Adolph von Menzel | Drawing

Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (1815-1905) was a German🎨 Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings and paintings.

Along with Caspar David Friedrich🎨, he is considered one of the two most prominent German painters🎨 of the 19th century, and was the most successful artist of his era in Germany.

First known as Adolph Menzel, he was knighted in 1898 and changed his name to Adolph von Menzel🎨.

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

• Adolph von Menzel | Realist painter🎨

Trent Gudmundsen, 1978 | Spring Morning

Gudmundsen's depictions of people and landscapes may seem steeped in nostalgia, but actually symbolically reflect the artist's own life: one in which he strives to live simply and tries to make time for the important moments.

Often using his own children and relatives as models in his paintings, Trent encourages and then captures authentic moments of quiet conversation or contemplation; people learning and teaching, talking and interacting, or simply enjoying a moment in thought in that fleeting time between work and play.

Mihaly Zichy | Romantic painter

Mihály Zichy (15 October 1827 in Zala, Kingdom of Hungary - 28 February 1906 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist.

Mihály Zichy was a significant representative of Hungarian romantic painting.

During his law studies in Pest from 1842, he attended Jakab Marastoni's school as well.

In Vienna he was Waldmüller's pupil in 1844. "Lifeboat", his first major work, comes from this time.

On Waldmüller's recommendation, he became an art teacher in St. Petersburg.

He swore allegiance to freedom by painting the portrait of Lajos Batthyány, the first Hungarian prime minister, in 1849.

Mikhail Lermontov | Demon, 1829 | Chapter II

Demon / Демон is a poem by Mikhail Lermontov, written in several versions in the years 1829-1839.

It is considered a masterpiece of European Romantic poetry.

Lermontov began work on the poem when he was just 14 or 15, but completed it only during his Caucasus exile.

Lermontov wrote six major variations of the poem, and the final version was not published until 1842, after his death.

Wilhelm Gause | Genre painter

Wilhelm Gause (March 27, 1853 - June 13, 1916) was a German🎨 - Austrian painter🎨. He studied at the Düsseldorf Academy, and in 1888 exhibited his work in Vienna.

Perhaps Gause’s most famous work is “Court Ball at the Hofburg🎨”.

Created in 1900, it hangs today within the walls of the Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria.

It depicts aristocrats crowding around Franz Joseph I of Austria at the Hofburg Imperial Palace.

On January 28, 2011, Another painting of his, Party on the Ice🎨, 1909 was sold at Sotheby's in New York for $13,750.