Born #onthisday1543 Kanō Eitoku Japanese Azuchi-Momoyama period #painter & patriarch of Kanō school contributed rich symbolism of "monumental style" (taiga) to Kanō range characterized by bold fast brushwork emphasis on foreground & large motifs relative to his pictorial space
Born #onthisday1682 Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Venetian Rococo #painter #illustrator 1 of Venice’s outstanding 18th-century artists as art matured it evolved from 17th-century Italian Baroque traditions & embraced Rococo manner Director life drawing Venetian Academy (1750)
Born #onthisday1898 Sali Herman Swissa-born Australian #artist Official WWII War Artist in Pacific submitted 26 paintings to Australian War Memorial Known for #painting Sydney’s inner-city streets & slums Natives carrying wounded soldiers (1946) & The Drovers (1948) won …
… the way for acceptance of female artists Hale wrote History of Art: A Study of the Lives of Leonardo, Michelangelo Raphael Titian and Albrecht Dürer
Born #onthisday1785 Moya Dyring Australian #artist & one of first women artists to exhibit #Cubism inspired paintings in Melbourne Staged successful solo exhibition in Melbourne’s Riddell Gallery (1937) Later based in Paris then Vence & London post-WWII
… frequently named one greatest movie posters ever made Recognised in 1940s as the creator of 180+ Vargas Girls World War-II era pin-ups for Esquire magazine Created 152 paintings for Playboy magazine over 16 years as career flourished & he had major international exhibitions
Born #onthisday1896 Alberto Vargas iconic Peruvian watercolour & airbrush painter of pin-up girls Regarded as one of finest artists in his genre Early career worked as artist for Ziegfeld Follies & Hollywood studios Vargas' most famous film poster was 1933 The Sin of Nora Moran…
Born #onthisday1879 Othon Friesz French #artist of #Fauvist movement Later abandoned #Fauvism brilliant colours & lively arabesques & returned to a more sober palette simple tonality & logical composition A #Baroque air imbues #landscapes #stilllifes & #figurepainting
Born #onthisday1894 Horace Brodzky Australian-born #artist & writer Created most work in London & New York Embraced #paintings #drawing Back in England he was early pioneer of #linocuts Made no initial studies carefully erased pencil outline to give impression of spontaneity
Born #onthisday1900 Alison Rehfisch Australian #painter Began exhibiting at Blaxland Gallery (1929) Studied in London & Spain (1933 – 38) Took to painting #landscapes around Goulburn Moss Vale & Berrima & #stilllife Flower paintings undermined reputation as a serious painter