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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Impressionist painter | Part.2

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, commonly known as Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), was a French* artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau".

For biographical notes -in english and italian- see:
Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Impressionist painter ➺

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Impressionist painter | Part.1

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, commonly known as Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), was a French* artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau".

For biographical notes -in english and italian- see:
Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Impressionist painter ➺

For other works by Renoir see:
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Roberto Ferri, 1978 | Drawings / Study

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Inspired by Baroque painters -Caravaggio in particular- and other old masters, Roberto Ferri is an Italian painter known for working also in the Baroque Era style.
Ferri was born in Fontanaviva, Taranto, Italy in 1978.

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

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Australian Art History and Sitemap

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Australian art is a broad spectrum of art created in or about Australia, or by Australians overseas, spanning from prehistoric times to the present day.
The art forms include, but are not limited to, Aboriginal, Colonial, Landscape, Atelier and Contemporary art.
The visual arts in Australia have a rich and extensive history, with Aboriginal art dating back at least 30,000 years.


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Carolyn Biggio, 1958 | Still life painter

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Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1958, Carolyn Biggio grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her formal schooling earned her a Bachelor of Sciences degree; but she later took up studies in art with Henry Hensche at the Cape School of Art. Other classes with his followers deepened her commitment, and her career path shifted to painting. Ms. Biggio's paintings are pure light and color, primarily of still life. The thick impasto paint is laid on with a palette knife to create intense masses of color; shadows are equally vibrant, creating dimension with brilliant shifts in hue and value, rather than just local color. Ms. Biggio has exhibited her work nationally, receiving numerous awards.

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