Helene Knoop, 1979 | Figurative / Narrative painter
Helene Knoop has studied under Odd Nerdrum and became part of the renowned “Nerdrum School” where philosophical ideas are as equally important as the handcraft.
She is a painter who values sincerity and handcraft above irony and originality. And her paintings are for everyone and for eternity.
A six-pages article showing her work and interview was published in the flight magazine, Scanorama in 2004. Good sales results and publicity have been achieved at her solo-exhibitions.
A six-pages article showing her work and interview was published in the flight magazine, Scanorama in 2004. Good sales results and publicity have been achieved at her solo-exhibitions.
Her last solo show was in 2005, at Amells Gallery in London.
In Helene Knoop’s pictorial universe we are confronted with an aesthetic which is in sharp contrast to what today is considered “True Art”.
Canaletto | London paintings, 1746-1755
The revered Venetian landscape painter Giovanni Antonio Canal (28 October 1697 - 19 April 1768), known as Canaletto, enjoyed a roaring trade from English visitors to Italy in his early career, but by 1740 the War of the Austrian Succession had taken hold and tourism was dwindling. In 1746, Canaletto decided to move to London to be closer to his market.
At this time Britain was flourishing under newfound wealth.
Canaletto - A self-portait with Saint Pauls in the Background, 1746
Nydia Lozano, 1947 | Impressionist Figurative painter
Spanish painter Nydia Lozano was born in Alginet, a small town of the Ribera of Valencia.
The name Nydia recalls the character created by Bulwer-Lytton in his The Last Days of Pompei when the local priest refused a baptism with a pagan name so that Nydia had to be baptized as Laura.
Nydia grew up in the huerta landscape, in which life translates itself in a strong luminous atmosphere and in the bright colors of rice fields and of orange and lemon trees.
Everything that her sensitiveness kept accumulating in youth manifested itself in her affection for painting.
William Shakespeare | Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Sonnet 18 (also known as "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day") is one of the best-known of the 154 sonnets written by English poet and playwright William Shakespeare.
In the sonnet, the speaker asks whether he should compare the Fair Youth to a summer's day, but notes that he has qualities that surpass a summer's day, which is one of the themes of the poem.
He also notes the qualities of a summer day are subject to change and will eventually diminish.
The speaker then states that the Fair Youth will live forever in the lines of the poem, as long as it can be read.
There is an irony being expressed in this sonnet: it is not the actual young man who will be eternalized, but the description of him contained in the poem, and the poem contains scant or no description of the young man, but instead contains vivid and lasting descriptions of a summer day, which the young man is supposed to outlive.
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Antoine Blanchard | Paris painting
Antoine Blanchard is the pseudonym of the French painter, Marcel Masson [1910-1988]. Blanchard was often introduced to collectors as the foremost artist of Parisian street scenes of his day. Like his predecessors, the French masters Galien-Laloue, Cortes, Loir, Utrillo and Francois Gerome, Blanchard has made an impact on contemporary art.Born in 1910 in a small village near Blois in the Loire Valley, Blanchard was encouraged at a young age to enter the arts. His parents first sent him as a young boy to an art school in Blois, and then relocated the entire family to Rennes in Brittany so that young Antoine could study there at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Three years later, in 1932, the young artist moved to Paris in order to Study at its world famous Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Upon completion of his studies, Blanchard was awarded the Prix de Rome, an honor rarely given to an artist of his young age.
Amaldus Nielsen | Naturalist painter
Amaldus Clarin Nielsen (1838-1932) was a Norwegian painter.
Early life
He was born in Halse as a son of shipmaster and merchant Niels Clemetsen Nielsen (1795-1845) and his wife Andrea Marie Møller (1802-1866).
He grew up in Mandal in Vest-Agder county, Norway.
He lived most of his childhood and adolescence without a father.
He received some tuition from a traveling drawing teacher and traveled to Copenhagen to study in 1854.
Daniel Dell'Orfano | Romantic Realism painter
“I aspire to blend old fashion artistic integrity with modern perception. My paintings depict life, not as it may be, but more as it is remembered- a snapshot, not of a particular moment, but of an overall memory. It is the beauty of the emotion felt at an exacting time that I attempt to portray. Trying to capture the romantic yet realistic view one has of everyday life is at the root of all my work”.
Daniel Del Orfano was born and raised on Long Island, New York, Daniel decided to stay close to his roots and attend Dowling College in Oakdale, NY.
Romee Kanis, 1953 | Figurative bronzes sculptor
Romee Kanis was born in Jutphaas in 1953. Currently she lives in St. Maartensbrug in Zijpe in a farmhouse, where her sculpture garden and her studio are located and she also works in her workshop in Schermerhorn. At age 18, Romee began in Spain and France with drawing portraits. On the Place du Tertre in Paris and by working in the major cities of Europe, she got a good look at the people around her.
Djordje Prudnikoff | Pittore figurativo
Djordje Prudnikoff (1939-2017) è stato un pittore, grafico e designer Russo-Serbo. Prudnikoff è nato a Užice ed è stato affermato come uno degli artisti contemporanei più originali emergenti dall'ex Jugoslavia.
Nel 1946 la famiglia si trasferì a Belgrado.
