Textual description of firstImageUrl

John Singer Sargent | Madame Ramon Subercaseaux, 1880-81

This portrait is a collaboration between a young artist establishing himself in the Parisian art world and a young couple with progressive tastes.
It depicts Amalia Subercaseaux (1860-1930), wife of Chilean consul and artist Ramón Subercaseaux (whose portrait hangs nearby), seated at a piano in the couple’s elegant and stylish residence on the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne.
Working within an established portrait tradition, Sargent assimilates evolving ideas about representation and identity.


Textual description of firstImageUrl

Sir William Russell Flint | Raquel And Manuela

Sir William Russell Flint (British, 1880-1969) was surely the greatest watercolour painter of the last century. In a lifetime spanning almost ninety years he fulfilled the role of devoted husband and father, medical illustrator, naval officer, etcher and painter. He enjoyed a dedicated following, was honoured and admired by his peers, and knighted by his monarch.

Textual description of firstImageUrl

Evariste Carpentier | Love is in the air

Évariste Carpentier, (1845 in Kuurne - 1922 in Liège), was a Belgian painter of Genre scenes and animated landscapes. Over the years, his painting evolved from the academic art to Impressionism. He is, alongside Emile Claus, one of the earliest representatives of Luminism in Belgium.
Textual description of firstImageUrl

Portrait of Edouard Manet - Carolus Duran, 1880

Portrait of Édouard Manet, 1880 - Paris, Musée d'Orsay

Portrait of Édouard Manet, 1880
Textual description of firstImageUrl

Claude Monet | Irises in the Garden at Giverny, 1900


With his garden, Monet was able to manipulate nature to his needs. In order to paint nature with the most vibrant colors, he was able to hand pick the plants and flowers in nature. If one petal was too dirty, Monet was able to clean it.
Textual description of firstImageUrl

Michael Tolleson | Abstract Palette Knife painter


"My art travels between two paths; one more realistic and the other more abstract and soul based.
Examining my ability to paint; every stroke is instinctual since I have no training, and I rely on the use of the huge amount of stored information my Aspergers mind has observed and retained. Each painting a now create, regardless of size, is painted in less than 1 hour. When photographed during the process of creating a finished piece of artwork, my hand appears as a blur due to the movement of my hand and quickness of the application of paint to the canvas. This is the genius of a mind with Aspergers. In many ways I feel possessed during the actual act of painting, and I am reluctant to take credit for the finished work resting on the easel when I am done. What I do know is that the exploration of using a palette knife last year released me, and my use of brushes has now become less calculated and exact which allows the results to be much more impressionistic. I can now freely use both a palette knife and a brush while painting to get the desired results. The finished outcome is always a surprise to me".
Textual description of firstImageUrl

Anke Merzbach, 1959 | Surrealist photographer

Anke Amelie Merzbach è una creatrice di immagini e fotografa Tedesca.
Dopo aver studiato educazione, ha inizialmente lavorato per 20 anni come giornalista alla pubblicazione di un giornale di educazione ai media.
Dal 2004 si dedica completamente al lavoro come image maker.
In tal modo, mette spesso in scena immagini dall'aspetto surreale in cui l'obiettivo è ritrarre le persone.
In contrasto con l'attività di semplice messa in scena e raffigurazione di un fotografo, si considera una creatrice di immagini.
Lei è uno degli artisti surrealisti.


Textual description of firstImageUrl

Oskar Kokoschka | The Elbe Near Dresden, 1921

Oskar Kokoschka | The Elbe Near Dresden, 1921 | Detroit Institute of Arts

Artwork detail by the Detroit Institute of Arts:

This picture most likely depicts the view from the window of Kokoschka’s studio in Dresden, from which he enjoyed a splendid view of the Elbe River, its bridges, and the houses on the far shore.
The three elements of the landscape - water, embankment, and sky - are suggested by bold patches of bright color, and the simple, strongly horizontal composition emphasizes the low buildings and the river’s edge.
Painted between 1919, when Kokoschka moved to Dresden, and 1921, this painting is one of the earliest works by the artist to have been acquired by a U.S. museum.

Textual description of firstImageUrl

Claude Monet ~ The Japanese Footbridge


Japanese Footbridge is an oil painting by Claude Monet. It was painted in 1899. It measures 81.3 x 101.6 cm (32 x 40 in.) It hangs in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
In the last decades of Monet's life, his prized water garden at Giverny became a subject the artist explored obsessively, painting it 250 times between 1900 and his death. Eventually, it was his only subject. He began construction of the water garden as soon as he moved to Giverny, petitioning local authorities to divert water from a nearby river. The resulting landscape was Monet's invention entirely, and he used it as his creative focus and inspiration.

