Franciszek Żmurko (18 July 1859, Lviv – 9 October 1910, Warsaw) was a Polish realist painter. Żmurko began drawing lessons as a young boy in his hometown taking into account the painter Franciszek Tepa. As an adolescent he relocated to Kraków to examination at the Academy of Fine Arts where he took lessons from Professor …
Charles Henry Alston (November 28, 1907 – April 27, 1977) was an American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and hypothetical who lived and worked in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. Alston was responsive in the Harlem Renaissance; Alston was the first African-American proprietor for the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project. Alston meant and …
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, …
Andrea Buvina (also known as Andrija Buvina, or Andrea Guvina,Gavina or Gruvina ) was a 13th-century medieval Croatian sculptor and painter. His art is commonly associated with the Romanesque period. The wooden doorway in for the Cathedral of St. Duje in Split, is made by Andrija Buvina c. 1214, is the best known measure of …
Maurits Cornelis Escher created unique and fascinating artworks that explore and demonstrate a wide range of mathematical ideas. Born in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands in 1898, while he was in school, his family planned to continue his father’s construction career. He started his career as a graphic designer, making woodcuts and lithographs. Later, his half-brother, professor …
Caroline Helena Armington (1875–1939) was a Canadian born artist. Armington worked in a number of mediums including a large body of etchings. Her main practice consisted of painting and printmaking. In addition to her career as an artist, she also trained at Guelph General Hospital as a nurse. Armington has worked in a variety of …
Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located re the world as public works of art. As competently as sculpture, Moore produced many drawings, including a series depicting Londoners sheltering from the Blitz …
Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark; September 13, 1928 – May 19, 2018) was an American player associated once the pop art movement. His “LOVE” print, first created for the Museum of Modern Art’s Christmas card in 1965, was the basis for his 1970 Love sculpture and the widely distributed 1973 United States Postal Service “LOVE” …
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 …
