David Jacques-Louis

David Jacques-Louis was born of a merchant family in Paris August 30 1748.David decided a career as an artist. David a young painter using both his uncle, his aunt Marie-Josephe, and his cousin as a model. In the 1766-1774 David studied at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, at the Vein's class. David often win the race in a painting competition. He spent 5 years in Italy (1775-1780) to study art. in 1780 returned to Paris, the history and mythology of Ancient became the theme of his paintings. David is a member of the Committee of Public Safety and artistic director of the National Fete, founded in the classical style. The work of Jacques-Louis David's most notable in 1790 was The Intervention of the Sabine Women.

In 1797 he met Napoleon and was told to do portraits, but Jacques-Louis David is not able to finish his painting. Then David Jacques-Louis created many paintings devoted to the new hero and his brothers: Bonaparte Crossing the St. Bernard Pass (1800), Napoleon in His Study (1812), Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of Empress Josephine (1808). 1816, Jacques-Louis David to Brussels, he spent the last 10 years. During this period, Jacques-Louis David returned to the subject of mythology and intimate portrait. David died on December 29, 1825 and was buried in the cemetery of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels.Pengaruh Jacques-Louis David is very high. Jacques-Louis David's teacher of art that influence European art up to Impressionism.

Damien Hirst Artist

Damien Hirst was born June 7, 1965. Damien Hirst an artist, British businessman and art collector. Damien Hirst members of Young British Artists (YBAs), which dominated the arts in Britain in the 1990s. He is internationally renowned as an artist's wealthiest. his career in the 1990s associated with the collector Charles Saatchi, but the relationship ended in 2003. Death is a central theme in the works of Damien Hirst's. He became famous for his series of works of art where dead animals (including sharks, sheep and cow) are preserved-sometimes been dissected-in formaldehyde. tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a vitrine become iconic works of British art in the 1990's.

In September 2008, he took the unprecedented step for an artist. by selling a complete show, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, at Sotheby's to auction. Auction exceeded all predictions, increasing 111 million pounds (198 million U.S. dollars), breaking the record for the auction and 10.3 million pounds for The Golden calf, the beast with 18-carat gold horns and nails, stored in formaldehyde.

In several instances since 1999 the work was challenged and contested as a trace, either in articles written by journalists and artists. Hirst has made certain controversial statements to the media included, following the September 11 attacks. Hirst congratulated the attackers. On September 18, 2002, he "apologized unreservedly" for comments.

artist Claude Monet

Claude Monet (1840-1926) founder of Impressionism, was born in Paris, France. He is a close associate of the French painter, Edouard Manet, who helped move the art of Realism in the 19th century. Presents Monet painting with artist Edgar Degas and the writer Emile Zola as the bearer of the veil in Manet funeral in 1883. Degas created a ballet scene, including 1874's Ballet Rehearsal to show some qualities of Impressionism. At the beginning of his career, Monet created a painting style that focuses on the lights in the shadows. The study of natural light is the focus of the monumental painting, Impression Sunrise, completed in 1872. This work is the source of the term Impression. Sunrise filled with strong shades of blue-orange, gray, and, and some fishermen in small boats floating in the foreground as the sun rises at the top of the painting was "Impressionism.".

Contributed many paintings Monet art world for the rest of his career. He consistently explores how human eyes see the scene or scenes in the outdoors. He wanted to capture real events and see how they relate to light. In the Gare St-Lazare (1877), Monet showed that the Paris train station could become the focal point of the natural light shining through the glass roof on a sunny day. As a founder of impressionism new style of painting, Monet left his mark on the world's great 19th and 20th century art. He died of lung cancer in 1926 and was buried in the church in Giverny, France.

Artist Caravaggio

Caravaggio was born 28 September 1573, in Caravaggio, Italy. Caravaggio apprentice to the painter Simone Peterzano Milan for four years. Caravaggio went to Rome and worked as an assistant painter. Around 1595 Caravaggio began selling his paintings through a dealer. Dealers brought Caravaggio to the attention of Cardinal Francesco del Monte. Through the cardinal, Caravaggio was assigned to paint the church of San Luigi dei Francesi. The works caused public outrage because of its realistic and dramatic. In 1608 Caravaggio went to Malta and was accepted as an artist. Fearing pursuit, he continued to run away for two years. After receiving a pardon from the Pope, he was arrested and jailed for two days. Caravaggio fell on the beach and died a few days later on July 18, 1610.

