Mesmerizing the war-torn nation by a golden image of their own Promised Land, the lavish and sweeping landscapes of German-born American painter Albert Bierstadt are admired for their detailed, objective and romantic style.
Absorbing the elements of Futurism, Cubism and Constructivism, the Russian artist Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster was one of the most experimental woman of the Russian avant-garde. A painter of indubitable originality and exceptional creativity, Ekster was born on January 6, 1882, in Bialystok, Grodno Governorate.
Regarded as a bridge between Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism, Masson was born on January 4, 1896, in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, France. Later he moved with his family to Brussels and studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, under the guidance of Constant Montald and later studied in Paris at Ecolé des Beaux-Arts (1912-1914).
Translating the relation of mankind and nature into harmonious symphonies of paradise-like imagery, the unique and luminous paintings of the German painter August Macke is considered to be one of Expressionism's most significant achievements.
Combining absolute natural truth with the ideality of character, the colossal portrait busts of German sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch are remarkable for their genuine and ideal portraiture of the individual
Establishing photography on an equal platform with other forms of visual arts, the American photographer Albert Stieglitz is undoubtedly one of the most significant contributors to the history of photography. A vital force in the development of modern art in America.
Reflecting passion with elegance through bold and fluid brushstrokes, the dazzling portraits of Italian genre painter Giovanni Boldini are famous for their ‘whiplash' style.
Transforming the French painting away from the Rococo style towards a more restrained and classicizing idiom, the French Neoclassical painter Louis Jean François Lagrenée was celebrated for his small scale cabinet paintings of classical and mythological subjects.
In 1959, Tucker won the Australian Women’s Weekly Prize and spent two years in New York producing the Manhattan series and Antipodean Heads. In 1960 he was awarded the Kurt Geiger Award by MOMA Australia and mounted his first solo exhibition. In 1964 he married his second wife Barbara Bilcock and settled in Victoria.
An admirer of Alfred Sisley and Camille Pissarro, Utrillo's buildings achieved their characteristic texture through the addition of plaster with paint.
He was an influential figure, leading painter and outstanding teacher. Both Honthrost, Terbrugghen and virtually all the Utrecht painters of the period who attend any kind of distinction trained with him.