Giovanni Paolo Bedini (1844-1924) | Genre painter

Giovanni Bedini, also known as Paolo Bedini was an Italian painter who was born in Bologna, Italy.

The artist was trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, initially started up in painting with a historical theme, and soon abandoned it to devote himself to the representation of everyday life more carefree.

That of Bedini was a cheerful and lively art, much appreciated by critics and far from any romantic rhetoric, which matured its peculiarities in the vein of neo-rococo and middle-bourgeois style.

A tireless worker, Bedini created many works including oil paintings and watercolors that found a wide market both in Italy and abroad.

Giovanni Bedini (Bologna, 26 dicembre 1844 - 14 marzo 1924) è stato un pittore Italiano.

Giovanni Bedini, detto anche Paolo Bedini, formatosi all'Accademia di belle arti di Bologna si aggiudicò giovanissimo molti premi tra cui quello in Architettura (1863), in Decorazione e Figura (1864), in Prospettiva (1865), in Pittura (1866) e nella Figura delle statue ed Anatomia (1867).

La sua prima mostra avvenne nel 1867 quando portò un'opera ispirata alla storia rinascimentale nell'Esposizione Triennale di Reggio Emilia.

In seguito espose a Torino (1872), Genova (1876), Firenze (1877) e a Milano (1876, 1893, 1895, 1906).

Nel 1894 fu chiamato ad insegnare elementi di figura presso l'Accademia bolognese e, tra il 1907-1922, fu docente e Capo di Istituto presso la Scuola Professionale per le Arti Decorative di Bologna (in seguito denominata Istituto d'Arte e oggi accorpata in un unico istituto col nome di: Liceo Artistico "Francesco Arcangeli").

Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) | Drawings

Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) was one of the sculptors in the second half of the 19th century known as the "Neo-Florentines" who took their inspiration from the Italian Renaissance🎨, particularly from the sculptures of Verrocchio, Donatello🎨 and Giambologna🎨.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and Sculpture works by Gemito see:

• Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) | Sculptures🎨 
• Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) | Figurative sculptor🎨

Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) | Sculptures

Vincenzo Gemito🎨 was essentially self-taught. Discovered on the foundling hospital's doorstep and adopted by a poor artisan, Gemito got work in a sculptor's studio when he was nine years old.

He ultimately worked for two local artists, but neither seems to have had much stylistic influence on him.

By age sixteen, Gemito had sold a statue to the city of Naples.

His realistic representations of Neapolitan street life marked a dramatic shift from earlier artists' sentimentalizing.

Rembrandt and the Inspiration of India | The J. Paul Getty Museum

In an intriguing moment late in his career, Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) created a series of unusually meticulous drawings depicting emperors and courtiers from Mughal India.

This exhibition explores the Dutch master’s careful studies of imperial Mughal portraiture and places them within a broader circuit of cross-cultural exchanges.

By juxtaposing Rembrandt’s drawings with Indian paintings of similar compositions - and pairing Mughal artworks with European prints that inspired them - fascinating stories unfold about the flow of art and ideas across time and oceans.

Walter Sickert | Post-Impressionist painter

Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) was a British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London.

He was an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the mid- and late 20th century.

Sickert was a cosmopolitan and eccentric who often favoured ordinary people and urban scenes as his subjects.

His work includes portraits of well-known personalities and images derived from press photographs. He is considered a prominent figure in the transition from Impressionism to Modernism.

John William Godward | Classicist painter

John William Godward (1861-1922) was a painter from England. He lived from 1861 to 1922.

He is best known for his numerous paintings of lovely young women in classical settings.

Godward was one of the premier painters of the late Pre-Raphaelite/Neo-Classicist era, an era of painting which ended in the early Twentieth Century when the more modern styles of artists like Pablo Picasso became the focus of the art world.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | The Models

Pierre-Auguste Renoir loved women.

Most of his subjects were female, often women who were relatives, friends and lovers. Even his son was frequently dressed up as a little girl, appearing in a lovable and innocent manner in his paintings.

Paul Gustave Fischer | Copenhagen's painter

Paul Gustav Fischer (1860-1934) was an Danish painter.

His formal art education lasted only a short time in his mid teens when he spent two years at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen.

Fischer began to paint when he was still young, guided by his father.

It was thanks to a painting he had published in Ude og Hjemme that his reputation began to evolve as he came in contact with young Danish naturalists.

Karl Brjullov | The Last Day of Pompeii, 1830-33

The Last Day of Pompeii is a large canvas painting by Russian artist Karl Brjullov in 1830-33.

Brjullov visited the site of Pompeii in 1828, making numerous sketches depicting the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption.

Jan van Eyck (1395-1441) | Renaissance painter

Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter🎨 active in Bruges. He is one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art.

The surviving records of his early life indicate that he was born around 1380-1390, most likely in Maaseik (then Maaseyck, hence his name), in present-day Belgium.

David Vinckboons (1576-1632) | Dutch Golden Age painter

Popular and prolific, David Vinckboons trained with his painter father, who brought the family to Holland to escape religious persecution in Flanders. Despite having ten children, Vinckboons's life appears relatively uneventful.

