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Arnold Böcklin was a Swiss painter whose allegorical and fantastical paintings, many based on mythical creatures, anticipated 20th-century surrealism. His early style consisted of idealized classical landscapes. In the 1870s, he turned to fantastic scenes from German legends, paralleling the use by Richard Wagner of similar subjects in opera. His later works, such as The Island of the Dead..

Pieter Aertsen was a Netherlandish painter active in his native Amsterdam and in Antwerp. A pioneer of still life and genre painting, he is best known for scenes that at first glance look like pure examples of these types, but which in fact have a religious scene incorporated in them (Butcher's Stall with the Flight into Egypt, University of Uppsala, 1551). Aertsen was the head of a long dynast..

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was an English painter in the academic tradition. Born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in England in 1869. His paintings are noted for fine detail, smooth finish, and the realistic representations of textures. Most of his works, such as A Roman Emperor (1871), depict idealized settings of ancient civilizations or ..

Much has been written about Igor Medvedev’s quest for the “authentic” subject matter to paint. He says, “many, many dealers many, many times have asked me to paint Venice, Paris, London. But I could not. I would not. Those would be clichés. No, I find inspiration in the honesty and purity of the simple, colorful fishing boat, the hand-made net, the hand-built walls in a simple vi..

Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Massachusetts 1882 Watercolor on Paper Private collection. The Barnyard 1885 Oil on Canvas Private collection. Boston Common at Twilight 1885-86 Oil on Canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. A City Fairyland 1886 Oil on Canvas Private collection. Along the Seine, Winter 1887 Oil on Canvas Dallas Museum of Art. Paris Street Scene 1887 Oil on Canvas Private collection. Grand Pr..

Pomegranites 1865-66 Oil on canvas Guildhall Art Gallery, London. Dancing Girl Resting 1863-64 Oil on canvas Private collection. The Mother of Sisera Looked out a Window 1861 Oil on canvas Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle. A Musician 1865-66 Oil on canvas Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT. Lilies 1866 Oil on canvas Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown,..

"Farewell to March" 34 x 24" s/n giclee on canvas ***COLLECTORS' EDITION*** limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs "Rainy Day" 34 x 24" s/n giclee on canvas edition of 195 + 20 APs "Winter Window" 34 x 24" s/n giclee on canvas edition of 195 + 20 enhanced APs "December Morning" original oil on canvas, 29 x 37" 35 x 43" including frame "April Thunder" 34 x 24 "s/n giclee on canvas edition of 195 +..

Biography Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri), Bolognese painter. He was Annibale Carracci's favourite pupil and one of the most important upholders of the tradition of Bolognese classicism. After studying with Calvaert and Ludovico Carracci he went to Rome (1602) and joined the colony of artists working under Annibale Carracci at the Palazzo Farnese. His only undisputed work there is the Maiden wit..