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Post by Woland on Jun 24, 2020 5:15:31 GMT -5
Francesco Lojacono (1838-1915) was born in Sicily, took part in Garibaldi's march on Rome and taken prisoner. Once released he taught in Naples then Palermo while painting landscapes
View of Palermo (1875)
Nikanor Chernetsov (1805-1879) was the younger brother of Grigory. After his studies in St. Petersburg he travelled through Crimea and along the Volga. Unprofitable painting travels in Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean forced him to focus on Russian landscapes.
View of Tiflis (1832)
Oscar Torna (1842-1894) grew up in southern Sweden, switching from the trades to art as a teenager and travelling to Germany and France to further his studies. Upon his successful return to Sweden he continued to paint en plein air, later he rebelled against the outdated teaching methods of the art schools, ill health would hamper his work until his death at 51 years of age.
Summer landscape in Justero (1892)
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Post by Woland on Jun 25, 2020 3:36:21 GMT -5
Ivan Choultsé (1874-1939) was a Russian painter with German ancestry. He studied electrical engineering while painting landscapes on the side, his earliest artistic success came in the 1910s. After the Revolution he settled in France, his works became more successful outside of Russia than inside: he had exhibitions in London and New York.
Winter Landscape
Dong Yuan (934-962) was a Chinese painter from Nanjing during the Southern Tang dynasty. An official by profession, he was one of the more important Chinese landscape artists of his time.
Xiao and Xiang Rivers
Andrew MacCallum (1821-1902) was born in Nottingham to Scottish parents. After leaving home at 21 he focused on art, travelling through Europe in his 30s once establishing himself in London.
View of Marathon (1874)
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Post by Woland on Jun 26, 2020 3:25:57 GMT -5
Jan van der Heyden (1637-1712) was an engineer and inventor with the municipal Amsterdam court who earned a little extra as a painter. He devised a street-lighting system for Amsterdam and organised firefighting services too. For his painting he mostly painted cityscapes, moving to still life in later age.
View of Oudezijds Voorburgwal with the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam (1670)
Jules Laurens (1825-1901) was a french artist who studied in Paris and later joined a scientific expedition to Turkey and Persia, creating hundreds of drawings and paintings earning his reputation as an Orientalist.
Lake and Fortress of Van in Armenia
Benjamin Champney (1817-1907) was born in New Hampshire, studied in Western Europe and befriended John Frederick Kensett. He was most known for his mountain paintings in New Hampshire, his summer home in Conway served as art studio for 50 years.
Winter scene, North Moat Mountain New Hampshire (1873)
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Post by Woland on Jun 27, 2020 4:52:09 GMT -5
Allan Edson (1846-1888) grew up in Quebec, earning money as a bookkeeper for an art dealer allowed him to mingle with fellow artists. He spent two years studying in London before returning to his native Canada, later in life he lived in France and London before returning back home again. At 41 he caught pneumonia on an expedition to paint winter scenes and passed away.
Lumberjacks on the St. Maurice River (1868)
Johann Martin Bernatz (1802-1878) was a German artist trained in Vienna. He joined expeditions crossing Egypt, The Holy Land, Istanbul and Ethiopia. He settled in Munich.
Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul
Francois Roffiaen (1820-1898) was born in West Flanders. He studied in Brussels and became mostly known for his Alpine landscapes, his paintings were admired by the Shah of Persia and Queen Victoria.
Banks of the Konigsee (Upper Bavaria)
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Post by Woland on Jun 27, 2020 16:00:40 GMT -5
Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) was an associate of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, he was born in Calais, moving between the French port and Kent in his early life, studying in Belgium before moving to France in 1841. In the 1850s he was getting much change out of the Royal Academy, later in his career he began making furniture and stained glass with William Morris, he moved to northern England because most of his patrons resided there, his final major work being the Manchester Murals in the city's Town Hall.
An English Autumn Afternoon (1854)
Janus la Cour (1837-1909) was a Danish landscape painter, despite a couple trips to Italy he spent most of his life painting in his native country.
Moesgard Shore (1890)
August Schaeffer (1833-1916) was an Austrian painter who later became director of the Museum of Art History in Vienna
Mondsee (1886)
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Post by Woland on Jun 28, 2020 5:39:57 GMT -5
Louise Ravn-Hansen (1849-1909) was born in Copenhagen, she studied at a private painting school for women while taking extra lessons from a flower painter and another notable Danish painter. In 1888 she signed a petition along with 22 female artists demanding women admittance to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, that same year a separate Royal Academy for women was established. Two years later she received a grant allowing her to study in Germany and Italy; on one trip to Berlin she accidently drowned in a river.
