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Condo paints cartoon characters, clowns, grotesque nudes, priests,&always tries to depict the most abject and macabre aspects within his portraiture. He always manages to surprise with new paintings.The fusion of style &his striking portraits has aided his success, since the 80s
Abercrombie painted many variations of her favored subjects: sparsely furnished interiors, barren landscapes, self-portraits,& still-lifes. She also drew inspiration from her dreams as a "self-proclaimed" source for her paintings to convey reality, but with illusions of fantasy.
Leyster's work can be distinguished from that of Hals through her generally more discordant handling of colour, her sketchier treatment of hands, the wryly distorted smiles of her figures and her altogether flightier brushwork.
Otto van Veen ( 1556 - 1629 ) 1.Allegory of the Temptations of Youth, 1648 ); 2. The artist and his family. Detail representing the cat and the child, undated. 3. The Last Supper, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain.
Due to the centenary of Lucian Freud’s birth 1922-2011, the Thyssen Bornemisza M.& the National Gallery,Uk are presenting a retrospective. His painting was a constant quest for the truth,which led him to work from life, in front of the subject,sometimes over the limits of decency
Albrecht Dürer’s visual personification of melancholy in his engraving Melencolia I. It shows a dejected, winged figure completely lacking in inspiration, despite the fact she is surrounded by tools, repositories of knowledge & other sources of stimulation. Dürer inspired E.Munch
Munch’s text contains a brief reflection on the significance of a human life:What is greatness? – Infinitesimal compared to the stars
What is smallness? Great compared to its atoms– which are constellations. Under the Stars 1900/05 Starry Night II, 1922/24 Encounter in Space,1898
In 1943,Levy began his last existing painting titled Woman Playing the Guitar. On 12/ 12/43, after the German occupation, he was arrested & imprisoned at Le Murate;transferred to San Vittore in Milan.1/30/44, he was put on a train for Auschwitz. Same where Italian Sen. Segre, was
First Professional American Woman Artist
Sarah Miriam Peale was America’s 1st professional female artist. An artistic career of sixty years during which she lived on her own & supported herself with her art Considered the leading portrait painter in Baltimore & St.Louis, 19th C.