Letter, Diaries

I need not explain how these Shadows were suggested, to any one who has seen WILKIE’S picture, ‘The Rabbit on the Wall.’ But by what pains they were invented can never be revealed; for it is known to …

Rubens approached a large work in a series of stages. First, the artist would make preliminary drawings in black chalk, sometimes in combination with brown chalk. At this point he would often refer t …

More than 450 pages book of Contemporary Art written and edited by the artist Cesare Catania His paintings, his sculptures, his techniques and his life (written in ENG FRA ITA RU CHI). …

This Art Book with Foreword by Maria Peitcheva contains 235 selected color plates of drawings and paintings from Paul Gauguin.Eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin was French painter, sculptor, and printmaker. G …

George Romney (1734 – 1802) was an English portrait painter. He was the most fashionable artist of his day, painting many leading society figures – including his artistic muse, Emma Hamilton, mistres …

Odilon Redon was a French symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman and pastellist. He describes his work as ambiguous and indefinable:’My drawings inspire, and are not to be defined. They place us, …

In ‘Christmas Comes but Once a Year’ by John Leighton, the reader is immersed in a heartwarming tale of family, love, and the true spirit of Christmas. Written in a captivating and eloquent style, Le …

Once classified as an Impressionist, Manet has subsequently been regarded as a Realist who influenced and was influenced by the Impressionist painters of the 1870s, though he never exhibited with the …

Henri Rousseau was a French Post-Impressionist painter. Many observers commented that he painted like a child, but the work shows erudition with his scrupulous technique. His best known paintings dep …

Known as the ‘Father of Impressionism’, Pissarro painted rural and urban French life, particularly landscapes, as well as scenes from Montmartre. Pissarro offer substantial contributions to Impressio …