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William Adolphe Bouguereau was a follower of classical art and had no wish for everything like novelty or the avant-garde. William-Adolphe Bouguereau used ancient themes, making new readings of clas……続きを見る

Francisco de Zurbarán was a Spanish painter, known mainly for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes. Zurbarán gained the nickname "Sp……続きを見る

  Tiziano Vecellio (known as Titian) was the greatest representative of the Venetian School and he was recognized as a genius in his own time. He has been an inspiration to artists like Rube……続きを見る

  Eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin was French avant-garde painter, sculptor, and printmaker. His style cultivated from Impressionism in the direction of a personal variety of Symbolism, which sou……続きを見る

Eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin was French painter, sculptor, and printmaker. Gauguin's style developed from Impressionism through a brief cloisonnist period in the direction of a highly individual Symbol……続きを見る

William-Adolphe Bouguereau used ancient themes, making new readings of classical myths. He settled his abundant fantasy space with a romanticized selection of angels, women and children. A skilled d……続きを見る

Raffaello Sanzio, together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, forms the traditional trinity of great masters of Renaissance. He was one of the finest masters of drawing in the history of art. ……続きを見る

Vasily Surikov was the foremost Russian painter of large-scale historical subjects. His major pieces are among the best-known paintings in Russia. In his canvases Surikov dealt with many dramatic ep……続きを見る

  Rembrandt was one of the greatest draftsmen in the history of art. His drawings were as creative as it was amazing his paintings. About 1400 recognized to him drawings survive, and probably……続きを見る

Paul Cézanne was French painter, the leading figure in the revolution toward abstraction in modern painting. His influence on the course of modern art, particularly on the development of cubism, is ……続きを見る

Toulouse-Lautrec painted quickly, using its neutral tone and conveying action and atmosphere in a few economical strokes. In later years graphic works took precedence and his paintings were often st……続きを見る

Rembrandt van Rijn is one of the greatest painters and etchers in European art and the most important in Dutch art history. Having accomplished success as a portrait painter in his youth years, Remb……続きを見る

Vasily Perov was a Russian painter and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki, a group of Russian realist painters. He lived at a time when an artist’s indifference to social problems was cons……続きを見る

Willard Metcalf was an American artist born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and later attended Académie Julian, Paris. After early figure-paint……続きを見る

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was French painter, printmaker, draughtsman and illustrator with enormous productivity - more than 1000 paintings, 5000 drawings, and 350 prints and posters. He suffered a ……続きを見る

Nikolai Ge was a Russian realist painter famous for his works on historical and religious motifs. He was born to a Russian noble family of French origin; his grandfather immigrated to Russia in the ……続きを見る

Rembrandt van Rijn is commonly regarded as one of the greatest painters and etchers in European art and the most important in Dutch art history. His career came in a time of enormous wealth and cult……続きを見る

Théodore Rousseau was French landscape painter. His aims, style and development are characteristic of the Barbizon School, of which he was one of the major members. Like others in the group he suffe……続きを見る

Niko Pirosmani was a Georgian primitivist painter. One of his specialties was painting directly into black oilcloth. Although his paintings had some local popularity his relationship with profession……続きを見る

Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin was a Russian painter who attempted to reconcile classical and modern trends. His style was formed under a wide range of influences, often seemingly incompatible: 19th-century Ru……続きを見る

Valentin Serov was outstanding Russian painter, and one of the leading portrait artists of his era. His early inspiration was sparked by the realistic art of Repin and Chistyakov. Further influences……続きを見る

aka Marcel Duchamp is an anthology of recent essays by leading scholars on Marcel Duchamp, arguably the most influential artist of the twentieth century. With scholarship addressing the full range o……続きを見る

One the most important figures in the history of art, his monumental paintings in the Sistine Chapel, his sculpture David in Florence, and his Pietà at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome are among the gre……続きを見る

Award-winning Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Ruben Nepales interviews Filipino Americans and Filipinos in America who have made it big in the Hollywood scene and beyond: actors Bernardo Bernard……続きを見る

This book is collection of 81 Masterpieces formatted for the e-readers, with descriptions, dates and Table of Contents. The book demonstrate how fundamental drawing was to van Gogh's art. Vincent va……続きを見る

  This e-book is a collection with 93 Childe Hassam’s Masterpieces formatted for the e-readers, with descriptions, dates and Table of Contents Frederick Childe Hassam (1859–1935) is a pioneer ……続きを見る

This e-book is a collection with 98 Masterpieces from Egon Schiele formatted for the e-readers, with descriptions, dates and Table of Contents. Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918) was an Austrian painter, a ……続きを見る

Concise. Essential. Annotated. These three words describe what the books in My Pocket Gallery gives readers. This Art Book contains annotated reproductions of Auguste Rodin drawings, date and intere……続きを見る

Berthe Morisot was French painter and printmaker and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists. Morisot was born in Bourges, Cher, France, into a successful ……続きを見る

Fuseli is famous for his paintings and drawings of nude figures caught in strained and violent poses suggestive ofintense emotion. He also had a affinity for inventing chilling fantasies, such as th……続きを見る