Ancient Egyptian Sculpture

The culture and monuments of ancient Egypt have left a lasting legacy on the world. The cult of the goddess Isis, for example, became popular in the Roman Empire, as obelisks and other relics were transported back to Rome.

The Romans also imported building materials from Egypt to erect Egyptian-style structures. Early historians such as Herodotus, Strabo, and Diodorus Siculus studied and wrote about the land, which Romans came to view as a place of mystery.

Thutmose | The Sculptor of the bust of Nefertiti

The King's Favourite and Master of Works, the Sculptor Thutmose - (also spelled Djhutmose and Thutmosis), flourished 1350 BC, is thought to have been the official court sculptor of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten in the latter part of his reign.

German archaeological expedition digging in Akhenaten's deserted city of Akhetaten, at Amarna, found a ruined house and studio complex (labeled P47.1-3) in early December 1912; the building was identified as that of Thutmose based on an ivory horse blinker found in a rubbish pit in the courtyard inscribed with his name and job title.

André Henri Dargelas | Le tour du monde, 1860

André Henri Dargelas (1828-1906) was an French🎨 genre painter. He was born in Bordeaux on 11 October 1828.

He entered l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1854 and began exhibiting at the Paris Salon in the same year.

A regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon, Dargelas was beloved during his lifetime for his sentimental and playful depictions of children.

He Lihuai 何力怀, 1961 | Realist painter

Mr. He Lihuai 何力怀 - Chinese painter🎨 - was born in Chongqing. He worked as an art designer at Capital Museum from 1985-1996 after receiving Art of Bachelor degree in oil painting at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 1984.

As a member of Chinese Artists Association and a professional artist.

He has been honored as a very talented oil painter in contemporary China.

He's paintings have been exhibited regularly at home and abroad as well as at the art auction company gave held by the organizations like Baoli and Zhongding, many of which have been kept by domestic and overseas art lovers.

He Lihuai è nato a Chongqing nel 1961. Ha lavorato come designer d'arte al Capital Museum dal 1985-1996 dopo aver conseguito la laurea in pittura ad olio presso la Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts nel 1984.

È membro della Chinese Artists Association ed artista professionista.

È stato onorato come talentuoso pittore ad olio nella Cina contemporanea.

I suoi dipinti sono stati esposti regolarmente in patria ed all'estero, nonché presso la società di aste d'arte tenutasi da organizzazioni come Baoli e Zhongding, molte delle quali sono state conservate da appassionati d'arte nazionali e d'oltremare.

Małgorzata Chodakowska, 1965 | Water Statues

Małgorzata Chodakowska works primarily in wood and bronze and is well known for the seductive balance of her figures.

But, she doesn't just stop there…

Małgorzata Chodakowska creates unusual statues, which bring water and bronze together to form spectacular fountains. Initially, she carves the statue from a large oak trunk, forming the general shape she wishes to create. As Małgorzata carves away layer by layer, the large pieces of wood transform into magnificent statues.

Dean Bowlby, 1961 | Cityscapes / Figurative painter

Dean Bowlby was born in Denver, Colorado. BA Degree from Regis College.

Dean was raised in the Roaring Fork Valley of Western Colorado. The rural upbringing encouraged a wonder and innate love for his surroundings. This has been carried through to his career as an artist.

Ancient Egypt / La Civiltà Egizia

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. It is one of six civilizations to arise independently.

Egyptian civilization followed prehistoric Egypt and coalesced around 3150 BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology) with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh Narmer (commonly referred to as Menes).

Liu Yi 柳毅, 1958 | Ballet dancers

Chinese painter🎨 Liu Yi 柳毅, was born in Shanghai.

He was a Fine Arts graduate from the Hua Dong University for Education.

He did his postgraduate study of watercolor painting at the China College of Fine Arts. He lectures at university for painting and design.

He is a member of the Chinese Artists Association and is also a member of the Watercolor Painting Artists Association.

Jules Pascin (1885-1930) | Expressionist painter

Bulgarian🎨-born painter Jules Pascin, original name Julius Pincas, renowned for his delicate draftsmanship and sensitive studies of women.

Born of Italian Serbian and Spanish Jewish parents, Pascin was educated in Vienna before he moved to Munich, Germany, where he attended art school in 1903.

Beginning in 1904, his drawings were regularly published in satiric journals such as the Lustige Blätter and Simplicissimus. At the request of his family, who disapproved of his bohemian lifestyle, he changed his name to Pascin in 1905.

