8th Nov 2019
Born in 1852 in Philadelphia, PA, Edwin Austin Abbey studied for a short period of time at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Christian Schuessele. At the age of 14 he took a position a…
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8th Nov 2019
Born in 1880 in Munich, Germany, Franz Marc is thought of as one of the major figures in the German Expressionist movement and was an original member of Der Blaue Reiter, a group of German Expressi…
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8th Nov 2019
Born in 1811 in Virginia, George Caleb Bingham and is known for his remarkable paintings depicting political and social life on the frontier, as well as landscapes and portraits. He is believed to…
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8th Nov 2019
Born in 1594 as Jacopo Robusti in Venice, Italy, Tintoretto is considered a master of 16th century Venetian painting. He apprenticed with Titian and studied the styles of many of Italy’s most promin…
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29th Oct 2019
Edwin Deakin became famous as an American landscape painter. He was born in Sheffield, England on May 21, 1838 and developed an early interest in ancient castles, old churches and romantic ruins. E…
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17th Sep 2019
Abbott Handerson Thayer was an American naturalist and teacher who painted portraits of mostly figures, animals and landscapes. He is also well recognized today for his paintings of ethereal angels…
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16th Sep 2019
Charles Wilson Peale is best known for his portraits of the American Revolution, and founder of the first ever major museum in the early United States, but realistically, painting was only one face…
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