Vincent van Gogh | Irises, 1890

Title: Irises
Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise)
Date: 1890
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 29 x 36 1/4 in. (73.7 x 92.1 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Adele R. Levy, 1958
Accession Number: 58.187
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 825.

In May 1890, just before he checked himself out of the asylum at Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh painted four exuberant bouquets of spring flowers, the only still lifes of any ambition he had undertaken during his yearlong stay: two of irises, two of roses, in contrasting color schemes and formats.

In the Museum’s Irises he sought a “harmonious and soft” effect by placing the “violet” flowers against a “pink background”, which have since faded owing to his use of fugitive red pigments. Another work from this series, Roses (1993.400.5), hangs in the adjacent gallery. Both were owned by the artist’s mother until her death in 1907. | © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Oleg Supereco, 1974 | Venice painting

Oleg Supereco is an Russian painter*, known for working in the Baroque style*. Supereco was born in Moscow in 1974. Nowadays Oleg Supereco lives in Italy.

Oleg Supereco’s production it’s divided into themes: sacred art, portrait and landscape paintings.

Vincent van Gogh | The Sheaf-Binder (after Millet), 1889

Title: The Sheaf-Binder (after Millet).

Date: Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, September 1889.

Author: Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890)*.

Medium: oil on canvas.

Dimensions: 44.5 cm x 33.1 cm.

Current location: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation).

Stephen Darbishire, 1940 | Interiors painter

Stephen John Darbishire was born on 1940. His father was a doctor whose forbears go back to the Norman invasion and include John Bright and more recently the Wordsworthian scholar Helen Darbishire. His mother was an accomplished singer whose family included artists and musicians, notably the celebrated Liverpudlian James Hamilton Hay.

On leaving school Stephen Darbishire trained under Da Fano and obtained a scholarship to the Byam Shaw School studying under Greenham and Garrard.

During his twenties Stephen travelled in Europe and later spent a year as a missionary in West Africa. He then explored the world of popular music where he met his wife Kerry, the great-great-niece of Frederick Delius.

The Horse of Tamers sculptures on Anichkov Bridge in St-Petersburg

Decorating the Anichkov Bridge, which carries Nevsky Prospekt across the Fontanka River in the very centre of St. Petersburg, the four statues that comprise the sculptural group The Horse Tamers are one of the most strikingly beautiful and immediately recognizable monuments in all of St. Petersburg.

Colin Staples, 1959 | Figurative painter

Colin Staples, Australian painter: For me, art has always been my vital spark, a journey of discovery into not only techniques and visuals, but of mind and letting go to watch the work create itself.

The creation of art has been my driving force since early childhood with the past 10 years seeing continued growth. The concepts behind my art have been largely influenced through many years of studying martial arts and it's philosophies of no mind; shedding the ego. I feel my best work is expressed through this approach and have developed a feeling I am now intimate with, and trust.

Jules Breton | The Weeders / Les Bineuses / Le seminatrici, 1868

Artist: Jules Breton (French, Courrières 1827-1906 Paris)*

Date: 1868

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28 1/8 x 50 1/4 in. (71.4 x 127.6 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900

Current location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 802

Accession Number: 25.110.66

Alena Makarova-Levina, 1963 | Figurative painter

Alena Makarova-Levina / Макарова-Левина Елена Александровна was born in Donetsk.

Studied (1980-84) in Donetsk art school. Worked as the art director in the state puppet theatres.

In 1990 has opened own workshop on manufacturing of the different plan of dolls and puppets.

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