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Annibale Carracci (November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609)
Annibale
Carracci helped develop the Baroque style of painting, which is one of the most
important and influential styles of painting in all of art history. He was born
in the year 1560 and died in 1609 at the age of forty-nine. Annibale Carracci
managed to contribute a great deal to European art during his relatively brief
life.Unlike
artists in the Middle Ages, during the Renaissance, more and more artists were
taking their inspiration from the natural world. A great deal of Renaissance
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18th Feb 2020
William Morris Hunt (1824-1879)
Unlike many artists whose careers start in impoverished conditions William Morris Hunt came from one of the most eminent families in Vermont. They owned a lot of land there and co-founded the place. His father the Hon. Jonathon Hunt was a Congressman and his mother came from a wealthy family but it was his father's untimely death from cholera that started William on the road to success in the art world.Forbidden to paint and draw by her overbearing father William's mother wanted her children to
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11th Jan 2020
Soren Emil Carlsen (October 19, 1853 – January 2, 1932, New York City, U.S.)
Born in 1853
in Denmark, Soren Emil Carlsen was thought of as a gifted still life painter.
Prior to his immigration to Chicago in 1872, he studied architecture. After
arriving in Chicago, he worked with Laurits Bernhard Holst, a marine painter,
before traveling to Paris to study for six months. Upon his return to America
he had developed a simplified, yet moody style of still life painting that
including a limited color palette and interesting textures. Most of his
paintings centered on f
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8th Nov 2019
Jean-Antoine Watteau baptised October 10, 1684 - July 18, 1721 (aged 36)
Born in
France in 1684, Jean-Antoine Watteau only lived to be 36 years old, but he is
considered to have had a tremendous impact on the artistic world. In 1704, he
became the assistant of Claude Gillot, a set designer, and later studied under
Clause Audran III, a designer of interior decoration. Fusing what he learned
from the two together, Watteau developed a style that incorporated theatrical
subjects with an airy and ornate style. His style was also greatly influenced
by his attraction
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8th Nov 2019
Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell RSA (12 April 1883 – 6 December 1937)
Born in
Scotland in 1883, Cadell was a left handed painter who moved to Paris to study
at the Academie Julian on the advice of Arthur Melville. He is one of only four
Scottish colorists. While in Paris, he met Samuel Peploe, who he frequently
traveled with and greatly influenced his work. Prior to World War I, his work
was also heavily influenced by the work of the Impressionists artists,
particularly Matisse’s early work. However, his paintings became substantially
bolder and brighter af
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8th Nov 2019