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This Art Book contains Foreword and annotated reproductions of Paul Cézanne paintings, date and interesting facts page below. Paul Cézanne, who exhibited paintings rarely and lived progressively more …

Joachim Beuckelaer was a Flemish painter specialising in market and kitchen scenes with elaborate displays of food and household equipment. He learned to paint in the workshop of his uncle, Pieter Ae …

Giovanni Boldini was known as the ‘Master of Swish’ because of his flowing style of painting. His paintings and drawings showed his subject in soft-focus, elongated, in movement, alive, and sophistic …

The archæologist whose business it is to bring to light by pick and spade the relics of bygone ages, is often accused of devoting his energies to work which is of no material profit to mankind at the …

In ‘Lady Susan, ‘ Jane Austen crafts a witty and incisive exploration of social mores and the complexities of romantic relationships in 18th-century England. Through the cunning and manipulative prot …

Charles Le Brun (1619 – 1690) was a French painter and art theorist. Declared by Louis XIV ‘the greatest French artist of all time’, he was a dominant figure in 17th-century French art and much influ …

Keen to learn but short on time? Find out everything you need to know about the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci in just 50 minutes with this straightforward and engaging guide! Leonardo da Vinci w …

Lord Frederic Leighton was one of the most famous British artists of the nineteenth century. The recipient of many national and international awards and honors, he was well acquainted with members of …

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617 – 1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Although he is best known for his religious works, Murillo also produced a considerable number of paintings of contemporary wome …

Jacques Tissot was born to a middle class family. He initially studied art at Beaux-Arts in Paris. He decided to move to London in 1871. Here Tissot started to paint highly finished pictures of Londo …