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George Bellows - Info, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Bellows was born in Columbus, Ohio. As a teenager he had two main interests - sport and art. Throughout college he was a star athlete, and later in life he often turned enthusiastically to sport to provide engaging subject material.
In 1904, on completing a course at Ohio State University, Bellows moved to New York City, to study at the New York School of Art. One of his tutors at the...
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Life of Gustav Klimt - Info, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Klimt was born to a poor family - his father was a migrant from Bohemia, who worked as an engraver. When a teenager, Klimt enrolled at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts, where he continued studying until the age of 21.
Klimt joined forces with his brother Ernst and a fellow student to form a small interiors painting concern. Together they made a successful team, creating impressive murals in large public buildings.
But in 1892, Klimt lost both his...
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James M Whistler - Info, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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James McNeill Whistler was born in Lowell Massachusetts. In 1842, his father, a well respected railroad engineer, gained work in St Petersburg, as a consultant to Czar Nicholas, advising on the newly planned St Petersburg - Moscow route. The whole family made the move to Russia. The young Whistler began his artistic education by attending the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. In 1849, his father...
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Thomas Eakins - Description, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Thomas Eakins grew up in Philadelphia. His father was a master calligrapher, and the young Eakins was instilled with an enthusiasm for careful and accurate line drawing. After finishing high school, Eakins went on to study drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In addition to his art coursework, he attended anatomy and dissection at the Jefferson Medical College, and for a time considered becoming a surgeon. On leaving college Eakins worked as a calligraphy...
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Johannes Vermeer - Info, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Johannes (or Jan) Vermeer lived in the Dutch town of Delft all his life.His paintings are superbly detailed and colored. It"s easy to imagine that he was consumed by an obsessive perfectionism which meant that each painting took months, if not years.Perhaps this was the reason why Johannes Vermeer was never well-off, and died leaving a wife and 11 children in debt.His work was entirely forgotten for over 200 years, until the 1850s, when a Frenchmen...
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Paul Gauguin - Description, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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As a 5 year old, Gauguin travelled to Peru. During the long voyage, his father fell ill and died. The young Gauguin lived with his mother and sister in Peru for 4 years.At 17, Gauguin joined the merchant Navy for a 3 year stint of military service. On his return to Paris, he successfully pursued a career as a stockbroker. He met and married a Danish woman, Mette Sophie, with whom he had 5...
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Jackson Pollock Artwork - Info, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800, Videos
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Paul Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming. His family moved to Arizona, and then on to Chico in California. Showing a keen interest in painting, he took up an opportunity to study at LA"s Manual Arts High School. After finishing his studies in LA his education continued when he moved to New York City with his brother Charles, to attend the Art Students League of New York.From there he drifted into working with the WPA artists project - for many years his...
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THE List Of Best Artists
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THE List Of Best Artists including many of your favorites like "Gustav Klimt", "Claude Monet", "Van Gogh", "Johannes Vermeer", "Henri Matisse", "Grant Wood" and more. Includes pictures, wallpapers (1280x1024, 1024x768, 1280x800 resolutions).
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Jasper Johns - Info, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Jasper Johns was born in Augusta Georgia. When still a child, his family moved to Allendale SC, where he attended school till his late teens. He was keen on drawing and painting from a very young age, saying when just 5 years old that he wanted to be an artist. After school, he continued his education by studying briefly at the University of South Carolina, followed by the Parsons School of Design in New...
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Claude Monet - Information, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Monet discovered his artisitic talent early. As a teenager he drew charcoal portraits of friends and family, which he would sell for 20 francs.In 1861, Monet went to Algeria with the army for 7 year military service. But just a year later his father paid off his commission, and Monet signed up at art school in Paris. While at art school, Monet met...
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Edward Hopper - Info, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Edward Hopper grew up in the small town of Nyack, New York state, on the banks of the Hudson river. From an early age he developed an interest in drawing and painting. His parents, keen that Edward could turn his love of art into a living, suggested he looked at commercial art as a career option.
So after finishing high school, Hopper enrolled on a course in commercial art at the New York...
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Willem De Kooning - Information, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Willem de Kooning was born in Rotterdam in Holland. When he was 5 years old, his parents divorced. From then on, De Kooning was raised by his mother and stepfather. From a young age De Kooning showed a keen interest in painting, and when he was a teenager his parents arranged for him to attend the Rotterdam Fine Arts Academy, where he studied for over 7 years.
At the age of 22, De Kooning stowed away on a ship bound to the US, settling first in New Jersey. After...
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John Singer Sargent - Info, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Though usually thought of as an American painter, John Singer Sargent lived most of his life in Europe. He was born in Florence, Italy, to wealthy American parents. He began his artist"s education at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, before moving to Paris to study under Emile Carolus-Duran. Sargent showed an natural proficiency at portrait painting - so much so his paintings achieved the distinction of showing at the Paris Salon, to widespread critical...
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