Landscape near Gyrstinge (1882)
Hippolyte Boulenger (1837-1874) was born in Tournai to French parents. He began studying art in Paris before moving back to his native Belgium, becoming a leading member of the Belgian version of the Barbizon school of painting; he has sometimes been called the Belgian Corot. A mixture of epilepsy and alcohol abuse ended his life early.
Josaphat Valley at Schaarbeek (1868)
Pierre-Louis de La Rive (1753-1817) was a Swiss painter. He studied natural philosophy and law before pursuing an art career. He studied in Dresden, later travelling around Europe to copy major artworks before settling in Switzerland. His en plein air style saw him referred to as the inventor of the Alpine landscape.
View of Mont Blanc from Sallanches at dusk (1802)
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Post by Woland on Jun 29, 2020 6:18:39 GMT -5
Hans Heyerdahl (1857-1913) was a Norwegian painter born in Sweden. He decided against following his father's footsteps (city engineer and fire chief) to take up drawing. During his career he stayed in Paris, Italy and Germany yet still kept Norway in his heart; during his usual summer painting in Asgardstrand he influenced another Norwegian painter called Edvard Munch.
View from Asgardstrand (1887)
William Linton (1791-1876) was born in Liverpool and grew up in Lancaster, attending school and taking holidays in Windermere (Lake District). He hated his job in a merchant office, he copied works from Claude Lorrain and Richard Wilson before moving to London to become an artist. His two trips through Italy and the Mediterranean gave him a slew of material to work with, at one point he was called "the next Turner."
Albanian Mountains with Corfu in the distance (1840s)
William Didier-Pouget (1864-1959) was a french artist born in Toulouse, his father used to take him on long walks through the countryside describing the flora. After studying in Paris he became well known for his colourful landscapes of southern France.
Morning in Limousin (1909)
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Post by Woland on Jun 30, 2020 4:24:10 GMT -5
Julie Hart Beers (1835-1913) was born in Massachusetts the daughter of Scottish immigrants. Without any formal art education she learned from her older brothers connected to the Hudson River school. In her 40s she moved to New Jersey with her second husband, setting up a studio there. She was a commercially successful female artist, quite rare in those days.
Hudson River at Croton Point (1869)
Jean Pierre Francois Lamoriniere (1828-1911) studied in Antwerp and visited the small French town of Barbizon. He painted his way across Europe, his paintings were bought by King Leopold of Belgium (he even received the equivalent of a Knighthood) until he lost his eyesight in 1898.
Fir Forest in Putte (1883)
Andreas Riis Carstensen (1844-1906) was born in Denmark, an extended stay in Quebec as a sailor prompted his interest in art. He served as a Navy conscript in the 2nd Schleswig War, couldn't enroll in the Franco-Prussian War. He studied art in Copenhagen, stayed in the US for a couple years and studied a little in Paris too. He also managed a painting trip to Greenland and Egypt before his death.
Summer day in Greenland (1880s)
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Post by Woland on Jul 1, 2020 4:42:31 GMT -5
Fritz Petzholdt (1805-1838) was a Danish painter who spent most of his artistic life in Italy. At 33 years old he was found dead in his hotel room with his throat cut.
Landscape at the old Veii (1835)
Thomas Roberts (1749-1778) was born into an artistic Irish family, he studied in his homeland and left for Portugal where he died.
Landscape with Slane Castle (1773)
Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872) was a Dutch-born artist who made his name in Canada. He studied in Germany, enlisted in the US Army, travelled in Europe and retired in Chicago where he died. He's most notable for his winter landscapes of Canada.
Winter Landscape, Laval (1862)
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Post by Woland on Jul 2, 2020 4:45:49 GMT -5
Olof Arborelius (1842-1915) was a Swedish painter who later became Professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts.
Lake view at Vastmanland (1893)
Walter Williams (1834-1906) was born into a family of painters with similar signatures and initials a nightmare for historians to ascribe works to. Living almost his entire life in Surrey, in 1902 his dire financial situation saw him enter a workhouse.
Anglers in a Mountainous river landscape at sunset
Francesco Guardi (1712-1793) was one of the final practitioners of the Venetian school of painting. He also painted religious subjects for his wealthy Venetian patrons.
View of the Cannaregio Canal (1770)
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