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Thomas Sully
Thomas Sully 1783-1872, American painter, b. England. Having come to the United States as a child, he first studied with his brother Lawrence, a miniaturist, and later for a brief time with Gilbert Stuart. During a year (1809-10) in England he came under the influence of Benjamin West and Sir... Read more |
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Asher Brown Durand
Asher Brown Durand , 1796-1886, American painter and engraver, b. near Newark, N.J. He established a reputation by his engravings of Trumbull's Signing of the Declaration of Independence, followed by a series of engraved portraits of eminent contemporaries. After 1835, Durand devoted himself to... Read more |
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Frans Hals
Frans Hals , c.1580-1666, Dutch painter of portraits and genre scenes, b. Antwerp. Hals spent most of his life in Haarlem, where he studied with Karel van Mander. Although his reputation was established early, much of his long life was passed in poverty. Hals's pictures of scenes from everyday life... Read more |
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Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez , 1599-1660, b. Seville. He was the most celebrated painter of the Spanish school. Early Life and Work At 11 he was apprenticed to Francisco de Herrera the elder, whom he soon left for the studio of Pacheco, where he remained for five years. There... Read more |
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Nathaniel Hone
Nathaniel Hone 1718-84, Irish miniaturist and portrait painter. Hone is noted for his smoothly painted, informal portraits of middle-class subjects. His painting The Conjurer (1775) formed part of the first recorded one-man show in Great Britain.... Read more |
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John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent 1856-1925, American painter, b. Florence, Italy, of American parents, educated in Italy, France, and Germany. In 1874 he went to Paris, where he studied under Carolus-Duran . He remained there for 10 years except for visits to the United States, Spain, and Africa. From his... Read more |
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trompe loeil
trompe-l'œil (Fr.: ‘deceives the eye’). Term applied to a painting (or a detail of one) that is intended to deceive the spectator (if only briefly) into thinking that it is a real object rather than a two-dimensional representation of it. Such virtuoso displays of skill often... Read more |
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Algernon Newton
Newton, Algernon (1880–1968). British painter, born in London, grandson of one of the founders of Winsor & Newton, the firm of artists' colourmen. He left Clare College, Cambridge, after two years without taking a degree and then studied at various art colleges in London, including the... Read more |
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Alfred Henry Maurer
Alfred Henry Maurer , 1868-1932, American painter, b. New York City. He was apprenticed as a lithographer, taught himself painting, and went to Europe in 1897, studying briefly at the Académie Julian, Paris. While in Paris he was the first American painter to take a significant interest in... Read more |
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John Kane
John Kane 1860-1934, American primitive painter, b. Scotland. He came to Pittsburgh at the age of 19 and worked for years as a day laborer, painting in his spare time. His paintings exhibit a delight in precise pattern and a sturdy disregard for academic conventions. Examples of his work are ... Read more |
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DIALOGUES and CONVERSATIONS; The National Gallery of Art is set to reopen its...
...WASHINGTON TIMES W here is...well be the first reaction...impressionist paintings at the National...Jan 29. No painting is where...major work two years ago. Paintings that once...you have to ... |
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Arts Guide
...New York Times Media GroupEdition...paintings. The 120 works displayed...connection between two paintings...subjects - portraits of mothers...number of paintings; Marie Bracquemond...About 150 ... |
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Breath of the Mediterranean
...house in 120 acres of...British portraits, Chinese...considerable time properly...him. The first of the Dutchman...like the portrait of the Glasgow...came the first purchases...exhibition of that year, when ... |
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THE ART OF NASA: Collection portrays history and hopes of space...
...his office displays a painting showing Mars 50 years hence and...fine arts - paintings, drawings...commissioned. Two thousand...permanent display is open to...works will go on a three-year, ... |
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Small is beautiful in this age of austerity
...front of the paintings for considerable...lengths of time, sketching...things this year. It was a 'two- picture...just two works in...acquire the painting - which we...of one or two major pieces...century ... |
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Truth or trouble? // Artists Arnulf Rainer and Peter Saul share MCA billing
...currently on display at the Museum...the only time the two retrospectives...of these two painters...show will go to Europe...within five years of each other...sensual, these two spend their...career. His ... |
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The Mural Of the Story; Byron Peck Uses the City's Walls To Tell the Tales of...
...his latest painting -- with...dozen or more times. "That...Over a 25-year career...Ellington portrait on U Street...He pays $120 a gallon...erasers of time and weather...Mural. The two central panels...with ... |
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Joy of art
...New Straits Times 08-31...more free time, Ghanamoney...nowhere to go" to publicly display their art...get their first big break...have been painting since small...show his first step towards...exhibiting ... |
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Take off for ArtWalk
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Ringing in science of sound, mobile company scores hit in Japan
...the eight years since its...companies at a time when the...Japan, or two-thirds...reaction time for pachinko...the fiscal year ended Aug...custom at her first job at a...machine's display. The 14...for ... |
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