The Art of Jens Juel

Jens Juel (1745 – 1802) was a danish painter primarily famous for his portrait painting. He was born in Balslev on the island of Fyn in Denmark. He showed a great interest in painting at an early age, so his parents arranged for him to study in Hamburg as an apprentice to the painter, Johann Michael Gehrman. (Juel, Jens. Portrait of a Noblewoman with her son. c. 1799. oil on canvas.) Soon

The Art of Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci (1492 – 1519), is featured in the current exhibit, “Leonardo: 500 Years into the Future” which at the Tech museum of Innovation in San Jose, California USA and will be showing until January 25, 2009. If you are in the area, and you are interested in science and engineering, I highly recommend it. For more information, see TheTech.org. Leonardo’s studies in science and

The Art of Giuseppe Arcrimboldo

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527 – 1593) was a famous court painter to the Hapsburg emperors. His work enjoyed a resurgence of popularity when Arcimboldo's eccentric “vegetable” portraits were rediscovered by the Surrealist in the 20th century. (Arcimboldo, Giuseppe. Summer. c. 1563. Oil on limewood. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie, Vienna.)His early artistic career was conventional. He

The Art of Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) was a French painter, who teamed up with Andre Derain to form the Fauvists, a group of artists who were often ridiculed and discredited by the public for their emphasis on color over the structure and perspective of a painting. (Matisse, Henri. La Raie Verte "The Green Line." c. 1905. Oil & tempera on canvas. Statens Musseum for Kunst, Copenhagen.)Matisse once

The Art of Miguel Avataneo

Argentine artist, Miguel Avataneo, was born in 1962 in San Cristóbal, Argentina. In 1988 he graduated from La Escuela de Artes de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. (Avataneo, Miguel. Muchacha Con Flores "Girl with Flowers") Avataneo is one of the brightest talents in Argentina’s art world. He is a painter of images that combine a love of classicism with the South American tradition of

The Art of Ikrano Theodorus

Ikrano Theodorus is a contemporary abstract painter, he uses bold color and interesting inperfect geometric shapes to express himself. He describes the purpoase of his art in the following statement. "I am a self-taught artist with a wholehearted commitment and dedication to master the art of painting, which I realize will be a lifelong learning and striving in effort to achieve even the smallest

The Art of Georges Braque

Georges Braque (1882 - 1963) trained as a house decorator before moving to Paris in 1900 to continue his apprenticeship and study art. By 1906, Braque was involved with the Fauve movement, but two events were to lead to a drastic change of style. (Braque, Georges. Cabez de Mujer. c. 1908. Oil on canvas.) In 1907 he was impressed by Cezanne’s retrospective at the Salon d’Automne and he met

The Art of Mari Giddings

Mari Elsa Giddings is a contemporary artist who was born in Washington, D.C. in 1959. She grew up in Maryland, New York and then studied art at Phoenix College in Arizona with Meryl Mahaffey and Allen Dutton. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Arizona State University in 1984, where she worked under master printers, such as Dan Britten and Wayne Kimball. (Giddings, Mari. Satori I.

The Art of Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper (1882 – 1967) was a regionalist painter and produced some of the most enduringly popular images in American art. Throughout his career, he created quiet, yet riveting pictures of ordinary people and places, which in his hands became dramatic scenes that express a sense of isolation, anomie, and the bittersweet comfort of being alone.(Hopper, Edward. Nighthawks. c. 1942. Oil on

The Art of Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton (1830 - 1896) the famous British painter and sculptor was born to a wealthy family in Scarborough, England. He was educated in Frankfurt and London. He spent much of his youth traveling Europe with his family. This coupled with his own tours of the Middle East, exposed him to a wide range or influences.(Leighton, Frederic. The Music Lesson. c. 1877. Oil on canvas. Guild Hall

The Art of Tamara De Lempicka

Tamara De Lempicka (1898 - 1980) an artist who’s work was famous during the height of the Art Deco period. Her bold style mixed with rich colors captured the elegance of the 1920s, whereas her distinctive block method would later be called “Soft Cubism”. Like all artists that made the history books, De Lempicka never followed the rules. She would prove the modern day the slogan, “Well Behaved

The Art of Ernest Ludwig Kirchner

Expressionism is one of my favorite artistic styles. It is a subjective art form with an emotional and spiritual view of the world. The term often implies emotional angst or intense emotion. The artist has the tendency to distort reality for an emotional effect, using a two-dimensional view without perspective. They use highly charged brushstrokes with contrasting bold colors.Ernest Ludwig

The Art of Brent J. Lynch

Brent Lynch has enjoyed a successful career in the arts for over twenty-five years. He has been honored with many national and international awards in both communication and fine art. A powerful landscape and figurative painter, Brent uses mood, light and movement to express his experience. (Lynch, Brent J. Sloop. Oil on canvas)(Lynch, Brent. Street Car Named Desire I. Oil on canvas)(Lynch,

The Art of El Greco

El Greco (1541 - 1614) which is spanish for ‘the Greek’ was born in Crete. He moved to Spain in 1577 and despite his heritage, he become one of the greatest masters of Spanish painting at that time. Always remaining proud of his national heritage throughout his life, he signed his work using characters from the Greek alphabet.(El Greco. View of Toledo. c.1604-1614. Oil on canvas. Metropolitan

The Art of Ralph Barton

Ralph Barton (1891 - 1931) was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He lived in New York City, during the 1920s at the height of his career. As an illustrator and a caricaturist, he was in popular demand for magazines such as Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan and Life. He often travelled to Paris. He painted for magazines and publishers. Some of his famous illustrations can be found in “Gentlemen Prefer

The Art of Joe DeVito

From Joe DeVito's Bio:Joe DeVito was born on March 16, 1957 in New York City. His family later moved to New Jersey where he grew up in the town of Berkeley Heights. It was while in the city, though, that his life-long love of dinosaurs and fantastic creatures began, with his first viewing of King Kong.(DeVito, Joe. War of the Worlds.)A frequent visitor to the Museum of Natural History as a boy,

The Art of Thomas Hart Benton

Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) was from Missouri by 1934, Benton had become one of the most recognized artists in America and was selected to be the first artist featured on the cover of Time magazine. Why was he famous? He put regionalism on the map!(Benton, Thomas Hart. Lewis and Clark at Eagle Creek. c. 1967. The Eitelijorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana.)