Andy Warhol (1930-1987)

Fascinated by consumer culture, the media, and fame, Andy Warhol himself became one of the most famous and important artists of the twentieth century.

The son of Czechoslovakian immigrants, Andrew Warhola grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, studying art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology from 1945 to 1949.

Soon after graduating he moved to New York City, where he abbreviated his name to Andy Warhol and began working as a commercial designer and window display artist, winning several awards for his distinctive advertising designs.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti | Painting

I have been here before,

but when or how I cannot tell:

I know the grass beyond the door,

the sweet keen smell,

the sighing sound, the lights around the shore.

Joan Miró | The Smile of the Flamboyant Wings, 1953

Joan Miró i Ferrà🎨 was an Spanish painter🎨, sculptor, printmaker and decorative artist. He was never closely aligned with any movement and was too retiring in his manner to be the object of a personality cult, like his compatriot Picasso🎨, but the formal and technical innovations that he sustained over a very long career guaranteed his influence on 20th-century art.

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Carl Larsson | Arts and Crafts movemen

Carl Larsson (1853-1919) was a Swedish painter representative of the Arts and Crafts movement. His many paintings include oils, watercolors, and frescoes.

He is principally known for his watercolors of idyllic family life.

Larsson was born in Gamla stan, the old quarter of Stockholm, on 28 May 1853. His family was poor and Carl grew up in dismal circumstances.

The only glimmer of hope was his strong artistic talent, which emerged early on in his life. When he was thirteen years old his teacher at the school for the poor persuaded him to apply for a place at Principskolan, the preparatory department of the Art Academy.

Pierre Carrier-Belleuse | Il pittore delle ballerine dell'Opera

Pierre-Gérard Carrier-Belleuse (Parigi, 1851-1932) è stato un pittore Francese.

Noto soprattutto come pittore delle ballerine dell'Opera, gli si devono anche numerosi paesaggi e tre "panorami".

Pierre Carrier-Belleuse era figlio del pittore Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse e di Louise Anne Adnot. Suo fratello Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse, fu anch'egli pittore e scultore.

Studiò alla Scuola di Belle arti di Parigi, dopo essere stato allievo di suo padre e poi di Alexandre Cabanel.

Nel 1875 espose per la prima volta al Salon, dove, nel 1897, ricevette una menzione d'onore.

All'Expo di Parigi del 1889 ottenne invece una medaglia d'argento. Al pari di suo padre, il suo soggetto preferito fu la donna.

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch, 1629-1684)

Pieter de Hooch (20 December 1629 (baptized) - 24 March 1684 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway.

He was a contemporary of Jan Vermeer in the Delft Guild of St. Luke, with whom his work shares themes and style.