Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was born on September 29, 1571 in Milan. He was an influential Italian artist of the Baroque era and was considered the most famous painter in Rome. He is believed to have influenced several well-known and much-loved artists, including Rembrandt, Bernini … Continue readingNativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence by Caravaggio
Théodore Géricault was born in Rouen, France on September 26, 1791. He was one of the earliest painters of the Romantic period and was very influential to the art of that time. Shown below are some of the works he did which fit that Romantic … Continue readingEvening by Théodore Géricault
Joseph Duplessis, born September 22, 1725 in Avignon, France, has left a mark on the world and even specifically the United States of America with his art. While successful with many paintings, particularly having to do with his own country, it can be argued that … Continue readingBenjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis
Cigoli, or Lodovico Cardi, was born in Italy on September 21, 1559. He was a painter and architect in the late Mannerist and early Baroque periods, and though he was trained in mannerist techniques, he preferred expressionism and came to embrace that style. The Flight … Continue readingThe Flight into Egypt by Cigoli
Théodore Chassériau was a French Romantic painter born on September 20, 1819 in what is now the Dominican Republic. Among his works are portraits and historical and religious paintings, many of an allegorical nature. The featured painting, Danseuses Mauresques, translates as The Moorish Dancers. Below are pictured Scène … Continue readingDanseuses Mauresques by Théodore Chassériau
How Sir Lancelot Fought with a Friendly Dragon is featured in The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. (Hopefully you survived reading through those long titles.) It’s an example of Arthur Rackham’s variety of whimsical illustrations for various stories, usually in the … Continue readingHow Sir Lancelot Fought with a Friendly Dragon by Arthur Rackham
Samuel Prout was born on September 17, 1783. He was a British artist who painted architecture in watercolor. This is quite a feat, because watercolor is a medium with a mind of its own and is usually used to create free-flowing, loosely expressed masterpieces. But … Continue readingA View in Nuremberg by Samuel Prout
Charles Dana Gibson is best known for his illustration, Gibson Girl, which was intended to capture the most ideal features of the female face and figure. He wanted her to represent “thousands of American girls” and drew from many images to form the ideal. Not only … Continue readingGibson Girl by Charles Dana Gibson
Amidst the toils and stresses of everyday life, Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses let a little bit of delight, joy, and peace of home slip into a distracted world. She painted scenes from her early life in rural New England, describing them as “old-timey.” Not … Continue readingSugaring Off by Grandma Moses
Horatio Greenough was commissioned to create a statue of George Washington for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the president’s birth. Drawing influence from classical art, he based his sculpture on Phidias’ representation of Zeus of Olympus, one of the Wonders of the World … Continue readingGeorge Washington by Horatio Greenough