|
HALS, Frans
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Dutch painter (b. 1580, Antwerpen, d. 1666, Haarlem). | ||||
|
|
||||
|
St Luke new3/HALS, Frans-392645.jpg Painting ID:: 29564 |
c. 1625 Oil on canvas, 70 x 55 cm | ||
|
|
||||
|
Pontormo, Jacopo
|
||||
|
|
||||
| b Pontormo, nr Empoli, 26 May 1494; d Florence, 31 Dec 1556). Italian painter and draughtsman. He was the leading painter in mid-16th-century Florence and one of the most original and extraordinary of Mannerist artists. His eccentric personality, solitary and slow working habits and capricious attitude towards his patrons are described by Vasari; his own diary, which covers the years 1554-6, further reveals a character with neurotic and secretive aspects. Pontormo enjoyed the protection of the Medici family throughout his career but, unlike Agnolo Bronzino and Giorgio Vasari, did not become court painter. His subjective portrait style did not lend itself to the state portrait. He produced few mythological works and after 1540 devoted himself almost exclusively to religious subjects. His drawings, mainly figure studies in red and black chalk, are among the highest expressions of the great Florentine tradition of draughtsmanship; close to 400 survive, forming arguably the most important body of drawings by a Mannerist painter. His highly personal style was much influenced by Michelangelo | ||||
|
|
||||
|
St Luke new4/Pontormo, Jacopo-299535.jpg Painting ID:: 32482 |
c. 1525 Oil on wood | ||
|
|
||||
|
GRECO, El
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Greek-born Spanish Mannerist Painter, 1541-1614 Greek painter, designer and engraver, active in Italy and Spain. One of the most original and interesting painters of 16th-century Europe, he transformed the Byzantine style of his early paintings into another, wholly Western manner. He was active in his native Crete, in Venice and Rome, and, during the second half of his life, in Toledo. He was renowned in his lifetime for his originality and extravagance and provides one of the most curious examples of the oscillations of taste in the evaluation of a painter, | ||||
|
|
||||
|
St Luke new16/GRECO, El-474889.jpg Painting ID:: 43763 |
Oil on canvas, 98 x 72 cm | ||
|
|
||||
|
El Greco
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Greek-born Spanish Mannerist Painter, 1541-1614 Considered a representative of late Renaissance Spanish art, El Greco was actually born in Greece, on the island of Crete. After studying in Venice under Titian, El Greco settled in Toledo, Spain in 1577. At the time he was wildly popular, his emotionally religious paintings being just the ticket for the hometown of the Spanish Inquisition. After his death his work was largely ignored until the beginning of the 20th century; now he considered one of the inspired geniuses of Western art. His distinctive style features bold shapes and colors, with elongated and slightly distorted figures. In Toledo El Greco was in constant demand and liked living large: he maintained a private orchestra to accompany his meals. | ||||
|
|
||||
|
St Luke new19/El Greco-426366.jpg Painting ID:: 52651 |
1605-10 Oil on canvas, 98 x 72 cm | ||
|
|
||||
|
El Greco
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Greek-born Spanish Mannerist Painter, 1541-1614 Considered a representative of late Renaissance Spanish art, El Greco was actually born in Greece, on the island of Crete. After studying in Venice under Titian, El Greco settled in Toledo, Spain in 1577. At the time he was wildly popular, his emotionally religious paintings being just the ticket for the hometown of the Spanish Inquisition. After his death his work was largely ignored until the beginning of the 20th century; now he considered one of the inspired geniuses of Western art. His distinctive style features bold shapes and colors, with elongated and slightly distorted figures. In Toledo El Greco was in constant demand and liked living large: he maintained a private orchestra to accompany his meals. | ||||
|
|
||||
|
St Luke new19/El Greco-236944.jpg Painting ID:: 53601 |
mk233 c.1605-1610 Oil on canvas 98x72cm | ||
|
|
||||
|
Also Buy::. For Following Paintings / Artists / Products, Please Use Our Search Online: |