Thursday, March 30, 2006

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Died on 16 April 1828: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes,
Spanish painter born on 30 March 1746
Suas Obras


The Duke and Duchess of Osuna and their Children
1789
Museo del Prado, Madrid



Portrait of Mariana Waldstein

Musee du Louvre, Paris



The Bullfight

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York



Winter
(The Snowstorm)
1786
Museo del Prado, Madrid



Maria Teresa of Vallabriga on Horseback
1783
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer,

Hawking. 1832. Oil on canvas. Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, UK.

Born on 07 March 1802: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, English painter specialized in animals [why not landscapes? He wasn't named Beastseer after all.]. He died on 01 October 1873.
Mais Obras


Scene in the Olden Time at Bolton Abbey. 1834. Oil on canvas. Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, UK.

Low Life. 1829. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK

Monday, March 06, 2006

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Born on 06 March 1475 Michelangelo Buonarroti Simoni,
Michelangelo Buonarroti, the greatest of the Italian Renaissance artists, is born in the small village of Caprese.
[Italian
High Renaissance/Mannerist Painter and Sculptor, 1475-1564]

Mais Obras



The Holy Family with the infant St. John the Baptist (the Doni Tondo) c. 1503-05 (130 Kb); Tempera on panel, Diameter 120 cm (47 in); Uffizi, Florence

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Giovanni-Battista Tiepolo e suas Obras


Died on 27 March 1770: Giovanni-Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter born on 05 March 1696. — He was the father of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo [30 August 172703 March 1804] and of Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo [08 August 1736 – 1776]. His students included Charles Flipart and Francesco Zugno.


John the Baptist Preaching (1733, 350x300cm)


The Abduction of Europa (1725, 99x134cm)

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Oskar Kokoschka

Born on 01 March 1886: Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian Expressionist painter who died on 22 February 1980

Mais Obras