Charles Lenoir | Pittore accademico

Charles Amable Lenoir (Châtelaillon, 22 ottobre 1860 - Parigi, 1º agosto 1926) è stato un pittore Francese.

Lenoir nacque a Châtellaillon, cittadina nei pressi di La Rochelle, da una famiglia di assai modesta condizione: il padre era doganiere e la madre faceva la sarta. Quando il padre fu trasferito a Fouras tutta la famiglia lo seguì.

Consapevole che non sarebbe mai stato aiutato economicamente dai suoi per diventare un pittore, Lenoir decise di intraprendere, almeno provvisoriamente, la carriera di insegnante.

Renata Brzozowska, 1977 | Flamenco dancers

Renata Brzozowska🎨 was born in the city of Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland. Brzozowska is a restless choreographer, always striving to create a perfect sequence of her dancing painting brush, and the movement, frozen in her canvas.

Full of dynamism structures appear on her paintings as a result of her master, wide strokes, and courageously selected colors.

Artemisia Gentileschi | Mary Magdalene as Melancholy, 1622-1625

Mary Magdalene as Melancholy is a 1622-1625 painting by Artemisia Gentileschi🎨 - (Italian Baroque Era painter🎨, 1593-1652), showing Mary Magdalene as a personification of Melancholia. It is now in the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City.

It is an autograph copy of another work on the subject by the artist now in the Treasury of Seville Cathedral, although X-ray examination has shown that the fabric on the saint's shoulder is wider in the Seville version and was probably added later to fit with the canons of the Catholic Church.
This has also demonstrated that the two faces are different - the Mexico City version seems to be a self-portrait by comparison with Judith Slaying Holofernes and Cleopatra - and that there are corrections in the brushstrokes in the Seville version but not in the Mexico City variant. | © Wikipedia

Leonardo da Vinci | Adoration of the Magi, 1482

A document from July 1481 states that Leonardo da Vinci had received a commission from the Augustinian monks to paint a panel for the high altar in the church of San Donato in Scopeto, outside Florence’s city walls.

The painting, which Leonardo undertook to finish within 30 months, had the Adoration of the Magi as its subject, i.e., the celebration of the feast of the Epiphany when, according to St Augustine, all people respond to the call of Christ.

For this subject, Leonardo studied an extremely complex composition, rich with figures, set out in a semi-circle, with the Virgin and Child as the focus. In the foreground, the kneeling Magi offer their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to Jesus.

Leonardo has painted a background with ruined buildings and clashes between knights on horseback, while on the left, we can see work on a building, perhaps a temple, with in the foreground, two flights of stairs, like the presbytery of several Mediaeval churches (San Miniato al Monte in Florence, for example).

Di Li-Feng ( 邸立丰),1958 | Figurative painter

Di Li-Feng (邸立丰) is a Chinese🎨 contemporary artist, now working as Professor in the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, in China.

Born in a small Chinese town, he graduated from the Chinese Central Academy of Fine Arts, the highest artistic institution in China, from where he took a postgraduate degree in 1990.

However, his paintings rapidly brought him to the attention of art collectors outside China.

Di Li-Feng's oils have now been exhibited extensively in America, and particularly in Los Angeles and New York.

Professor Di has also lectured at a number of American universities.

In his work, Professor Di aims to combine the reality of a concrete object with the atmosphere created by an abstract texture and background.

Evgeny Mukovnin, 1976 | Figurative painter

Муковнин Евгений Владимирович, Russian painter, was born in the city of Voronezh, Russia. Graduated from the Voronezh Arts School, Voronezh State Institute of Arts and in 2003, the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture headed by I.S. Glazunov [Landscape workshop].

He was awarded by a Diploma of the Russian Higher Education Institutions' Association for the best diploma project for 2003.

His works can be found in the collections of "Stroytransgaz and Rosenergoatom" companies, as well as in private collections in the USA, Japan and France.

Jan Gossaert | Renaissance painter

Jan Gossart, also called Jan Gossaert or Jan Mabuse, (born c. 1478, Maubeuge?, France - died October 1, 1532, Antwerp?), Netherlandish painter who was one of the first artists to introduce the style of the Italian Renaissance🎨 into the Low Countries.

Gossart is most likely to be identified with Jennyn van Hennegouwe, who is registered as a master in the Guild of St. Luke at Antwerp in 1503.

His most important early work extant is the Adoration of the Kings, which is painted in the ornate style of the Antwerp school. Other early works, such as Jesus, the Virgin, and the Baptist, reflect his interest in the works of Jan van Eyck and Albrecht Dürer🎨. Another early work, famous for its sense of mood, is the Agony in the Garden.

Ivana Kobilca | Realist / Genre painter

Ivana Kobilca (1861-1926) is the most prominent Slovene female painter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity.

She was a realist painter who studied and worked in Vienna, Munich, Paris, Sarajevo, Berlin and Ljubljana.

She mostly painted oil paintings and pastels, whereas her drawings are few.

The themes include still life, portraits, genre works, allegories and religious scenes.

She was a controversial person, criticised for following movements that had not developed further in later periods.