1887) was a Belgian painter.

He lay at the basis of a revival of history painting in Belgium.

He earned his reputation especially with the large painting of Charles V's abdication.

Gallait's works were esteemed because of their realism, faithfulness of the costumes and color composition of his paintings.

He was also a distinguished portrait painter.

Linda Lee Nelson, 1963 | Impressionist painter

Linda Lee Nelson has been painting unique commission work and works for sale since 2002 and painted over 200 commission is 10 years. Is the Inventor of the AHA Palette and Easele Box.

Her work has won several awards from notabel organizations as the Oil Painters of America, and the Portrait Society of America, and her award most recently won was Best In Show at the 2012 Arts In Harmony Exhibition in Minnesota.

Linda was a finalist in the prestigious ACOPAL Contemporary American and Chinese Realism Exhibition.

Geoffrey Wynne, 1949 | Watercolor painter

Born in Stoke, on Trent, Staffordshire, British award winning Geoffrey Wynne moved to Spain soon after completing his degree in Fine Art at North Staffordshire University of Fine Art - BA Hons in Fine Art, 1985.

Over the last 30 years this medium has taken him to many places, his aim being to try and capture the essence of what he sees and feels in each location.

In the studio watercolour painting has also taken him on another journey in the sense of an exploration of the medium and its infinite forms of expression.

Award winning Artists | Sitemap

Lists of Award winning Artists cover some of the notable awards presented for art, some for a specific form or genre, some for artists from one country or region, some more general.

In the world of Art, being an "award-winning" artist means having your creative work formally recognized by an institution or peer group as meeting a high standard of excellence, innovation, or cultural impact.

Historically, these awards have served as "cultural artifacts" - records of what a society or institution valued at a specific moment in time.

Marc Chagall | Les Offrandes, 1958

In his address delivered at the inauguration on 7 July 1973 - his 86th birthday - of the Musée national message biblique Marc Chagall in Nice, the artist described the meaning he found in Biblical stories:

“It has always seemed to me and still seems today the greatest source of poetry of all time.

Ever since then, I have searched for its reflection in life and in Art.

The Bible is like an echo of nature and this is the secret I have tried to convey”

- (quoted in J. Baal-Teshuva, ed., Chagall, A Retrospective, New York, 1995, p. 295).

Rabindranath Tagore: "O woman, you are not merely the handiwork of God.." / Metaphorical painter

O woman, you are not merely the

handiwork of God, but also of men;

these are ever endowing you with

beauty from their hearts.

Poets are weaving for you a web

with threads of golden imagery;

painters are giving your form ever

Rabindranath Tagore | Metaphorical painter

Modern Masters of 20th Century | Art Quotes

Salvador Dalí:

• "The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot".

"Il primo uomo a paragonare le guance di una giovane donna a una rosa era ovviamente un poeta; il primo a ripeterlo era forse un idiota".

Salvador Dalí | Couple aux têtes pleines de nuages, 1937

Paolo Troubetzkoy | Sculptor of the Belle Époque

The Italian sculptor and painter Paolo (prince) Troubetzkoy / Павел Петрович Трубецкой (1866-1938), born on the shores of Lake Maggiore, was the illegitimate child of a Russian diplomat and an American pianist and singer, living under an assumed identity until he was acknowledged with his brothers at the age of five.

He would succeed in transforming the circumstances of his birth into assets that would lead to a dazzling international career.

Kim Roberti, 1950 | The Lovers

Vietnamese-born American painter Kim Roberti immigrated to the United States in 1966 at the age of 16.

Since that time she has lived in many areas of the US and other countries around the world.

All the while, Kim had a love for art and longed to paint.

In 1999 she gave up another career and began the path to becoming an artist.

Luiza Gelts | Still Life photographer

Luiza Gelts / Луиза Гельтс has been professionally involved in fine art photography for over 20 years.

She was born in Germany, in Chemnitz.

She graduated from the art school-studio in Dubna.

Now she lives in Russia, in Dubna.

Stanka Kordic, 1962 | Abstract / Realist painter

Stanka Kordic is an American painter born of Croatian parents.

The cultural tradition provided to her by her family armed Kordic with a strong work ethic, and a passion for life that can be seen reflected in her success as a freelance artist.

After graduating the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1985, Kordic traveled Europe, taking in as much art as humanly possible - searching for her own voice as a painter.

Michele Byrne, 1959 | Impressionist painter

Michele Byrne is an impressionistic artist known for her bold, colorful palette knife work.

Michele Byrne received a B.F.A. from Kutztown University and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

After working 20 years in graphic design, she turned to full time painting in 2001 and began plein air painting in 2006.

Candace Charlton, 1968 | Abstract Figurative painter

Candace Charlton was born in Durban, South Africa in 1968.

She attended the Johannesburg School of Art, Ballet, Drama and Music from 1983-1986.

Charlton received two scholarships and enrolled at the Rhodes University in Grahamstown where she graduated in Fine Art and majored in Sculpture and History of Art.

Rosanne Pomerleau, 1958 | Figurative painter

Rosanne Pomerleau was born in Ascot Corner.

Training: Self-taught painter.

Achievements: Solo and group exhibitions in Canada and the United States.

Honours:

Prize of Excellence in 1986, silver medal in watercolour and Prize for Excellence in pastel at the Amsterdam Art International Exhibition in California, U.S.A.

The Selected works of art were exhibited in San Francisco in October 1998.

Member of the American Society of Portrait Artists since 1998.

Collections: Her work is part of public and private collections all over the world.