Ludwig Passini | The pretty fruit vendor / La bella venditora di frutta

Ludwig Johann Passini (1832-1903) was an Austrian narrative and genre painter and printmaker.

Ludwig Passini was born on 9 July 1832 in Vienna, the son of the engraver Johann Nepomuk Passini - the Passini family moved to Trieste in 1850.

On 9 November 1864 Passini married Anna Warsaw (1841-1866) at Berlin, she the daughter of Robert and Mary Warschauer, the great-granddaughter of banker Joseph Mendelssohn and the great-great-granddaughter of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn.

Guillaume-Charles Brun | Young Rag Seller, 1870

Charles Guillaume Brun (Montpellier, 1825 - Paris, 1908) was registered in 1847 at the Paris Beaux-Arts school, where he studied under the direction of François- Edouard Picot (1786-1868) and of Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889)**.
His participation in the Paris Salon began in 1851 with genre subjects (Young girl doing her morning prayer), but as soon as 1853, he regularly sent Orientalist scenes, located in Algeria (Prayer in 1859, Rendez-vous in Constantine in 1861, Moorish woman in 1867), strongly architecturally designed, animated with sharp contrasts in lighting effects and showing a fine sensitivity while modulating his grays. 

In addition to numerous landscapes of Algeria, he was also known as military portraitist, painting accurately uniforms, and he naturally became official painter to the Ministry of War, where he worked with Alexandre Cabanel**. He was also the author of decoration of churches, including that of Villemomble (Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, 1857). Brun became a member of the French Artists society from 1883.

Edvard Munch | Girls on the Bridge, 1899

Girls on a Bridge
Edvard Munch
Date: 1899 - 1900
Style: Expressionism
Period: European period
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Private Collection

Perhaps more than any of Munch's painting, Girls on the Bridge has gained a wide measure of justly deserved popularity. The theme engaged and held Munch's interest through many versions in paint and print, from the waning years of the nineteenth century to his old age.

Antonietta Brandeis | The Ponte Vecchio, Florence

Antonietta Brandeis was born in Miskowitz, Austria in 1849. She studied under Karel Javurek in Prague before moving to Venice to become a pupil at the Academy.

The development of international tourism in the nineteenth century meant that many more people were travelling to the beauty spots of Europe.

Venice was a very popular destination for these travellers and the demand for paintings of Venice grew. This demand resulted in an influx of artists to Venice who all produced topographical views of the city and its environs.

Vincent van Gogh | Irises, 1890

Title: Irises

Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853-1890, Auvers-sur-Oise)

Date: 1890

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 29 x 36 1/4 in. (73.7 x 92.1 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Gift of Adele R. Levy, 1958

Accession Number: 58.187

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 825.

Vincent Van Gogh | White Roses, 1890

Yannick Bouchard (Canadian, 1982)

I am not claiming myself as a "surrealist artist", but my art is undeniably marked by their influence. I was also very impressed by some notable fantasy artists; the way they depict beauty and sensuality, and how they bring grandiose imaginary worlds to life.

Overall, my paintings are more or less a mixture of all those types; surrealism, fantasy with a touch of symbolism and even sometimes macabre.

Vincent Van Gogh | A Girl in White in the Woods, 1882

Girl in White in the Woods is an oil painting created in 1882 by Vincent van Gogh.
Of a study that Van Gogh made for Girl in a Wood or Girl in White in the Woods, he remarked at how much he enjoyed the work and explains how he wishes to trigger the audience's senses and how they may experience the painting:

Pietro Annigoni (1910-1988)

Pietro Annigoni è uno dei più noti pittori Italiani del '900. Artista di grande carisma, nato in un secolo di grandi rivoluzioni e contestazioni, ha impegnato le sue capacità tecniche, uniche al mondo, per realizzare opere gigantesche e minuscole incisioni, ritratti, paesaggi e grandi composizioni allegoriche che hanno suscitato contrastanti reazioni di ammirazione o di rifiuto.

Artista ormai affermato in tutto il mondo, la rivista "Time" gli ha dedicato ben sette copertine, Pietro Annigoni ha saputo raccogliere intorno a se ed alla sua "bottega" una vera e propria scuola di tipo rinascimentale, assolutamente gratuita, liberamente frequentata da artisti molto diversi tra loro ed oggi affermati, quali Luciano Guarnieri, Marcello Tommasi, Romano Stefanelli, Nelso H. White, Fernando Berardini, Timothy Widborne, Silvestro Pistolesi, Dawn Cookso, Antoio Ciccone, Ben Long, Douglas Anderson, Luigi Falai e molti altri.

August Hagborg | Reflections On The Beach

August Wilhelm Nikolaus Hagborg (born in Gothenburg on 26 May 1852, died in Paris on 30 April 1921) was a Swedish painter.
After initial training received at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, August Hagborg came to Paris in 1875 to complete his training.

He maintained a studio for most of his career, and continuously exhibited at the Salons between 1876-1909.
An Important figure in the naturalistic movement at the turn of the century, often close to artists such as Jules Breton and Jules Bastien-Lepage, he often depicted scenes inspired by coastal Normandy.

Jean-François de Troy | Study of three figures

Jean-François de Troy, de Troy also spelled Detroy (baptized January 27, 1679, Paris, France - died January 26, 1752, Rome, Papal States [Italy]), French Rococo painter known for his tableaux de mode, or scenes of the life of the French upper class and aristocracy, especially during the period of the regency-e.g., Hunt Breakfast (1737) and Luncheon with Oysters (1735).
As a youngster he studied with his father, François de Troy (1645–1730), a portrait painter from Toulouse, but moved to Italy at 14 years of age.

Alena Plihal (Canadan painter)

Born in the Czech republic Alena as been established in Quebec for many years, Alena explores several techniques at her disposal to create vibrante paintings.

Since her firt work painting has been a deliverance and freedom!

The pictorial expression of Alena is passionate and communicative.

Debra Hill | Australia

Originaria di Sydney, in Australia, Debra risiede a New York.

Dalla diversa energia di Manhattan crea potenti pezzi narrativi tratti dalla sua immaginazione.

Eseguiti in olio su tela, i suoi stimolanti dipinti simbolici utilizzano una tavolozza di colori vibranti.

Debra ha studiato disegno dal vero e ritrattistica alla Paddington Art School di Sydney.

Il suo fascino per la figura combinato con la sua passione per la danza ha portato a pezzi figurativi dinamici in cui il soggetto quasi salta fuori dalla tela.

Claude Monet | Bridge at Argenteuil on a gray day, 1876

Bridge at Argenteuil on a Gray Day
Artist: Claude Monet
Date: 1876, Impressionism
Current location: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Original size: 24.0 x 31.6" (61 x 80.3 cm)

Armand Guillaumin | The rackets, 1880

Born Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin in Paris, Armand Guillaumin worked at his uncle's lingerie shop while attending evening drawing lessons.

He also worked for a French government railway before studying at the Académie Suisse in 1861.

There, he met Paul Cézanne and Camille Pissarro with whom he maintained lifelong friendships. While he never achieved the stature of these two, his influence on their work was significant.