Władysław Podkowiński | Impressionist painter

Władysław Podkowiński (1866-1895) was a Polish master painter and illustrator associated with the Young Poland movement during the Partition period (The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place toward the end of the 18th century and ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland and Lithuania for 123 years.)

Podkowiński was born in Warsaw and began his artistic training at Wojciech Gerson's drawing school.

He then transferred to the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts where he studied between 1880 and 1884.

After graduating, Podkowinski began to contribute to many of the leading art journals in Warsaw at the time.

Ksenia Stekolshchikova, 1991 | Figurative painter

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Ксения Стекольщикова was born in Moscow in the artist’s family.

2001 - Entered the Moscow Academic Art Lyceum of the Russian Academy of Arts (MAHL RAH).

2005 - Took 1st place in the competition of the Royal Danish Embassy, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of H.H. Anderson (Awarded with a diploma).

Since 2007 - Participant of Russian and Moscow exhibitions (more than 20 exhibitions).

Léo Gausson | Neo-impressionist painter

Léo Gausson (1860-1944) was a French landscape painter in the Neo-impressionist and Synthetic styles.

He was also a printmaker and sculptor.

He was born in Lagny-sur-Marne.

He began his art education by taking evening classes, mostly devoted to sculpture, at the "National School of Decorative Arts".

When he first turned to painting, he found his inspiration in the Barbizon School, to which he was introduced by a local artist, originally from Spain, named Antonio Cortès (1827-1908), who had studied with Constant Troyon.

Finnish Art History and Sitemap

Hugo Simberg | The Wounded Angel, 1903 | The Finnish National Gallery

Finnish art started to form its individual characteristics in the 19th century, when romantic nationalism began to rise in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland.

Prehistoric art

Marks of human activity in Finland has found in Susiluola, Kristinestad.

Some excavation has been considered as a man-made over 100,000 years ago.

After the Ice Age, area of Finland was resettled at around 9,000 years ago and first known sculpture Elk's Head of Huittinen (picture in stamp) has been dated about 5-7000 BCE.

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff | Expressionist painter

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker.

He was one of the four founders of the artist group Die Brücke.

Life and work

Schmidt-Rottluff was born in Rottluff, nowadays a district of Chemnitz, on 1 December 1884.

He attended the humanistische gymnasium (classics-oriented secondary school) in Chemnitz, where he befriended Erich Heckel.

He enrolled in architecture at the Sächsische Technische Hochschule in Dresden in 1905, following in Heckel's footsteps, but gave up after one term.