Laureano Barrau

Laureano Barrau (1863-1957) La lectura
When Laureano was 47 he came to the island of Ibiza. Enraptured by the charm and beauty of the island he resolved to make it his home. He settled with his wife in the town of Santa Eulalia del Rio where he painted what is considered his best work full of light and colour. He remained in Santa Eulalia for the rest of his life. He died in 1957 at the age of 94 and is buried in the cemetery in Santa Eulalia. Ref. Wikipedia

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847-1928) On the Terrace, Algiers

One of Bridgman's most recognized Orientalist images, "A Street Scene in Algeria", is exceptional for its biographical and historical significance. Many of its details can be considered "signature" motifs of the artist, and its subject, a pointed record of travel. In keeping with Bridgman's tendency in the 1880s to focus on intimate domestic subjects, two seated male figures are given pride of place in the center of the composition, gesticulating while they chat. Ref. Wikipedia

Antonio Capel

Antonio Capel (f. 1960) Miaus à janela
Self-taught artist. From childhood showed their innate qualities for drawing and painting. He made his first exhibition when he only eleven years old. Thereafter, each year held another exhibition. In the fourteen years of age exhibited his work in Switzerland, where he was regarded by local critics as a genius of painting, because as stated, was not known at that time to any artist with the ability to perform works such as that such an early age. Ref. Wikipedia

Henri-Charles Guerard

Henri-Charles Guerard (1846-1897) Still life (1875)
A fine French nineteenth century painter, woodcut artist and etcher, Henri Guerard first exhibited his art at the Paris Salon in 1870. A master of technique, Guerard was well known for his etchings both in black and white and in colors. He was also instrumental in introducing Japanese art to the Western world and illustrated Louis Gonse's, L'Art Japonais. Ref. Art of the Print

Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer (1836-1910) Sailing the Catboat (~1876)
Winslow Homer är ansedd som en av de förnämsta av 1800-talets amerikanska målare och en av de mest kända inom amerikansk kultur.

Paula Rego

Paula Rego (f. 1935) Crow (Corvus corone) (1994)

Emma Fordyce MacRae

Emma Fordyce MacRae (1887-1974) Melina in Green (1930)

She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten, a group of women artists who worked and exhibited together. Her work — including still lives and paintings of women — shows the influence of Asian flower paintings and of Seurat. Ref. Wikipedia

Suzanne Valadon

Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) Marie Coca et sa fille Gilberte (1913)

Detta porträtt av konstnärens brorsdotter, Maria Coca och hennes dotter Gilberte, tillhör en grupp målningar av Suzanne Valadons familj.

André Bauchant

André Bauchant (1873-1958) Flowers (1955)

Camille Bombois

Camille Bombois (1883-1970) The white horse

The paintings of his maturity are bold in color, featuring strong contrasts of black, bright reds, blues and electric pinks. Drawing from his own experiences, he often painted circus performers and landscapes with fishermen. His paintings of women are emphatic in their carnality, and his landscapes are notable in their careful attention to space, and to the effects of reflected light on water. Bombois' works are on view in many public collections, notably the Musée Maillol in Paris.

Claude Monet

Claude Monet (1840-1926) Pièce de boeuf (~1864) Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Desillusionerad med den traditionella konsten som lärdes ut vid universitet gick Monet 1862 med i Charles Gleyres studio i Paris, där han mötte Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Frederic Bazille och Alfred Sisley. Tillsammans delade de ett nytt närmande till konsten, genom att måla effekterna av ljus utomhus med brutna färger och snabba penseldrag, det som senare blev känt som impressionismen. Ref. Wikipedia

Peter de Wint

Peter de Wint (1784-1849) Turnips

De Wint's life was devoted to art; he painted admirably in oils, and he ranks as one of the chief English watercolorists. "No artist", asserted Alfred William Rich, "ever came nearer painting a perfect picture than did Peter de Wint". Ref. Wikipedia

Paul Nash

Paul Nash (1889-1946) The Salient, Ypres (1917)

Nash used his opportunity as a war artist to bring home the full horrors of the conflict. As he wrote to his wife from the front on 16 November, 1917:

"I am no longer an artist. I am a messenger who will bring back word from the men who are fighting to those who want the war to go on for ever. Feeble, inarticulate will be my message, but it will have a bitter truth and may it burn their lousy souls."

