Famous Artists

My thoughts and opinions based on the great movie, books, and series of The Dark Crystal - one of Jim Hensen's creations.

What do you do with damaged canvases or flaky paint? Throw it away? I have compiled some reasons for restoration and some botched restorations.

Photo Click edit above to add content to this empty capsule. Text edit The Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace presents Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace.

People often say, I don’t understand art, or how should I look at art? Here are a few tips on understanding art that will help art beginners and art experts alike.

Figure Drawing Artist Paper: The Life, Process and Work of Frank Frazetta an Analysis of a Great Artist

This is an analysis and a description of the painting: “The Christian Martyrs’ Last Prayer” by Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904).

Albrecht Dürer was one of a small group of highly talented German artists who were born in the late 15th century. Dürer was particularly noted for his use of graphic art that allowed his work to become widely distributed throughout Europe in the form of prints.

Constance Lloyd, for some time, referred as Mrs. Oscar Wilde played a major, although a mostly uncredited role in the life of her genius husband. As evidence shows she was extremely talented too.

Pop Art started in the middle of the 1950s in Britain and soon spread across the Atlantic to the United States in the late 1950s.

Paul Detlefsen Prints. How to tell if yours is a print or an original painting.

This is the story of Jean-Antoine Watteau who immortalized a romantic era before wars and poverty changed the face of French art. Unfortunately, he died at the height of his powers, at the age of 36.

Many artists died before their time, denying the world the benefit of more years of beauty and creativity. This is the story of N.C. Wyeth, the great American illustrator.

The second article in a series celebrating the diverse and unique art of famous Australian Illustrators and Painters. Let me introduce: Frederick McCubbin

Who doesn’t know about his famous ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? or Judgment Day? or the statue David? Here are few facts about the great artist, Michelangelo, you may not know.

The first article in a series celebrating the diverse and unique art of famous Australian Illustrators and Painters. Let me introduce: d'Arcy W Doyle.

The Filipina (Filipino woman) as portrayed in one woman’s art

Georges Seurat is one of the most important Neo-Impressionists, considered the creator of the “pointillism”, in which small distinct points of primary colors create the impression of the other colors.

Grayson Perry creates detailed pots and tapestries and has an alter ego named Claire who dresses in outrageous gowns. He is also married with a child. A fascinating mix of convention and unorthodox.

He captured feelings and emotions people did not think were there but when discovered they captured the imagination and jokes of the world. This is the story of Jackson Pollock.

This is the story of an artist who didn’t begin her art till after her husband passed and she had free time on her hands. She was 71 and created Paper Mosaik botanical specimens: Mary Delany.

This is a story of an artist/photographer who didn’t live long but left an indelible mark and influence for the future generations of Fine Art Photographers: Francesca Woodman, 1958-1981.

For this artist, it is amazing that he found time for so many things and art too. But art became a tool to help him deal with the bouts of depression he suffered all his life: Winston Churchill.

Some artists succumbed to sickness, sadness and drug addiction before their work was done. This is the story of Aubrey Beardsley who died of tuberculosis before his 26th birthday. He died too young.

It’s so sad when anyone dies young, but doubly so for artists because there is so much more they could have done to make the world a more beautiful, colorful place. This is the story of Jan Vermeer.

Completely uneducated in art and considered a primitive and folk artist, Grandma Moses only began painting in earnest at the age of 78 when her husband died and left her some money. Her story next.

One of Carl Bloch's alterpieces has recently found a new home. Read about the purchase and how the people's interest in the painter and his work came to be.

A look into the Italian Renaissance church and its unique inspirational design.

Rene Gruau, world famous fashion illustrator set standard for fashion drawing. Gruau movie posters still highly sought after. Rene Gruau Moulin Rouge posters are museum pieces. Now collector's pieces

Select quotes and works by Caravaggio, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Gustave Courbet, Edvard Munch, Max Ernst, Francis Bacon, Rene Magritte, Mark Rothko

Charles Courtney Curran is an amazing American painter. He painted mostly women in different scenes, as you see here in this article. From another era, these pretty paintings are peaceful and lovely

Andretta became an abode of artists at the behest of Norah Richards and became their permanent or temporary home. The place became synonymous with Sobha Singh and his masterpiece Sohini-Mahiwal.

New York Times bestseller, children's picture books illustrator, and creative painter James Dean and his adoptive black cat he named Pete.

A short Norman Perceval Rockwell biography, as well as featured Rockwell paintings - originals, lithographs, and prints - and other related art up for sale (or auction).

The paintings of Sandro Botticelli from the Early Renaissance period show a gracefulness, a beauty and a rediscovery of classical antiquity.

Sorolla was a very popular and prolific Spanish painter - he was renowned as a painter of the colour of sunshine and light. Find out more about his Spanish version of Realism/Impressionism.

Famous Cornwall Artists - Discover the work of famous Cornwall artists

Dmitri Danish was a child prodigy in art. The artist Dmitri Danish was born in 1966 in the Ukraine. His artistic talent became evident very early in life when he would draw with a pencil before he could walk or communicate. His mother recognized...

Find out about Arthur 'Smike' Streeton - Australian Impressionist and one of Australia's best known landscape painters

How do you see late Turner? Blurred daubs, early Impressionism? Turner's career began under the tutelage of masters. His father exhibited early works in his Covent Garden shop alongside bespoke wigs.

One of the most beautiful painters of women over the centuries is Dante Gabriel Rossetti who lived during the Victorian Age in England and was an English painter and poet. His given name at birth was Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, but when he...

Learn what life was like for a woman artist in the 19th Century and learn about Mary Cassatt's paintings.

The phenomenal paintings done by Akiane Kramarik who started sketching amazing portraits at the age of 4. Her paintings are nothing short of a miracle and God is speaking through her artwork to deliver a message of peace and love to the world. There is, in my view, no other explanation for how a child of 9 could paint the first painting pictured in this hub called "Father Forgive Them"

Reverand Howard Finster had a dream of creating his own Garden of Eden with his art. His art has been shown to a worldwide audience when his art was on display at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

"Impressions, Sunlight" painted by Claude Monet, one of the originals of the Impressionist painters in Paris. wikipedia The above painting by Claude Monet started the beginning of the Impressionism Movement in art in Paris, France in the 19th...

La Maja Vestida (The Clothed Woman) by Francisco Goya The Prado Museum Madrid, Spain wikipedia One of the loveliest paintings, in my opinion, of all time is La Maja Vestida (The Clothed Woman) by Spain's renowned painter, Francisco Goya. At the...

A compendium of all the sites about botanical art and botanical artists and illustrators created by makingamark

Rob Gonzales is an artist from Canada. He has beautiful style paintings, like: Magical Realism, Seamless Transitions, and Surrealism. He can interpret the imagination in a canvas.

This article highlights career accomplishments and provides plenty of background information on Marcel Duchamp, one of the most influential modern artists of the twentieth century.

While Swiss artist H.R. Giger may have been known mostly for his creature designs in Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi film Alien , he had created hundreds, if not thousands, of other pieces of art in the forms of paintings, drawings, and sculptures. His...

Some say that handkerchief painting originated in Texas prisons. Many Mexicans were incarcerated in Texas jails during the 1940's. Most of them were Catholic and male. It is entirely possible that San Antonio had the largest share of Mexican prisoners in the world. Southern California being a close second.