Camille Pissarro

Camille Pissarro, French impressionist artist, was born in St. Thomas, West Indies in a merchant family in 1830. First Camille started her career as an entrepreneur, like his father, but his obsession with painting changed the direction of his life. In 1852 Camille Pissarro became acquainted with Danish painter F. Melbye.

Camille Pissarro in 1855 to Paris, Pissarro Camille Corot was impressed by the scenery. Camille Pissarro painted in Paris in 1859. In 1859-1861, Camille Pissarro attended the Académie Suisse and formed friendships with Monet, Cezanne and Guillaumin. Around the same time Camille Pissarro married Julie Vellay.

In the 1866-68 Pissarro lived and worked in Pontoise. Camille Pissarro transformed from Barbizon Realism of Corot to Impressionism. 1869/70 moved to Louveciennes Camille Pissarro. Friends Pissarro, Daubigny suggest to the dealer Durand-Ruel art, who do a lot of promotional work Impresionis.Pada 1872-78, Pissarro lived in Pontoise, working with Cézanne. Pissarro was the leader of the original Impressionists, and the only one to exhibit at all eight of the Group exhibitions in Paris from 1874 to 1886.

Camille Pissarro in 1885 met Signac and Seurat and for the next five years to adopt Pointillist. Pissarro's interest in Socialism brought some problems: in 1894, Camille Pissarro had to flee to Belgium from the French persecution of Anarchists. In 1896 and 1898, Camille Pissarro painting views of the city and the port of Rouen, remained faithful to the early impressionist style. In 1897-1903, Camille Pissarro painted views of Paris, also Dieppe and Le Havre. Camille Pissarro died in Paris in 1903. Similarly, the biography of Camille Pissarro.

François Boucher

François Boucher 1703-1770 a French painter, famous for his pastoral and mythological scenes, working to realize the Rococo style. François Boucher studied with the painter François Le Moyne but contemporary style influenced by Antoine Watteau. Studying in Rome 1727-1731 Boucher, François Boucher created hundreds of paintings in the form of tapestry designs, theater design and illustration books. François Boucher became the faculty of the Royal Academy. François Boucher often painted self-portraits. An example is the work of François Boucher painting Triumph of Venus (1740, in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm) and Nude Lying on the Sofa (1752, Alte Pinakothek in, Munich) and the tapestry series Loves of the Gods (1744). Neoclassicism rococo style is called. We gallery-art-now.blogspot.com presents artwork by François Boucher, please enjoy ...

Peter Blake Artist

Peter Blake Artist was a painter and illustrator seprang England School of Art at the Royal College of Art in London. Peter Blake Artist painting with fantastic scenes of the circus world, naturalistic related to the history of life. In style and content the way the British Pop Art. 1959, Peter Blake Artist began to paint a picture collage like pop musicians and filmstars. Design an album cover for The Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1967) is one of success. As pre-Raffaelites Peter Blake tried to permeation aesthetics of life. We gallery-art-now.blogspot.com presents artwork by Peter Blake, please enjoy ...

Balthus Art

Balthus Art French painter, began painting at age sixteen. The work of The Street attracted the attention of the Surrealists because of the atmosphere of a strange, almost dream: all the characters seem indifferent to each other and divide the space into a series of continuous private world. his paintings are closer to realism and the Neue Sachlichkeit. After 1945, Balthus Art paintings became more willing to change the appearance of paintings, especially the theme of teenage girls caught sleeping or in private moments. The following gives us gallery-art-now.blogspot.com Balthus Art...

Anish Kapoor Artist

Anish Kapoor Artist Born 1954 Bombay, India is a British sculptor. Kapoor has lived and worked in London since the early 1970s when he moved to study art, first at the Hornsey College of Art and later at the Chelsea School of Art and Design.

