David Teniers the Elder (1582 – 29 July 1649), Flemish painter, was born at Antwerp. Having standard his first training in the painter’s art from his brother Juliaen, he studied below Rubens in Antwerp, and subsequently below Elsheimer in Rome; he became a believer of the Antwerp guild of painters in 1606. As he got older …
Melita Aitken (March 31, 1866 – August 28, 1945) was a Canadian writer and artist. She was born in Drumbo, Ontario and studied art taking into account Mary Dignam in Toronto and similar to John Vanderpoel at the Art Institute of Chicago. At first, Aitken painted portraits in oil but switched to painting flowers in …
Joachim Martin Falbe (11 June 1709 – 22 March 1782) was a German portrait painter. Born in Berlin in 1709, Falbe was instructed at first by Harper and progressive by A. Pesne. At Pesne’s counsel Falbe was appointed court painter of Prince August Ludwig von Anhalt-Köthen in 1739. Several etchings based upon Rembrandt’s paintings, or …
