Eastman Johnson | At the Closing of the Day, 1878-80

Beginning in 1870 Eastman Johnson (American painter and co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 1824-1906) produced a string of anecdotal narrative subjects depicting daily life on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts.

In the years after the Civil War, Johnson drew upon the visual character of the island and its inhabitants to portray everyday scenes which rank among the artist's most memorable paintings.

In an effort to find new and relevant subject matter, the painter found inspiration in the quiet whaling community of Nantucket. Johnson relished the island's simple way of life, its setting, and its population which offered models of distinctive appearance and character.

René Gruau (1909-2004)

Il conte Renato Zavagli Ricciardelli della Caminate, conosciuto professionalmente come René Gruau (4 febbraio 1909 - 31 marzo 2004) è stato un illustratore di moda Italiano, la cui esagerata rappresentazione del design della moda attraverso la pittura ha avuto un effetto duraturo sull'industria della moda.

A causa delle abilità e della creatività intrinseche di Gruau, ha contribuito a un cambiamento nell'intero settore della moda attraverso le nuove immagini che rappresentavano i disegni già popolari creati dai designer del settore.

Diana Armfield RA, 1920 | Centenarian painter of Flowers / Landscapes

Diana Armfield RA is a British painter who celebrated her 100th birthday on 11 June 2020. She was born on 11 June 1920.

Armfield is known for landscapes, and has also painted portraits, literary subjects and still lifes.

She has a particular interest in flower paintings, and is considered to owe much to the Sickert tradition.

She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Armfield was elected as a Royal Academician in 1991.

Bernard Dunstan RA (1920-2017)

Bernard Dunstan studied at Byam Shaw School of Art in 1939 and subsequently at the Slade School of Fine Art, London from 1939-1941.

He went on to teach at the West of England School of Art in Bristol from 1946-1949, Camberwell School of Art from 1950-1964, Byam Shaw School of Art from 1953-1974, Ravensbourne Art College from 1959-1964 and City and Guilds of London Art School from 1964-1969.

Agnes Lawrence Pelton | Abstract painter

Agnes Lawrence Pelton (1881-1961) was a modernist painter who was born in Germany and moved to the United States as a child.

She studied art in the United States and Europe. She made portraits of Pueblo Native Americans, desert landscapes and still lifes.

Pelton's work evolved through at least three distinct themes: her early "Imaginative Paintings," art of the American Southwest people and landscape, and abstract art that reflected her spiritual beliefs.

Adam Styka | Genre / Orientalist painter

French-Polish artist Adam Styka was a painter of genre scenes, landscapes and orientalist scenes.

Adam Styka (1890-1959) was born of a family of artists in Kielce, Poland.

He started studying with his father, the painter Jan Styka, and his brother, the portraitist Tadé Styka.

In 1908, he moved to Paris and completed his formal education at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts where he studied in the Studio of Fernand Cormon until 1912.

He started exhibiting his work at the Salon des Beaux-Arts in 1911, and in Paris most prestigious galleries: Galerie Georges Petit (1906), Galerie des Champs-Elysées.

Édouard Joseph Dantan (1848-1897)

Édouard Joseph Dantan was a French painter in the classical tradition. He was widely recognized in his day, although he was subsequently eclipsed by painters with more modern styles.

Biography

Édouard Joseph Dantan was born in Paris. His grandfather, who had fought in the Napoleonic Wars, was a wood sculptor. His father, Antoine Laurent Dantan, and uncle, Jean-Pierre Dantan, were both well-known sculptors.