Dopo aver completato le scuole superiori, Prudnikoff fu ammesso all’Accademia delle Belle Arti. Pochi mesi dopo la abbandonò per iscriversi all’Accademia delle Arti Applicate dove si diplomò nella classe del Professor Mihailo Petrov.
Durante i suoi studi Prudnikoff venne premiato diverse volte per meriti nel campo del “graphic design”.
Vasily Polenov | Woman Walking in a Forest Park, 1883
Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov / Васи́лий Дми́триевич Поле́нов (1844-1927)was born in Saint-Petersburg. His family placed great emphasis on the importance of art and culture. Indeed his father, Dmitri Vassilievitch Polenov (1806-1872) was a connoisseur of the artistic world, and his mother, Maria Alexeievna Voeïkova (1816-1895) a gifted portraitist of the Brullov school.
He spent his childhood in Saint-Petersburg, a major cultural center, and Carely, in the Olonentsky countryside.
Like his ancestors, Vasily Dmitrievitch studied law at the University of Saint-Petersburg, yet he dreamt of becoming a painter. He decided to take courses at the Academy of Painting (1863-1871).
While he was studying at the Academy, he was able to travel in Western Europe (Germany, Italy, Greece, France). He had a studio in Montmartre, an important center for Parisian art, and sought inspiration in Normandy.
Ernst Lorenz Murowana | Romantic painter
Ernst Hugo Lorenz-Murowana (1872-1950) was an German painter, active in Berlin.
His paintings show predominantly nocturnes views of Berlin, Potsdam, landscapes of Pomerania and from the Baltic Sea, flowers and interiors.
He worked as a painter as well as restorer, and used to live and work in Berlin until his death in 1950.
As he was born in Wielkopolska it is often mistakenly portrayed as a Polish painter.
George Lundeen, 1948 | Departure / Partenza, 1986
"Departure", installed in the park near the library in Loveland, CO, is a life size bronze sculpture by the American artist, George Lundeen.
According to the artist, "The original piece came from a sketch I did in the Rome train station. There were a couple of kids across from me on the marble floor. It became the first life-size piece I ever did". The work was completed over two years, beginning in 1984.
George Lundeen is a native of Nebraska, and was a Fulbright-Hayes Scholar studying in Florence, Italy. He established his studio in Loveland, Colorado in the mid 1970s where he continues to live and work.
According to the artist, "The original piece came from a sketch I did in the Rome train station. There were a couple of kids across from me on the marble floor. It became the first life-size piece I ever did". The work was completed over two years, beginning in 1984.
George Lundeen is a native of Nebraska, and was a Fulbright-Hayes Scholar studying in Florence, Italy. He established his studio in Loveland, Colorado in the mid 1970s where he continues to live and work.
Pasquale Celommi | Four Seasons / Quattro stagioni, 1890-1901
Pasquale Celommi | Autumn - Autunno
In the series of the "Four Seasons", commissioned to Pasquale Celommi by the Commander Pasquale Ventilj, the pastoral world is reproposed through rustic "types” who reveal themselves rather self-conscious if compared to the more dramatic scenes of the same country artist Teofilo Patini.
Pasquale Celommi (1851-1928) was an Italian painter, known for his outdoor scenes of Italian life. Celommi was born in Montepagano, Italy in 1851.
For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Celommi see:
Matt Abraxas, 1974 | Figurative Impressionist / Realist painter
Matt Abraxas is an internationally recognized fine artist whose work is collected throughout the U.S., Europe and the Middle East.
Studied "Restructured Realism" under Ted Seth Jacobs in France, and the Abstraction Method under Jeffrey Watts in California.
Currently showing at SmithKlein Gallery in Boulder, CO.
Jacques Le Nantec, 1940 | Scultore figurativo
Jacques Le Nantec, vero nome Jacques Métayer - è uno scultore Francese nato a Nantes.
Alla età di tredici anni, ripristinò una statuetta rotta e scoprì la passione per la scultura.
Nell’ottobre del 1957, ad Annecy espose le sue prime quindici opere, tra cui due a grandezza naturale.
L'arte visionaria di Anne Bachelier, 1949
Anne Bachelier è nata in Louvigne du Desert, Francia.
Ha studiato presso la Ecole des Beaux Arts, La Seyne-sur-Mer tra il 1966-1970.
L'artista cattura il suo pubblico con avvincenti immagini estremamente fantasiose che sono uniche per inventiva ed immediatamente riconoscibili.
Le sue metafisiche fantasie oniriche evocano sentimenti potenti ma anche pacifici e protettivi.
Gianni Gueggia, 1956 | Expressionist painter
Italian painter Gianni Gueggia was born in Trenzano, Brescia, Italy in 1956.
He began exhibiting his works since 1973. He has participated in numerous national and international awards and received many favors from the critics. Numerous solo and group exhibitions in which he exhibited his works, including at the Cultural Club "Don E. Verzeletti". Lives and works in Castrezzato - Brescia, Italy.
Pasquale Celommi | A good catch
Pasquale Celommi (1851-1928) was an Italian painter, known for his outdoor scenes of Italian life. Celommi was born in Montepagano, Abruzzo, Italy in 1851.
For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Celommi see: Pasquale Celommi | Outdoor scenes of Italian life ➦
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