Still Life With Green Soup – Fernando Botero Angulo (b.1932) is a renowned Colombian figurative artist and sculptor. Botero is known for his signature style – the “Boterismo”. The figurative artist has been using it for ages to depict figures in massive and exaggerated volumes. Boterismo is his formal way of effectively expressing the form …
Mysterious Mouth Appearing In The Back Of My Nurse – Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was an iconic Spanish surrealist and artist. He was born in Figueres, Spain, and garnered a reputation of using his technical skills to create striking yet somehow bizarre images. Dali became influential due to his intriguing explorations of the subconscious and how he created imagery based on it.
Painter: Filippo Brunelleschi Date of art creation: c.1428 Place of Creation: Italy Art movement: Early Renaissance Genre of painting: Design Content: designs-and-sketches, arcades-and-colonnades, architectural drawings, churches-and-temples
Painter: Piet Mondrian Date of art creation: 1921 Art movement: Neoplasticism Genre of painting: Abstract
Painter: Remedios Varo Date of art creation: 1963 Art movement: Surrealism Genre of painting: Still life Content: fruits-and-vegetables, lamps-and-candles, flying
Painter: Henri Fantin-Latour Date of art creation: 1865 Art movement: Realism Genre of painting: Still life Painting technique: Oil Painting material: Canvas Location: Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
Painter: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Start Date: 1935 Date of art creation: 1936 Art movement: Expressionism Genre of painting: Landscape Painting technique: Oil Painting material: Canvas Dimensions: 50 x 50 cm Content: forests-and-trees
Painter: Theo van Rysselberghe Date of art creation: 1906 Art movement: Pointillism Genre of painting: Nude painting (nu) Painting technique: Oil Painting material: Canvas Dimensions: 116.2 x 88 cm Location: Private Collection Content: female-nude, women-and-mirrors
Painter: Fernando Botero Date of art creation: 1986 Art movement: Naive Art (Primitivism) Genre of painting: portrait Content: female-portraits, drinking-and-smoking
Painter: Titian Start Date: 1505 Date of art creation: 1510 Art movement: High Renaissance Genre of painting: Mythological Painting Painting technique: Oil Painting material: Board Dimensions: 35 x 162 cm Content: Greek-and-Roman-Mythology
Painter: Remedios Varo Date of art creation: 1938 Art movement: Surrealism Genre of painting: Symbolic painting Painting technique: Gouache Painting material: Paper Dimensions: 13 x 20 cm Location: Private Collection Content: allegories-and-symbols, parts-of-human-body
Artist: Alfred Sisley Completion Date: c.1870 Style: Impressionism Genre: landscape Technique: Oil Material: Canvas Dimensions: 53.34 x 60.96 cm Gallery: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Tags: rivers-and-waterfalls, boats-and-ships
About Jose Clemente Orozco Clemente Orozco was a Mexican painter and caricaturist who channeled his talent in creating political murals. His work, together with that of David Alfaro, Diego Rivera, and others led to the founding of the Mexican Murals Renaissance. The Great Mexican Revolutionary Law and the Freedom of Slaves, one of his most …
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Candido Portinari (Dec 1903 – Feb 1962) is considered one of the most popular and important Brazilian painters of all time. His artwork not only raised global awareness regarding the realities of Brazil but also caused a change in mindset for the incoming generation. The influential practitioner garnered a global reputation thanks to his neo-realism …
Artist: Candido Portinari Completion Date: 1939 Style: Social Realism Genre: Portrait O Lavrador de Cafe (Painting by Candido Portinari 1903-1962), a son of Italian immigrants was born in Brodowski, Sao Paulo Brazil. The Brazilian painter’s work became prominent in the 20th century and he was known as an influential practitioner thanks to the unique neo-realism …
Over the past centuries, many paintings with significant meaning have been preserved in museums. What’s impressive about these images is that they carry more than one message, and at times, you may misinterpret them. One famous piece of art, known a Mona Lisa’s Chair, painted by Octavio Ocampo, has hit the minds of many scholars …
The portrait of Aunt Pepa Picasso is known to be subtly dramatic and vigorous. It’s described as one of the greatest paintings in the history of Spanish and below is its overview. The Portrait of Aunt Pepa Picasso Aunt Pepa’s portrait is one of the best artwork from Picasso that was done when he was …
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Life in Three Minutes Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy. Leonardo did not author an autobiography; therefore, what little is known of his early life has been gathered from tax records and other documents of the period. What is known is that he was the illegitimate son of Ser Piero da Vinci and a woman who is only known by her …
Painter: Jose Clemente Orozco Date of art creation: 1944 Place of Creation: Guadalajara, Mexico Art movement: Muralism Genre of painting: symbolic painting Painting technique: fresco Location: Palacio de Gobierno, Guadalajara, Mexico Content: battles-and-wars
