Category: Arts

Sayed Haider “S. H.” Raza (1922 – 2016)

Sayed Haider also known as S. H. Raza was a very famous Indian painter and was living and working in France since 1950. He used to work on mostly abstracts in acrylics or oil paints. He was a Padma Vibhushan(2013) Padma Bhushan(2007) and a fellow of Lalit Kala Akademi(1981), Padamshree(1981). On 10 June 2010, he became one of the priciest modern Indian artist when one of his work was sold for INR 16.42 Crore ($3,486,965).  His painting works ranged from expressionistic landscapes to abstract ones. He loved working with watercolors and later went on to work with themes of landscapes ... Read more

Annemarie Holloway | Australian Figurative Artist

Annemarie Holloway is an Australian Artist who specializes in Figurative, portraiture and landscapes. Her art works are so beautiful and very impressive. I personally liked her works very much. Check out some of her paintings below. I am sure you too will love them :) medianet_width=”600″; medianet_height=”250″; medianet_crid=’588304821′; <!- Source link

Illustrations By Sina Pakzad Kasra

Sina Pakzad Kasra was born in 1986 and is a Concept artist and an Illustrator. medianet_width = "600"; medianet_height = "250"; medianet_crid = "656251372"; medianet_versionId = "111299"; (function() { var isSSL = ‘https:’ == document.location.protocol; var mnSrc = (isSSL ? ‘https:’ : ‘http:’) + ‘//contextual.media.net/nmedianet.js? Source link

George Dunlop Leslie (1835-1921) – British Genre Painter

Hi all! Today I am going to share wonderful paintings by British Genre painter George Dunlop Leslie (1835-1921). He was an author, painter and illustrator. George was born in an artistic family and his father was a noted and very famous genre painter and his name was Charles Robert Leslie RA, Also George’s uncle Robert Leslie was a marine artist. George lived and worked in St John’s Wood (London Source link

Finnish Genre Painter "Albert Gustaf Edelfelt" (1854-1905)

Albert Gustaf Edelfelt was born on 21 July 1854 and lived till 18 August 1905. He was born in Porvoo, Finland and was the son of Carl Alvert Edefelt who was an architect. His parents were also Finnish and spoke Swedish. Albert started his formal art education in 1869 at the Drawing School of the Finnish Art Society. Albert was one of the earliest well-known Finnish Artist and Finnish Source link

Lovely Pencil Drawings by Ivan Alifan

Lovely Pencil Drawings by Ivan Alifan Have a look at some of the very beautiful pencil drawings by Ivan Alifan who is an Russia artist and currently residing in Canada. His art works have some kind of uniqueness and a great charm which can mesmerize any art lover. Though I am not able to collect much of this artist’s works by I am sharing of few examples of his art works. Hope you like these :) You Might Also Like: Source link

Belinda Del Pesco | British Still Life Painter

Belinda Del Pesco | British Still Life Painter ”Originally from New England, Belinda Del Pesco was raised in a family of immigré artists and inventors, where her creative expression was encouraged and flavored by influences from Italy, France, England and Canada. After earning a degree at the University of Massachusetts, she headed west, and set her artistic affinities aside to work in Public Relations in the Entertainment Industry. After a decade-long hiatus from art, a casual invitation to paint plein air re-ignited her love for watercolors, and she left the corporate world to paint full time in 2001. Since then, ... Read more

Lovely Paintings by "Jules-Joseph Lefebvre" – An Academic painter

Winner of the coveted Prix de Rome in 1861, Lefebvre fulfilled his early promise both as a painter of meticulously executed portraits and nudes and as a teacher: during his long career, he earned three Salon medals, was appointed to the French Academy of Fine Arts, and attained the rank of Commander in the Legion of Honor. A reviewer at the 1881 Paris Salon wrote the following about Source link

Gustave Jean Jacquet | French Academic Painter (1846-1909)

&nbsp;Gustave Jean Jacquet was an academic classical painting artist (1846-1909), he was born in 1846 on 25the May in Paris. He was known as a pupil of Bouguereau and he debuted at the Paris Salon in 1865 and exhibited under “The Reverie”, this exhibition showed that he was very much similar to his masters painting style. Gustave Jean was an award winning artist and had won numeral awards and Source link

Irish Artist "Stanhope Forbes" – A Plein Air Genre Painter

Check these beautiful paintings by Irish Artist "Stanhope Forbes"&nbsp; – A Plein Air Genre Painter. ( Source link