Peder Severin Krøyer: 18 cool facts

Many of Peder Severin Kroyer’s paintings depict beach scenes, showing casual beach life and local fishermen. Peder Severin Kroyer, summer night with Anna Ancher and Marie Kroyer at Skagen South Beach, 1893. He is one of the most famous and popular artists in Skagen, and the most dynamic community of Danish and Nordic artists living, …

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23 facts about Georges Seurat

Georges Pierre Seurat ( SUR-ah, -⁠uh, suu-RAH,French: [ʒɔʁʒ pjɛʁ sœʁa]; 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist. He is best known for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism as capably as pointillism. While less well-known than his paintings, Seurat’s conté crayon drawings have along with garnered a great deal of …

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21 facts about Luis López Piquer

He is the son of Vicente López Portana and the brother of Bernardo López Picker; two famous artists. Thanks to his father’s influence, he was a “Pinto role model” for the court of Ferdinand VII, and at the age of 19 he was able to exhibit a painting (“Saint Peter and the Paralyzed”) at the …

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16 facts about Emily Mary Osborn

Emily Mary Osborn (1828–1925), or Osborne, was an English painter of the Victorian era. She is known for her pictures of children and her genre paintings, especially on themes of women in distress. Osborne was one of the most prominent painters of the Victorian era, and two of her works were purchased by Queen Victoria. …

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Ludwig von Hofmann: 15 cool facts

Ludwig von Hofmann (17 August 1861, Darmstadt – 23 August 1945, Pillnitz) was a German painter, graphic player and designer. He worked in a captivation of the Art Nouveau and Symbolist styles. His perform was allocation of the painting matter in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Ludwig Von Hofmann Ludwig von Hofmann …

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