Friday, 26 October 2012

Jacek Malczewski

Jacek Malczewski (1854-1929) was a Polish painter, one of the greatest symbolists in 19th/20th Century.

Finis Poloniae
Harpia we śnie
Podszepty
Śmierć Ellenai II
Zatruta studnia IV
Zatruta studnia I
Pytia II
Śmierć Ellenai
Thanatos
Polonia II

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Jeremy Lipking

Jeremy Lipking (1975- ) a contemporary realist painter. Despite his young age he has already won many awards and had a lot of exhibitions. Take a look at his official page: lipking.com


Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Vlaho Bukovac


Another post about Vlaho Bukovac. This time I'm just posting more of his paintings. The first post you can see here.



I think it's easy to see in how many styles he painted. Both the impressionist and realistic ones are great!

 
Sanjarenje (Ensoñación) (1905)
Autorretrato con gorra deportiva (1914)
Jóven artista (Retrato de la hija del Vlaho) (1914)
A Moment of Distraction
Long Live the King
Miss Berger
Portrait of a Girl

Andrea Palladio

Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) was an Italian architect working in the Republic of Venice. He was influenced by Roman and Greek architecture. He gained popularity in England when his work The Four Books of Architecture was released there in early 18th Century. He was an inspiration for architects and artist form Classicism, and he even has his own style called Palladian architecture.(the classicism architecture). His most important works: Villa Barbaro, Villa Capra "La Rotonda", Basilica Palladiana, Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Il Redentore and Teatro Olimpico. Also the city of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Villa Barbaro
Villa Capra "La Rotonda"
Basilica Palladiana
Church of San Giorgio Maggiore (Venice)
Church of San Giorgio Maggiore (Interior)
Il Redentore
Teatro Olimpico (photo from 1968)
Villa Godi (Interior)
Villa Thiene
Villa Emo
 all photos taken from wikipedia.com

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Childe Hassam

Frederick Childe Hassam (1859 – 1935) was an American Impressionist painter. He produced more than  3000 works during his career.

A Fruit Store (1889)
Across the Common on a Winter Evening  (1885)
April Showers, Champs Elysees Paris (1888)
Bedford Hills (1908)
Canterbury (1889)
Church at Old Lyme (1905)
New England Headlands (1889)
Oregon Landscape (1908)
Oyster Sloop, Cos Cob (1902)
Ponte Santa Trinita (1897)
White Barn (1882)
Woman Cutting Roses in a Garden (1889)
Woman Reading (1885)
The Fourth of July (1916)

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