ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON
2007-6-20 4:3:36 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON is made by Raphael(1483-1520). Raphael (RAFF ay el) was born in Urbino in the Marche area of central Italy. He probably learned to paint in his father's art studio. His mother died when he was eight, and he became an orphan ...
LIGHT IRIS
2007-6-19 4:55:36 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
LIGHT IRIS is made by Georgia O'Keeffe(1887-1986). Georgia O'Keeffe was born on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. She knew from the time she was a young girl she wanted to be an artist. Her parents encouraged her interest and gave her lessons. She wa...
BEAUTIFUL WORLD
2007-6-19 0:7:40 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
BEAUTIFUL WORLD is made by Grandma Moses(1860-1961 ).Anna Mary was the third child born into the Robertson family in 1860. There would eventually be ten children in the family. She was raised on a farm, attended school for a while, then when she was ...
WATER LILIES
2007-6-18 22:13:55 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
WATER LILIES is made by Claude-Oscar Monet(1840-1926).Claude Monet (CLAWD maw NEH) was born in Paris, France. Even as a young teenager it became apparent that he had artistic ability. He would draw caricatures of his teachers on his schoolwork. A car...
THE ANGELUS
2007-6-12 5:18:57 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
" THE ANGELUS" is made by Jean Francois Millet (1814-1875). Jean Francois Millet (zhahn frahn SWAH mee LEH) was born to peasant parents in France near Cherbourg. He identified with simple working people all his life, and painted many pictur...
PIETA
2007-6-12 4:53:25 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
This painting is made by Michelangelo(1475-1564 ). He was born in Italy in the village of Caprese. His father was a government agent. He attended school, and at the age of 12 he became an apprentice to a famous painter in Florence, Domenico Ghirlanda...
DUKE OF BERRY ON A JOURNEY
2007-6-11 4:52:29 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
“ DUKE OF BERRY ON A JOURNEY ” is made by the Limbourg Brothers. The Limbourg (lam BOOR) brothers were famous Dutch artists, born in the late 1300's. The oldest was named Herman, next came Paul, then Johan (or Jean) with a year or so diff...
WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE
2007-6-11 1:44:20 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (LOIT suh) was born in Germany. He studied art in Philadelphia, and in 1859 he moved to New York to live. He became famous for his paintings of American historical scenes. The featured painting on this page is the one for whic...
TIGER
2007-6-9 3:16:36 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
Ito Jakuchu was born in Kyoto in Japan. His father was a rich groceryman. The grocery shop had been in his family for four generations, and the family lived at the shop. He was 23 years old when his father died, and he inherited the business. He didn...
THE LAST SUPPER
2007-6-8 5:13:3 Post:Sam | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
THE LAST SUPPER is made by Jaume Huguet(1415-1492). Jaume Huguet was a Spanish painter. He painted many religious pictures such as the one shown here. In this painting, does it seem that Jesus is looking at you? You will notice that the artist makes ...