European 5

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 1599 – August 6 1660), known as Diego Vélasquez, was a painter of the Spanish Golden Age who had considerable influence at the court of King Philip IV. Alo……続きを見る

Modigliani (1884-1920) was a painter of great unhappiness in his native Italy and felt only sorrow in his adopted country of France. Out of this discontent came forth Modigliani’s original work, whi……続きを見る

This is a brief illustrated primer on Greek Portrait paintings. The discussion revolves around portraits found in ancient burial sites. 続きを見る

Caroline Walker (b. 1982, Dunfermline) has established herself as one of the UK’s most exciting figurative painters of her generation working internationally today. By means of an elegant and seduct……続きを見る

Influenced by the masters of Antiquity, the genius of Michelangelo and Baroque sculpture, particularly of Bernini, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is one of the most renowned artists in history. Though Ro……続きを見る

Dalí, Salvador (Figueras, 1904 – Torre-Galatea, 1989) Peintre, artiste, créateur d’objets, écrivain et cinéaste, il est connu du public comme un des représentants majeur du surréalisme. Buñuel, Lorc……続きを見る

John Constable ist der erste englische Landschaftsmaler, der den Holländern in nichts nachsteht. Er übernimmt zwar einiges von Rubens Landschaften, doch sein eigentliches Vorbild ist Gainsborough. C……続きを見る

Das vorliegende Werk zeichnet Velázquez’ Leben sowohl anhand seiner Werke als auch anhand seiner Reisen nach und berücksichtigt dabei neben der künstlerischen auch die königliche Szenerie im Spanien……続きを見る

Lautrec studied with two of the most admired academic painters of the day, Léon Bonnat and Fernand Cormon. Lautrec’s time in the studios of Bonnat and Cormon had the advantage of introducing him to ……続きを見る

John Constable (East Bergholt, 1776 – Hampstead, 1837). John Constable fut le premier peintre de paysage anglais qui ne tira pas son enseignement des peintres hollandais. Assez proche de la vision d……続きを見る

Rembrandt is completely mysterious in his spirit, his character, his life, his work and his method of painting. What we can divine of his essential nature comes through his painting and the trivial ……続きを見る

Pierre–Auguste Renoir (Limoges, 1841 – Cagnes-Sur-Mer, 1919) Pierre-Auguste Renoir naquit le 25 février 1841 à Limoges. En 1854, ses parents retirèrent l'enfant de l'école et le placèrent dans l'ate……続きを見る

Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) is heralded as the greatest painter of the Romantic movement in Germany, and Europe’s first truly modern artist. His mysterious and melancholy landscapes, often pe……続きを見る

In the spring of 1820, on the Aegean island of Melos, an unsuspecting farmer was digging for marble building blocks when he unearthed the statue that would come to be known as the Venus de Milo. Fro……続きを見る

A bareback rider's skirt ripples in the breeze, an acrobat bends his muscular limbs into a handstand, and a poodle obeys a clown brandishing a whip. The circus is in town! These kaleidoscopic vision……続きを見る

Für seine wohlgeformten, lasziven nackten Frauen berühmt, war Peter Paul Rubens erstes Anliegen die Darstellung der Sinnenfreuden in all ihren Formen. Ein Barockmaler, der in seinem gesamten künstle……続きを見る

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) intensiviertseine zeichnerische Tätigkeit als etwa 10-Jähriger und besucht ab 1854 in der Zeichen- und Mathematikschule La Petite ÉcoleKurse von Henri Lecoq de Boisbaudran ……続きを見る

Paul Klee gehört zu den Künstlern, die sich nur schwerlich einer bestimmten kunstgeschichtlichen Bewegung zuordnen lassen. In engem Kontakt mit Wassily Kandinsky und Franz Marc gehörte er wie diese ……続きを見る

Adrian Stokes was one of the twentieth century's finest and most discriminating writers on art. Of over twenty works of art criticism, Michelangelo was considered by Lawrence Gowing to be the most c……続きを見る

Egon Schiele (Tulln, 1890 – Vienne,1918) L’oeuvre d’Egon Schiele est tellement singulière qu’elle résiste à toute catégorisation. Admis à l’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Vienne dès l’âge de seize ans, ……続きを見る

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (Saint-Maurice, 1798 – Paris, 1863) Delacroix fut l'un des plus grands coloristes du XIXe siècle. La couleur était pour lui un moyen d'expression déterminant, qui a……続きを見る

Der Name „Edvard Munch“ ruft bei den meisten Menschen eine bestimmte visuelle Assoziation hervor: Ein schädelhaftes Gesicht, angstverzerrt, einen stummen, durchdringenden Schrei des Grauens ausstoße……続きを見る

Dürer is the greatest of German artists and most representative of the German mind. He, like Leonardo, was a man of striking physical attractiveness, great charm of manner and conversation, and ment……続きを見る

Als Impressionist zu gelten war für Monet eine Auszeichnung. Er war es aus tiefer Überzeugung und blieb es bis an das Ende seines langen Lebens. Er begnügte sich mit einem einzigen Genre, dem der La……続きを見る

Told with consummate skill by the writer of the bestselling, award-winning A Civil Action, The Lost Painting is a remarkable synthesis of history and detective story. An Italian village on a hilltop……続きを見る

Painter, designer, creator of bizarre objects, author and film maker, Dalí became the most famous of the Surrealists. Buñuel, Lorca, Picasso and Breton all had a great influence on his career. Dalí'……続きを見る

Marquand takes a tour of Italy in 1893 to photograph monuments of his passion: della Robbia works. Rich photographs accompany his description of the tour and the monuments.続きを見る

Since his death 100 years ago, Cézanne has become the most famous painter of the nineteenth century. He was born in Aix-en-Provence in 1839 and the happiest period of his life was his early youth in……続きを見る

An “elegant translation” of Rilke’s writings on sculptor Auguste Rodin that “offers a fresh look at an unlikely mentorship” and two extraordinary artists (The New York Times Book Review). Sculptor A……続きを見る

A Brief Survey of Caricature and Caricaturists of the 19th Century including Hogarth, Gillray, Cruikshank, Leech, Doyle.続きを見る