Wojciech Weiss (1875-1950) | Art Nouveau painter

Wojciech Weiss was an Polish painter🎨, draughtsman and graphic artist, a student, professor and Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, representative of the Expressionist Young Poland art movement and of the Colouristic tendencies of the 1920s and 1930s.

Weiss was born in Bukovina to a Polish family in exile of Stanisław Weiss and Maria Kopaczyńska. He gave up music training to study art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Leon Wyczółkowski.

Raphael | Angel, 1501-1501

"The Baronci Altarpiece" was a painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist, Raphael.

His first recorded commission, it was made for Andrea Baronci's chapel in the church of Sant'Agostino in Città di Castello, near Urbino.

The altarpiece was seriously damaged during an earthquake in 1789, and since 1849 fragments of the original painting have been part of different collections.

Irene Klestova (1908-1989) | Still life painter

Russian-French painter Irène Klestova/ Ирина Клестова was born in Saratov-Russia, then the family of the artist moved to Moscow. Here, in the studio of the famous landscape painter Theodore Rerberg, Irene began his artistic education.

In 1925 he entered the Academy of Arts in Rome. In the same period, Irina met her future husband, painter Lev Tchistovsky.

Feng Chiang-Jiang 冯长江, 1943

Feng Chiang-Jiang interested in painting since his youth, he taught himself the art. After initially practicing Western painting and Chinese ink-and-wash painting, he specialized in the traditional meticulous brushwork painting with help and inspiration from the famous art historian and painter Pan Xie-zi.

Pan Xie-zi also passed on his knowledge of ancient frescoes replication to Feng, which Feng was able to apply to various temples, tombs and sites such as Yung li Palace and Qing-long Temple. The experience has benefited his artistic development and style maturation.

Almeida Júnior (1850-1899) | Genre painter

José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior was a major Brazilian painter🎨 whose works became a source of inspiration for subsequent modernists. As a painter, he defied the popular traditions of his contemporaries and carved a new niche for himself.

At a time when his fellow painters were achieving fame by painting mythological and historical subjects, he decided to focus on reality and portray the beauty of rural life. The subjects he chose to paint were an unchartered territory, but his skill ensured that the gamble paid off.

Jorge Marin, 1963 | Figurative sculptor

Jorge Marín is a Mexican sculptor and painter. He has been an active figure in the contemporary art world for the last 25 years. He began to sculpt ceramic in the early 1980s.

Bronze has been his preferred material for the last ten years.

His work often depicts horses, centaurs, garudas, children, madonna's, acrobats, along with elements such as spheres, masks, arrows, boats and scales.

These concepts are consistent with recurring themes such as reflection and balance.

Yuko Nagayama 永山裕子, 1963 | Watercolor painter

Japanese artist🎨 Nagayama Yuka 永山裕子 is a leading watercolorist and teacher known for her easy-to-understand instructional style.

Her paintings are exhibited and sold in galleries across Japan, the United States, and France, and she is featured regularly in Watercolor Magazine.

Nagayama Yuka was born in Tokyo.

David Cheifetz, 1981 | Still Life

David Andrew Nishita Cheifetz🎨 is an internationally acclaimed and collected artist who continues to push the limits of contemporary realist oil painting.

Cheifetz was born in the Pacific Northwest.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Cheifetz see:

• David Cheifetz, 1981 | Figurative / Still Life painter🎨

Christian Dior / René Gruau | Fashion Quotes

René Gruau (Italian Fashion illustrator, 1909-2004)

• "After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world".
• "Dopo le donne i fiori sono la cosa più bella che Dio ha donato al mondo".
• "Perfume is a mark of female identity and the final touch of her style".
• "Il profumo è un segno di identità femminile e il tocco finale del suo stile".

Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574)

Giorgio Vasari was an Italian painter, architect, writer and historian, best known for his "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects", considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.

He was also the first to use the term "Renaissance" in print.

Vasari enjoyed high repute during his lifetime and amassed a considerable fortune.

Russian Art History and Sitemap

Early Russian painting is represented in icons and vibrant frescos.

In the early 15th century, the master icon painter Andrei Rublev created some of Russia's most treasured religious art.

The Russian Academy of Arts, which was established in 1757, to train Russian artists, brought Western techniques of secular painting to Russia.

In the 18th century, academicians Ivan Argunov, Dmitry Levitzky, Vladimir Borovikovsky became influential.