M. LOULOU
2007-5-30 5:11:41 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
" M. LOULOU " is made by famous artist Paul Gauguin ( 1848-1903 ).Paul Gauguin (goh GAN) was born in Paris, France. His father died while the family was moving to Peru. Paul with his mother and older sister Mari continued on to Peru an...
BLUEBOY
2007-5-29 5:5:19 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:2 | Quote:0 | Browse:
"BLUE BOY" IS MADE BY Gainsborough (1727-1788). The painting of The Blue Boy is perhaps the most well known works by Gainsborough (GAINZ burro). It is thought that it is a picture of Jonathan Buttall, who was the son of a wealthy hard...
THE READER
2007-5-29 4:57:45 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
THE READER is a famous painting made by Fragonard (1732-1806).Jean-Honore Fragonard ((frah gaw NAHR) was a French artist who lived in the 1700's. He was such a good artist that he won the Prix de Rome award which enabled him to study in Italy. His pa...
MARRIAGE FEAST AT CANA
2007-5-28 4:29:55 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
MARRIAGE FEAST AT CANA is made by Juan de Flandes (1465-1519 ).Juan de Flandes (WAHN de FLANDS) was born in the Netherlands sometime around 1465. He lived in Spain during the years when he was an artist.In 1498 Queen Isabella of Spain hired him as th...
THE ARNOLFINI MARRIAGE
2007-5-28 4:20:40 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
THE ARNOLFINI MARRIAGE is made by Jan Van Eyck (1395-1441 ).Jan Van Eyck (IKE) was born in the Netherlands. His paintings are very detailed. He was not the first to use oil paint, but he perfected the use of oil in paints. The colors in his paintings...
CHARLES I OF ENGLAND
2007-5-25 5:2:9 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
CHARLES I OF ENGLAND is made by Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641 ).Anthony Van Dyck (van DIKE) was a renouned Flemish painter born in Antwerp, which was a main port in the Netherlands. His father was a wealthy businessman who bought and sold beautiful fab...
A YOUNG HARE
2007-5-25 4:47:38 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
A YOUNG HARE is made by Albrecht Durer( 1471-1528 ).Albrecht Durer (DYOO rer) was born in Nuremberg, Germany. We know little about his early life except the fact that he was the son of a goldsmith and had seventeen brothers and sisters. We know a lot...
TORNADO OVER KANSAS
2007-5-24 5:10:22 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
TORNADO OVER KANSAS is made by John Steuart Curry (1897-1946 ). John Steuart Curry was born in 1897 in the state of Kansas, in the house that you see in the painting, "Tornado Over Kansas". When he was 18, he left home to study art in Kansa...
CONVERSION OF PAUL
2007-5-24 4:56:22 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
CONVERSION OF PAUL is made by Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515-1586 ). Lucas Cranach (KRAH nahk) the Younger was the son of Lucas Cranach the Elder. The name Cranach was not really the family name, but the name of the city, in which they lived.(The ci...
APPLES AND ORANGES
2007-5-23 4:41:39 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
"APPLES AND ORANGES" is made by Paul Cezanne (1839-1906 ).Paul Cezanne (say ZAN) was born in France. His father was a wealthy banker and he wanted his son to become a banker. He did not approve of Cezanne's plan to become an artist, but he ...