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Parrhasius Parrhasius
Parrhasius , fl. c.400 BC, Greek painter. He was born in Ephesus but settled in Athens and is classed with the Attic painters. One of the greatest painters of Greece, a contemporary and rival of Zeuxis, he is credited by ancient writers with having been the first painter to attain perfect symmetry... Read more
John Frederick Kensett John Frederick Kensett
John Frederick Kensett , 1816-72, American landscape painter, of the Hudson River school , b. Cheshire, Conn. He began painting while working as an engraver and in 1840 went to England to study. He spent some time in Paris and in Düsseldorf before going (1845) to Rome, where he became a... Read more
Isabel Bishop Isabel Bishop
Isabel Bishop 1902-88, American painter, b. Cincinnati, Ohio. Influenced by the New York City painters of the 1930s, Bishop produced numerous paintings of working women. Her pensive nude studies, such as Nude—1934, demonstrate her understanding of delicate effects of light and shade.... Read more
Johann Heinrich Roos Johann Heinrich Roos
Johann Heinrich Roos , 1631-85, German painter and etcher. He specialized in depicting animals and landscapes and was court painter to Elector Palatine Charles Louis. He is represented in German galleries, and the New-York Historical Society has two of his paintings.... Read more
Brygos Painter Brygos Painter
Brygos Painter. Greek red-figure vase-painter, active in Athens (c.500–c.475 bc), named after a potter called Brygos, several of whose signed works he decorated (it is possible that the potter and the painter are the same person). He is perhaps best known for a cup in the Louvre depicting... Read more
Bernardo Bellotto Bernardo Bellotto
Bernardo Bellotto , 1720-80, Venetian architectural and landscape painter, also called Canaletto, after his uncle and teacher Canaletto . His paintings, at first resembling those of his master, are numerous and may be seen in most of the leading European museums. They usually depict scenes in the... Read more
Sir Francis Grant Sir Francis Grant
Sir Francis Grant 1803-78, Scottish portrait painter. He was self-taught in painting, for which he abandoned a career in law. He began as a painter of hunting scenes ( The Melton Hunt and The Cottesmore Hunt ) but gained success as a fashionable portrait painter. Among his sitters were Scott,... Read more
Achilles Painter Achilles Painter
Achilles Painter. Greek vase painter, active in Athens in the mid-5th century bc, named after a red-figure amphora decorated with a figure of Achilles (Vatican Mus.). He was a contemporary of Phidias and his paintings have some of the nobility associated with the great sculptor's work. His... Read more

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