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mural
mural. A painting, usually large, painted on a wall or for mounting on a wall as a permanent part of the decoration of a building. In European art the classic technique for mural painting is fresco, but other methods have been used, especially in northern Europe, where the generally damper climate... Read more |
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Sir George Clausen
Clausen, Sir George (1852–1944). British painter (mainly of landscapes and scenes of rural life), born in London, the son of an interior decorator of Danish descent. His training included a few months at the Académie Julian, Paris, in 1883 and his work was influenced by French plein-air... Read more |
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Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago museum and art school, in Grant Park, facing Michigan Ave. It was incorporated in 1879; George Armour was the first president. Since 1893 the Institute has been housed in its present building, designed in the classical Beaux-Arts style by the Boston firm of Shepley, Rutan,... Read more |
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baroque
baroque , in art and architecture, a style developed in Europe, England, and the Americas during the 17th and early 18th cent. The baroque style is characterized by an emphasis on unity among the arts. With technical brilliance, the baroque artist achieved a remarkable harmony wherein painting,... Read more |
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Yves Tanguy
Yves Tanguy , 1900-1955, French surrealist painter. At first a merchant seaman, he saw a picture by Chirico in 1923 and instantly decided to take up painting. He created vast imaginary dream landscapes, in which float strange, often amorphous, objects and personages—all meticulously painted.... Read more |
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Laurent de La Hire
Laurent de La Hire , 1606-56, French painter. He produced many portraits and historical paintings, a few romantic landscapes, important decorative works for Richelieu, Pierre Séguier, and others, and tapestry designs for the Gobelins. His paintings reflect the influence of Vouet, Poussin, and... Read more |
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Leon Bonnat
Bonnat, Léon (b Bayonne, 20 June 1833; d Monchy-Saint-Éloi, Oise, 8 Sept. 1922). French painter and collector. Bonnat's early works were mainly religious paintings in a tenebrist style influenced by 17th-century Spanish painting (he lived in Madrid, 1846–53), but from about 1870... Read more |
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Simon Vouet
Simon Vouet , 1590-1649, French portrait and decorative painter. He first established himself as a successful painter in Rome. Recalled to France in 1627 as court painter to Louis XIII, he decorated several of the royal palaces. Vouet was the first to introduce the Italian baroque style into France.... Read more |
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Gerrit van Honthorst
Gerrit van Honthorst , 1590-1656, Dutch portrait, genre, and allegorical painter. In Italy (c.1610-1620) he gained a sound understanding of the works of Caravaggio, which greatly affected his style. He was a master at painting candlelit genre pieces and biblical scenes. Upon his return to Holland,... Read more |
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Frank Stella
Frank Stella 1936-, American artist, b. Malden, Mass. In his early "black paintings" Stella exhibits the precision and rationality that characterized minimalism , employing parallel angular stripes to emphasize the rectangular shape of his large canvases. His innovative and influential use of... Read more |
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La Farge, John
...born in New York of French parentage. He went...1856) to study painting with Couture and...himself to mural painting and the design...watercolors and paintings. His decorative, refined murals...Considerations on Painting ... |
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Folk Art and Crafts
...1950s for her memory paintings of rural New York...art to “outsider” art, the unusual creations...century folk art at the Smithsonian...alternative concept of folk art and crafts had unfolded...for the communal arts and ... |
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Port Charlotte, Fla.-Area Artist Specializes in Custom Decorative Painting.
...scholarship to an art college...through the many painting techniques that...ANSWER: Faux in French means false or fake. Faux or decorative painting includes...the different decorative effects someone...All of the ... |
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Russian Art and the West: A Century of Dialogue in Painting, Architecture,...
Russian Art and the West...Dialogue in Painting, Architecture, and the Decorative Arts, edited by...Russian Art and the West...of Russian art. Although...fully embraced French plein air...displays of ... |
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Russian Art and the West: A Century of Dialogue in Painting, Architecture and...
...Russian Art and the West...Dialogue in Painting, Architecture and the Decorative Arts. DeKalb...and its art-a love...Paris to French artists and...about Russian art and the...discussions of ... |
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THE WORLD'S BEST SECRET ART GALLERIES
...rather than an art gallery. I also...little-known art spaces is the...collection of French decorative arts, sculpture, and paintings installed in a...to the Muse des Arts Dcoratifs in Paris...most exciting ... |
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Don't drop the Sevres: in the January 1993 issue, Jeremy Howard interviewed...
...the decorative arts being considered...notice of most art historians...appoint another decorative arts historian. Sir...favour of the decorative arts being taught...teach a lot about ... |
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New French adds art of `FOOD' to its menu.(ENTERTAINMENT)
...The New French plans monthly...Lounge's art program...European paintings, drawings...photographs, French furniture and decorative arts are packed...antiquities and French decorative ... |
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DECORATIVE ART IS EXALTED IN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.(What's Happening)
...REGINA HACKETT P-I art critic `Tis the...art pejorative, decorative. The old meaning of decorative is clear to everyone...full display and paintings that are too pretty...good. In art, decorative used to be ... |
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In October there was strength in all aspects of the market, from Chinese...
...new record of 364,000 [pounds sterling] for a butterfly painting. It is fair to say that the sale, the first of its kind devoted...competition similarly forced up the prices for the Russian works of art in the Love collection, and achieved mighty prices for the... |
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[0] The briefs.(Neighbor)
...and audience. Tour to Art Institute scheduled March...Community Associates of the Art Institute of Chicago will...attend "Beyond the Easel: French Decorative Painting and Salon Music," as...Chicago Symphony and the Art ... |
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Good morning, Barrington area!(Neighbor)
...large. Barrington tour to Art Institute event scheduled...Community Associates of the Art Institute of Chicago will...attend "Beyond the Easel: French Decorative Painting and Salon Music," as...Chicago Symphony and the Art ... |
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