He stayed in Amsterdam, where his family had settled years before, and he must have died before January 1633, when his widow appeared before Amsterdam's orphan committee.

Ivan G. Olinsky (1878-1962) | Impressionist painter

Ivan Gregorewitch Olinsky was a Russian-American painter and art instructor.

Olinsky was born in Elizabethgrad, Russia (now Kirovohrad, Ukraine).

After immigrating to the United States at the age of twelve he studied at the National Academy of Design, then worked for the American muralist George Willoughby Maynard, then for Elmer Garnsey, then for John La Farge in Boston until about 1906.

Olinsky became best known for his female portraits in a style that tended towards Impressionism.

Olinsky was awarded full membership in the National Academy of Design in 1919, and served as an longtime instructor at the Art Students League of New York in Manhattan, New York City.

By 1942 he was living in New London, Connecticut. He died on 11 February 1962. | © Wikipedia

Ivan Gregorewitch Olinsky è stato un pittore ed istruttore d'arte Russo-Americano.

Olinsky è nato a Elizabethgrad, in Russia (ora Kirovohrad, Ucraina).

Dopo essere emigrato negli Stati Uniti all'età di dodici anni, ha studiato alla National Academy of Design, poi ha lavorato per il muralista americano George Willoughby Maynard, poi per Elmer Garnsey, poi per John La Farge a Boston fino al 1906 circa.

Olinsky divenne famoso per i suoi ritratti femminili in uno stile che tendeva all'impressionismo.

É stato premiato come membro della National Academy of Design nel 1919, e ha lavorato come istruttore di lunga data presso la Art Students League di New York a Manhattan, New York City.

Nel 1942 viveva a New London, nel Connecticut. Muore l'11 febbraio 1962.

Canaletto (1697-1768) | Veduta painter | Page 2

Giovanni Antonio Canal🎨 was born in Venice on October 17 or 18, 1697 to a well-defined class in Venetian society, just below the ranks of the patrician nobility.

His father, Bernardo Canal, was a painter of theatrical scenery and a view painter, and Canaletto appears to have assisted him at an early stage in the role of theater designer.

In 1719-1720 he accompanied his father to Rome to execute scenes for two operas by Alessandro Scarlatti performed there during the Carnival of 1720.

Kinuko Y. Craft, 1940 | Pittrice ed illustratrice Fantasy

Kinuko Y. Craft (nata nella prefettura di Ishikawa, in Giappone), è una artista Giapponese, pittrice ad illustratore di Fantasia. Craft si è trasferita negli Stati Uniti nel 1964, dove continua a vivere e lavorare oggi.

Craft è attualmente una delle artiste più famose in America nel campo dell'Arte Fantastica.

Personalità di grande talento e sensibilità ha conseguito innumerevoli riconoscimenti nel corso della sua carriera, contribuendo con stile unico e ricercato al patrimonio dell'illustrazione fantastica internazionale.

Francesco Ciusa (1883-1949) | Symbolist sculptor

Francesco Ciusa was an Italian sculptor🎨.

Born in the town of Nuoro, on the island of Sardinia in Italy, his father was an Ébéniste, or cabinet maker.

He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence from 1899-1903, where he had as teachers affirmed artists such as Adolfo De Carolis, the sculptor Domenico Trentacoste and the master of the Macchiaioli's movement Giovanni Fattori🎨.

Claude Fossoux, 1946 | Impressionist painter

Claude Fossoux was born in Paris of a Savoyard father and a Parisian mother. After school, Claude obtained a grant to study at the Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux Arts in Paris where he stayed for four years. During that time, he attended the studio of Chapelin-Midy and Pierre Caron. He was greatly influenced by the Impressionists🎨, particularly Sisley🎨, Pissarro🎨 and Renoir🎨.

But it was Claude Monet🎨 and Van Eyck, the Flemish painter of the Fifteenth century, who have most strongly influenced Claude Fossoux's pictorial personality.

His work is a subtle blending of the techinques and expressions of these two renowned masters.

he landscapes of Provence are one of his favorites with their bluish tints in the distance and their warm colors in the foreground; the little mass huddled behind the hills, the wide variety of vegetation. He also likes to paint cafe terraces, young girls wearing hats trimmed with flowers and ribbons, indoor scenes, children in gardens or public parks.

He loves to make portraits and catch the personality of models, and to compose still lives where he can work on the effects of different textures. Critics say that the light is alive in Claude Fossoux's paintings; it seems to come from the back of the canvas.

His palette of fresh and shimmering colors, spangled with light, produces a style of painting both vibrant and joyous. All of Claude Fossoux's works are luminous and spring-like.

Claude Fossoux, nato a Parigi, è un pittore e litografo Francese🎨.

Dopo la scuola, Claude ottenne una borsa di studio per studiare all'Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux Arts di Parigi, dove rimase per quattro anni.

Durante quel periodo, ha frequentato lo studio di Chapelin-Midy e Pierre Caron. Fu fortemente influenzato dagli impressionisti, in particolare Sisley🎨, Pissarro🎨 e Renoir🎨.

Claude Fossoux espone regolarmente le sue opere a Parigi e anche a New York e Chicago.