Vanessa Bell - в девичестве Ванесса Стивен (англ. Vanessa Bell; 25 мая 1879, Лондон — 7 апреля 1961, ферма Чарльстон, Сассекс) — английская художница и дизайнер. Входила в элитарную группу Блумсбери. Старшая сестра классика английской литературы ХХ века Вирджинии Вулф, старшая дочь историка…
Roman Reisinger [Dutch contemporary realist painter b.1970]. Roman has adopted the painting technique of 17th century Dutch Masters. Website: romanreisinger.exto.org/ Image © Roman Reisinger. For educational purposes only.
Port and still life photographer Giles Revell go under to reveal the beauty beneath the waves
Aniela Sobieski is intrigued by “the human impulse to self-decorate,” a fascination that permeates every aspect of her portraiture. Evoking both baroque paintings and contemporary fashions, Sobieski adorns women and the occasional dog with elaborate makeup and sculptural accessories placed conspicuously to mask the subject’s features. She seamlessly maps classic still lifes and sparse landscapes directly onto the sitter’s face, often highlighting the natural shape of the eye and coating the figure’s lips in bold red. More
Albert Dürer Lucas [English painter of still-life and flowers 1828-1918]
Art . Illustration . Design . Inspiration
Filipino artist Olan Ventura creates lavish acrylic paintings in the tradition of 17th century Dutch still lifes. Replicating the smallest details of iconic works such as Jan Davidsz de Heem’s Vase of Flowers (c. 1660), Ventura veers off course with striking glitches and drips that shoot off the canvas edges, seeming to pull grapes, lobsters, and roses from the past into the present. A statement on Yavuz Gallery explains that Ventura is interested in identity, technology, popular culture. More
Joseph Bail, Still Life, 1887
Aniela Sobieski is intrigued by “the human impulse to self-decorate,” a fascination that permeates every aspect of her portraiture. Evoking both baroque paintings and contemporary fashions, Sobieski adorns women and the occasional dog with elaborate makeup and sculptural accessories placed conspicuously to mask the subject’s features. She seamlessly maps classic still lifes and sparse landscapes directly onto the sitter’s face, often highlighting the natural shape of the eye and coating the figure’s lips in bold red. More
what looks like a painting is actually a photograph when it comes to the work of alexa meade, who paints directly onto her human subjects and then photographs them.
Matter was a believer in the possibility of channeling a total, magical presence – even if it meant destroying a work or never completing it.
"Cockaignesque" by German photographer Helen Sobiralski is a lush photo series inspired by Baroque still-life paintings.
When the original paintings that form the foundations of André Schulze’s compositions were made, people likely had never heard of a pixel.
Motohiko Odani is a well known contemporary Japanese sculptor whose imaginative, elegant, yet unsettling works leave the viewer breathless. “Right…
Dr. Nicholas Lippoczy bookplate (1968). Artist: Józef Szuszkiewicz (Polish, 1912-1982). Szuszkiewicz was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Throughout his life he remained an active...
La ilustraciones botánicas existen desde hace siglos. Echa un vistazo la historia de esta forma de documentación y al trabajo de artistas contemporáneos que se han inspirado en ella.
When the original paintings that form the foundations of André Schulze’s compositions were made, people likely had never heard of a pixel.
Inspired by horror films and the Ashmolean Museum's collection, the artist has created seven works for Oxford's inaugural NOW Program.
Ernst Haeckel
There is a time and place for doing more than what is asked of you in order to get ahead. But it’s also so vital to give ourselves permission to simply show up as is.
This is a collection of 125 artists in their studios from all over the world -- North America to Britain to Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Brought to you by the Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios program, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Janet Fish is an American painter best known for her still life paintings of common household objects, often with a focus on transparent objects and reflective light. Janet paints in a variety of mediums, including oil painting, watercolors, lithography and screenprinting. Janet was born in Boston, MA on May 18, 1938, and moved to Bermuda
Artist Anna Valdez pulls items collected from her global travels and inspiration from her background in anthropology to lay the foundation for her still lifes. Photographs, family recipes, horticulture, books, hand crafted objects, rugs and personal…
