Willem Kalf, baptized in Rotterdam on November 3, 1619, was one of the foremost still-life painters of the seventeenth century. His father, Jan Jansz Calff (Kalf), was a well-to-do textile merchant and town council member who died in 1625.
His luminous manner of painting highlights has often been compared to that of Vermeer
Born in Paris in 1832 to a wealthy family, Edouard Manet showed promise in drawing and caricature from an early age. After twice being denied admission to France’s prestigious Naval College, he enrolled in 1850 at the studio of academic artist Thomas Couture.
He soon adopted a free manner of painting that opposed the polished surfaces revered
The artist freely applied paint in a thick, textured, and opaque manner over a commercially
In 1775, Gilbert Stuart set sail for London where Benjamin West welcomed the destitute young man into his home. The Skater marks the end of his five-year apprenticeship to West.
of vigorous movement at all — had absolutely no precedent in Britain’s "Grand Manner
Toward the end of his early Leiden period, Jan Lievens created a series of tronies, or head studies, of older men and women. Even though he based them on the features of live models, these tronies were character studies rather than formal portraits.
By the early 1630s their manners became so similar that even contemporaries were
One of the most iconic works by the American photographer Margaret Bourke-White, Fort Peck Dam, Montana was published on the cover of the inaugural issue of Life magazine on November 23, 1936. Assigned by Henry Luce to cover the massive New Deal project, Bourke-White photographed the dam, the spillway, and daily life in the surrounding boomtown.
Even her own persona was crafted in this manner as newspapers remarked on her daring
Rembrandt had already depicted the artist Asselijn, Jan in such a manner, seated
or not, as Houbraken would like us to believe, Steen’s “paintings are as his manner
See how the massive moving sculpture was made and recently reinstalled.
The artist’s inventive works and playful manner prompted his longtime friend, playwright
Raised in Brooklyn, Walt Kuhn (born William but called Walt from a young age) developed an early interest in drawing and theater. In 1893 Kuhn took art classes at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.
The artist also painted many still lifes in a similarly bold, geometric manner.