Anish Kapoor Artist initially began exhibiting as part of New British Sculpture art scene. He went on to exhibition international at venues such as the Tate Gallery and Hayward Gallery in London, Kunsthalle Basel, Haus der Kunst Munich, Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin, Reina Sofia in Madrid, MAK Vienna, and the ICA Boston. Anish Kapoor Artist represented Britain in the Awarded "Premio Duemila" at the Venice Biennale in 1990, when he was awarded the Premio Duemila Prize. In 1991 he received the Turner Prize Award. Notable public sculptures include Cloud Gate, Millennium Park, Chicago, and Sky Mirror at the Rockefeller Center, New York.

Modigliani Artist

Modigliani Artist was born on July 12, 1884, popular artists of the 20th century. began to study painting at the Art Academy in Livorno. Modigliani Artist enrolled in the Scuola Libera in Nudo (Free School of Nude Studies) in Florence. Modigliani Artist visited museums and churches of Florence to study Renaissance art. Modigliani Artist moved to Venice, studied at the Instituto at the Belle Arti in Venice. Two years later Modigliani Artist went to Paris. He took life-drawing classes at the Académie Colarossi and make friends with colleagues from around the world.

In 1907, Modigliani Artist got the first collector of a young medical doctor Paul Alexandre, who bought the painting and told him to paint portraits. Through Dr. Alexandre, Modigliani met Constantin Brancusi Romanian sculptor. In June 1914, Modigliani Artist met talented and eccentric English woman, Béatrice Hastings, a circus artist, a journalist, a poet, a traveler, art critic. Modigliani Artist had no respect for anyone except Picasso and Max Jacob. In August 1914, the First World War. Modigliani want to apply for compulsory military service but was rejected for health reasons. Paul Alexander is listed, ending the contract between themselves.

In April 1917, Modigliani Artist met Jeanne Hébuterne 19 years (1898-1920), student of the Académie Colarossi, "He was gentle, shy, quiet and smooth." Jeanne, became the main model to her death. In the spring of 1918, Modigliani and Jeanne left Paris, since the German occupation, go to the south coast. In these places make the most of Modigliani's paintings popular with the highest price. On November 29, 1918 in Nice, Jeanne gave birth to a girl Hébuterne, which is recognized by Modigliani Artist as his daughter. He was given the same name as the mother.

In late May 1919, Modigliani Artist returned to Paris. After several successful exhibitions in England, English collectors started to buy paintings. But at the end of  Modigliani Artist TB illness. On January 24, 1920 he died. A day after his death Jeanne suicide. They were buried together at Père Lachaise. Their children Jeanne (1918-1984) was adopted by Modigliani's sister in Florence, then he wrote a biography Modigliani: Man and Myth.

Albrecht Altdorfer Artist

Albrecht Altdorfer Artist (1480-1538) was a German painter, engraver, architect and leading member of the "Danube School" of German painting. His most outstanding works are biblical and historical subjects set against highly imaginative and atmospheric landscape backgrounds.

Nothing is known about the Albrecht Altdorfer Artist training and early beginnings. There is evidence that since 1505 he lived in Regensburg, where he bought property in 1513. In 1510 Altdorfer traveled in the Alpine countries. It seems highly probable that he also went to Italy; the ‘Italian influence’ could be sensed in his brilliant handling of spatial construction in the St. Florian Passion altar panels (after 1510). Albrecht Altdorfer Artist election to the town council in 1519 and to the inner council in 1526 shows his good standing in Regensburg. It is also known that he served as civic architect, though there is no information about his architectural work. It is possible that he was involved in the design of the pilgrim church Zur Schonen Madonna (now the new Neupfarrkirche) at Regensburg.

Albrecht Altdorfer Artist was one of the most talented painters in the whole of German art. He achieved, through his color modulation, completely new ways of expression directed at the emotions. His tendency towards the ‘romantic’ is particularly obvious in his landscapes. Albrecht Altdorfer Artist was the first European artist to paint a ‘pure’ landscape, and in many of his other paintings figure and landscape merge in such a way that the scenic becomes the background, St. George (1510). He was also the first to paint a major battle picture Alexander's Victory (The Battle at the Issus) (1529). In his later works Altdorfer moved towards Mannerism. Albrecht Altdorfer Artist was also a pioneer of copper etching. The artist died in 1538.

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