Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Seascape, 1879

Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)

Title: Seascape

Origin: France

Date: 1879

Medium: Oil on canvas

Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right: Renoir'79

Dimensions: 72.6 × 91.6 cm (28 1/2 × 36 in.)

Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Potter Palmer Collection

Reference Number: 1922.438

Henri Lamy, 1985 | Abstract painter

Henri Lamy is a French figurative painter, being used to paint, thanks to his father, when he was a kid, Henri admires Pollock «drip painting» technique (that consists in dropping paint from the palette knife he uses, straight to the canvas, or even throwing it).

Angelo Morbelli | Per 80 centesimi! 1895

L’opera di Angelo Morbelli, uno dei capolavori del Museo Borgogna, venne acquistata nel 1912 alla Mostra d’Arte della campagna irrigua tenutasi a Vercelli, a pochi anni dall'apertura al pubblico del Museo.

Il dipinto, firmato e datato 1895, ha avuto una lunga e tormentata elaborazione, come testimonia la corrispondenza fra l’artista e il collega Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo: iniziato nel 1893, venne ripreso prima di essere esposto nel 1895 alla Biennale di Venezia.

La tela assume un ruolo importante per la collezione, non solo per l’appartenenza alla corrente pittorica del Divisionismo, ma soprattutto per il soggetto fortemente connesso al territorio vercellese.

Djordje Prudnikoff in Italy

At the International competition for new ideas in furniture design, in 1968 in Italy, Djordje Prudnikoff (1939-2017) was granted a reward and 3 months scholarship by the company called Sormani from Milan for perfecting himself in furniture design.

During and after his studies he was mostly occupied with creations in the field of applied arts and took part in projects for furniture and applied pottery for several well-known Italian enterprises.

His work were selected for the ITALIAN DESIGN exhibitions in many European metropolises, and that was the time when Italian design was considered one of the best in the world.

Vincent Van Gogh | Portraits

Vincent van Gogh🎨 lived during the Impressionist era. With the development of photography, painters and artists turned to conveying the feeling and ideas behind people, places, and things rather than trying to imitate their physical forms.

Impressionist artists did this by emphasizing certain hues, using vigorous brushstrokes, and paying attention to highlighting.

Vincent van Gogh implemented this ideology to pursue his goal of depicting his own feelings toward and involvement with his subjects.

Van Gogh's portraiture focuses on color and brushstrokes to demonstrate their inner qualities and van Gogh's own relationship with them.

Vincent van Gogh painted portraits throughout his career from 1881-1890.

Hans Thoma | Solitude, 1906

Hans Thoma (October 2, 1839 - November 7, 1924) was a German Symbolist painter.

In his love of the details of nature, in his precise drawing of outline, and in his predilection for local coloring, he has distinct affinities with the Pre-Raphaelites.

Many of his pictures have found their way into two private collections in Liverpool.

A portrait of the artist and two subject pictures, The Guardian of the Valley and Spring Idyll are at the Galerie Neue Meister; Eve in Paradise and The Open Valley at the Städel.

John Palmer Wicker | Autumn, 1924 | Detroit Institute of Arts

John Palmer Wicker (1860-1931) was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Feb. 23, 1860; son of William W. and Charlotte Adelaide (Palmer) Wicker; studied art seven years in Paris, three and one-half years at Julian Academy under William Bouguereau, and three and one-half years in private classes of Ferdinand Cormon; married at Saginaw, Mich., July, 1897, Marie Louise Saxmann.

Exhibited portraits three times in Paris salons; exhibited three portraits at St. Louis Exposition, 1904; has taught for ten years; associate director Detroit Fine Arts Academy.