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Monthly Archives: November 2010
The Red Roofs by Camille Pissarro (1877)
Camille Pissarro, the Impressionist painter of French descent, was born in 1830 on the island of St Thomas in the Danish West Indies. At the age of twelve he went to Europe where he attended a Paris boarding school. During … Continue reading
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The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck
Today’s painting in My Daily Art Display is one that art historians have written about probably more than any other with the exception, maybe, of Da Vinci’s Last Supper which of course received renewed speculation after Dan Brown’s novel. The … Continue reading
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Adam and Eve by Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder was born Lucas Sünder in Kronach, Franconia in 1472 but later changed his surname in honour of his German birthplace. Moved to Vienna in 1501 where he stayed for three years during which time he painted … Continue reading
The Seven Joys of the Virgin by Hans Memling
Hans Memling was born circa 1433 in Seligenstadt, a small town close to Frankfurt. Although German by birth, after serving his apprenticeship in the Cologne/Mainz area he moved to the Netherlands where he is believed to have been worked under … Continue reading
The School of Athens by Raphael
Raphael was commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1510 to decorate with frescos the walls of his private apartment, now known as the Stanze di Raffaello in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. For Raphael, this must have been a … Continue reading
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The Doge Leonardo Loredan by Giovanni Bellini
Giovanni Bellini was born in Venice around 1430 and was one of the greatest and most influential artists of the Italian Renaissance. He came from a family of artists. His father was Jacopo Bellini, an artist, and Giovanni and his … Continue reading
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Susannah and the Elders by Guido Renni (1620-1625)
Guido Reni was born in Bologna on November 4th 1575. He studied art from the age of nine as an apprentice under the Bolognese Studio of Denis Calvaert. At the age of twenty he worked in the Accadmi degli Incamminati … Continue reading
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The Descent from the Cross by Rogier van der Weyden
Rogier van der Weyden was born in, what is now, the Belgium town of Tournai around 1399. His name at that time was actually Rogier de le Pasture which literally translated meant Roger of the Pasture. His father Henri de … Continue reading
The Interior of a Gothic Church looking East by Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger (1604-1615)
The Flemish painter, Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger, was born in Antwerp around 1550. He was an artist who specialised in paintings of the interior of churches and cathedrals and through his paintings he is credited with rediscovering the art of perspective … Continue reading
Our English Coast by William Holman Hunt (1852)
William Holman Hunt was born in London in 1827. He started off his working life as a clerk but moved away from the life of commerce and studied at the British Museum and National Gallery. He, along with Dante Rossetti … Continue reading
