SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE ISLAND OF LA GRANDE JATTE
2007-6-30 3:4:41 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE ISLAND OF LA GRANDE JATTE is made by Georges Seurat(1859-1891). Georges Seurat (suh RAH) was born in Paris and studied art at the Ecole des Beaux Arts when he was eighteen years old. He studied there for two years and the...
PORTRAIT OF A MAN IN A RED CAP
2007-6-29 21:22:13 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
Tiziano Vecellio whom we know as Titian (TISH an) was born in the Alpine district of Italy. His birthdate has been set as early as 1477 and as late as 1495. We are really not sure when he was born. He studied with the famous painters Giovanni Bellini...
LAS MENINAS
2007-6-28 2:49:42 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
LAS MENINAS is made by Diego Velazquez(1599-1660). Diego Velazquez (DYAY goe vuh LASS kess) was born in Seville in the country of Spain. When he was about thirteen years old he was apprenticed to a painter, Francisco Herrera, but the man was suc...
THE LACEMAKER
2007-6-28 2:39:56 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
THE LACEMAKER is made by Jan Vermeer (1632-1675 ).Johanna (Jan) Vermeer (vur MAYR) was born in the Netherlands in the city of Delft. His father was an art dealer, and through the early contacts with artists Jan became interested in painting. The majo...
MONA LISA
2007-6-27 4:51:12 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
Leonardo Da Vinci (lay oh NAHR doe dah VEEN chee) was born in a small village called Vinci in the country of Italy. He was raised by his grandparents and even as a boy showed signs of genius. He could work hard mathematics problems and was a very goo...
ARRANGEMENT IN GREY AND BLACK
2007-6-27 4:23:11 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
ARRANGEMENT IN GREY AND BLACK is made by James Abbot McNeill Whistler(1834-1903). Whistler was born in Massachusetts. His father, Major George Washington Whistler, who had graduated from West Point, was a civil engineer. His mother Anna McNeill came ...
THE GIANT
2007-6-26 2:31:32 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
THE GIANT is made by Newell Convers (N.C.) Wyeth(1882-1945 ).N.C. Wyeth ( WY uth) was encouraged to draw when he was a child. When he was about 20 years old he began working for a magazine, the Saturday Evening Post. They sent him to study southwest ...
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH ISABELLA BRANT
2007-6-26 2:1:49 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH ISABELLA BRANT is made by Peter Paul Rubens(1577-1640 ).Peter Paul Rubens ( PE ter PAWL ROO bunz) was born in Germany in 1577. His father died when Peter was 10 years old. His mother returned to Antwerp, their home town with the th...
WOMAN WALKING IN AN EXOTIC FOREST
2007-6-25 4:19:19 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
WOMAN WALKING IN AN EXOTIC FOREST is made by Henri Rousseau (1844-1910 ).Henri Rousseau (ahn REE roo SOH) was born in northwest France in the city of Laval. He liked to draw, and he enjoyed music. He played the clarinet. Once he wrote a waltz and nam...
THE GOLDEN RULE
2007-6-25 2:43:14 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
THE GOLDEN RULE is made by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978 ).Norman Rockwell was born in New York City, but his family would spend summers on the farm. He was not athletic and could not play ball as well as his brother. All he could really do well was dra...