Textual description of firstImageUrl

Julie Ford Oliver ~ Still Life





An illustrator for more than 25 years, I returned to fine art after my last child graduated from college. I currently paint in a variety of media allowing the subject matter to guide my choices. I work out of a spacious studio situated next to my house in  Las Cruces, New Mexico, and another studio on Main Street, downtown Las Cruces. This also where I teach painting. I have found that I am happiest when I am at the easel, with both my daily painting discipline or passing on what I know to the talented artists who join me in the adventure of life long learning.
In addition to a one-woman show at the Americana Museum, El Paso, Texas, my work has been exhibited internationally and nationally in many shows including the book and exhibition Desert Echo Woman’s Museum, Dallas, Texas, and Along The Rio Grande at the Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso, and The Museum of the Department of the Interior, Washington, DC.
Textual description of firstImageUrl

Ivailo Petrov, 1965 | Bulgaria


L'artista Bulgaro Ivaylo Petrov è nato a Sofia, in Bulgaria.
Si è laureato alla Scuola di Belle Arti di Sofia nel 1984-1990 ed al 1995 ha studiato presso l'Università Bulgara di Belle Arti.
Insegna all'Università di Architettura dal 1996.
Ha tenuto numerose mostre in Italia, Spagna, Austria, Belgio, Germania, USA, Repubblica Ceca.

Textual description of firstImageUrl

Thomas Sully ~ Portrait painter

Thomas Sully 1783-1872 was an British-born American painter, one of the finest U.S. portrait painters of the 19th century. Sully’s parents moved to the United States in 1792, settling in Charleston, S.C. He was a pupil of Gilbert Stuart in Boston (1807) and of Benjamin West in London (1809) and was influenced by the portrait artist Sir Thomas Lawrence. After 1810 he made Philadelphia his home, although in 1838 he visited London to paint a full-length portrait of the young Queen Victoria for the Society of the Sons of St. George of Philadelphia. His masterpiece in portraiture is “Col. Thomas Handasyd Perkins” (1831–32; Boston Athenaeum); his best known painting is “The Passage of the Delaware” (1819; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Sully was an industrious painter who worked rapidly; he left about 2,000 portraits, a number of miniatures, and more than 500 subject and historical pictures. His paintings are elegant and romantically warm, emphasizing an economy of form and of colour, but his later work suffered from the sentimentality of the mid-19th century. /Encyclopædia Britannica/
Textual description of firstImageUrl

Pat Brennan | Surreal Fantasy


Having been a traditional artist all my life, in the last two years I have discovered a great affinity for digital artwork in all its forms. A gift from my daughter of a computer complete with software started me on a path of discovery.
In March 2006, I joined Deviant Art. Being a part of this community encouraged me to further my knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter. I now work with a digital brush as easily as a real one.

Textual description of firstImageUrl

William Fettes Douglas (1822-1891)

Pittore Scozzese autodidatta, Sir William Fettes Douglas fu direttore della National Gallery of Scotland nel 1877 e cinque anni dopo, presidente della Royal Scottish Academy.
Sir William Fettes Douglas nacque a Edimburgo nel 1822 e ricevette la sua prima educazione alla Southern Academy e successivamente alla High School.
Suo padre, il signor James Douglas, contabile della Banca Commerciale, era lui stesso un artista dilettante di una certa abilità, e fu in accordo con il suo desiderio che suo figlio entrò al servizio della Banca, servizio in cui continuò per dieci anni.


Textual description of firstImageUrl

John Gulich ~ A Violin Concerto, 1898


Textual description of firstImageUrl

Tristan Elwell | Pop Surrealist illustrator


Tristan Elwell è un artista, illustratore ed insegnante Americano.
Nato e cresciuto a New York City dove si è diplomato alla High School of Music and Art ha poi proseguito gli studi alla School of Visual Arts dove si è laureato nel 1990.
I dipinti di Tristan Elwell sono apparsi su centinaia di copertine di libri, giochi di carte collezionabili, copertine di riviste e campagne pubblicitarie internazionali.

Textual description of firstImageUrl

Frank Markham Skipworth | A dancing girl, 1889

Frank Markham Skipworth (1854 Castor, Lincolnshire - 1929 London) was a very well known painter of portraits, genre and historical subjects.
He studied for two years at the Lincoln School of Art, for three years at the Royal Academy Schools, under Sir Edward John Poynter (1836-1919)) and finally in 1883-84 was a pupil of the famous Adolphe William Bouguereau in Paris.

Frank Markham Skipworth | Zora, a Dancing Girl, 1889

Textual description of firstImageUrl

Sidney Harold Meteyard (1868-1947)

I am Half-Sick of Shadows - Said the Lady of Shalott, 1913
Textual description of firstImageUrl

Thomas Alexander Ferguson Graham | Alone in London, 1894

Thomas Alexander Ferguson Graham (1840-1906) was born in Kirkwall, Orkney but moved to Edinburgh after the death of his father.
In January 1855 he enrolled as a student at the Trustees' Academy where he was a pupil of Robert Scott Lauder (1803-1869).
Fellow students under Lauder included William McTaggart, William Quiller Orchardson, John Pettie and George Paul Chalmers.


Textual description of firstImageUrl

Richard Westall ~ Helen of Troy and Paris

 - The Reconciliation of Helen and Paris after his Defeat by Menelaus, 1805