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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This is Caroline Armington

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 …

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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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