Joseph Kutter

Joseph Kutter (1894-1941) Le cheval de bois (1937) Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg

He exhibited a talent for art at an early age and attended the Arts and Crafts School in Luxembourg before continuing his studies in Strasbourg and Munich (1911-1914) and, after World War I, at the Munich Academy (1917-1918).

Edgard Wiethase

Edgard Wiethase (1881-1965) Vrouw in bloementuin (1920)

Edgard Wiethase was a Realist painter and watercolourist of landscapes, rural scenes, interiors, portraits, and still lifes. He received his artistic training at the Academy of Antwerp and the NHISKA under the tutorship of the famous animal painter Frans Van Leemputten. He was a member of the artistic group "Als Ik Kan" in 1903. Eventually, Wiethase moved eventually to the outskirts of Brussels. His works have a certain stylistic connection with the technique used to paint frescos and his later works can be recognized by their particularly bright colours.

Rik Wouters

Rik Wouters (1882-1916) Lezende vrouw

Lyonel Feininger

Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) Uprising (1910)

In 1911, Feininger exhibited six paintings in the Salon des Indépendents where he got to know Robert Delaunay. French Cubism left a deep impression on him. He also becomes acquainted with the expressionist group Die Brücke, and his friendship with Alfred Kubin begins.

Franz Marc

Franz Marc (1880-1916) Aktonit Katze (1910)

Franz Marc var en av grundarna av Der Blaue Reiter i München 1911. Han samarbetade med Vasilij Kandinskij och försökte utforska färgens expressiva värde. Detta sysslande med färgen hade delvis inspirerats av de orfistiska målningarna av Robert Delaunay, vilken han besökte i Paris 1912 tillsammans med August Macke, och förmodligen också av Goethes färglära. Ref. Wikipedia

Alexej von Jawlensky

Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941) Alexander Sakharoff (1909)

Under en vistelse i Frankrike 1905 blev han djupt imponerad av Matisse och hans fria sätt att använda sig av färgen. Han gick 1909 med i Kandinskijs Nya konstnärsföreningen i München. Hans tidiga verk (1911-1914) avslöjar ett av Kandinskij inspirerat intresse för att uttrycka känslor med hjälp av starka färger och ett våldsamt utförande, men i hans mogna verk, till exempel Huvud (1935), hålls formerna tillbaka genom en kubistisk uppbyggnad, och bilden har en djupare,ikonliknande mystik. Ref. Wikipedia

Oskar Kokoschka

Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) Double Portrait of Trudl (1931) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

For the Austrian Expressionist painter and writer Oskar Kokoschka, the years of the Great War of 1914-1918 marked a decisive period both in his personal life and in his professional career. His three-year tempestuous love affair with Alma Mahler, widow of the composer Gustav Mahler and the major inspiration for Kokoschka's work, ended badly when Alma aborted their child. Meanwhile, Kokoschka, pacifist and humanitarian by nature and education, volunteered for military duty and was gravely wounded in 1915 while fighting at the Ukranian front. Ref. The Journal of the American Medical Association

Stanislas Lepine

Stanislas Lepine (1835-1892) Un quai à Caen

Lépine's favorite subject was the Seine, which he was to paint in all its aspects for the rest of his life. He participated in the first Impressionist exhibition, held at Nadar's in 1874, although he is generally not considered an Impressionist. His paintings are placid in mood and are usually small in scale. Lépine was awarded the First Prize medal at the Exposition of 1889. He died suddenly in Paris in 1892. Ref. Wikipedia

Otto Scholderer

Otto Scholderer (1834-1902) The Flower Arrangement

Otto Scholderer främsta konstnärliga arbete består av porträtt och stilleben. Numera ser vi Scholderer som en viktig länk mellan romantik och impressionism.