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Johannes Vermeer, Painter of Delft, 1632-1675

Book by P. T. A. Swillens; Spectrum, 1950

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Delft (Netherlands)--Biography, Painters--Netherlands--Biography, Vermeer, Johannes--1632-1675

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...Delft in 1681. The famous painter of churches Emanuel...1654 till 1660. The famous still-life painters Evert and Willem van...Pynacker, the landscape painter, who had stayed long...certainly the most famous of the Delft guild...potters, the glass-painters, the booksellers...
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Encyclopedia of Painting: Painters and Painting of the World from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day

Book by Bernard S. Myers; Crown Publishers, 1979

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Painters--Biography, Painting--Dictionaries

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...German engraver, goldsmith and painter of portraits and altarpieces...Pierre 1927- . Belgian painter. After studies in Brussels...One of the leading academic painters in America at the turn of...portraits and murals, the most famous of the latter being the Evolution...Henry 1785-1851 . British painter of landscapes and hunting...
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Painting of the Golden Age: A Biographical Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century European Painters

Book by Adelheid M. Gealt; Greenwood Press, 1993

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Painters--Europe--Biography--Dictionaries, Painting, Modern--17th-18th Centuries--Europe--Dictionaries

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...Tumpel C. 1986; White 1964. RENI, Guido Bologna 1575-1642 , Italian. Seventeenth-century Bolognas most famous painter, Guido Reni fulfilled the goals of idealized beauty better than anyone. Yet his work actually transcends the simple...
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A Century of British Painters

Book by Samuel Redgrave, Richard Redgrave; Phaidon Press, 1947

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Painters--Great Britain, Painting, British

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...and most esteemed portrait-painter, particularly of female portraits...and was appointed serjeant-painter to Charles II on the Restoration...practised both as a landscape painter and in history. His work in...carried to Mr. Streaters, the famous history painter, whom I have...
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George Caleb Bingham: Missouri's Famed Painter and Forgotten Politician

Book by Paul C. Nagel; University of Missouri Press, 2005

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Bingham, George Caleb--1811-1879, Painters--Missouri--Biography, Politicians--Missouri--Biography

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...Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a gallery there is a famous work by Missouris great painter George Caleb Bingham (1811- 1879): Fur Traders...since he had been more than a highly successful painter in his lifetime. He had also served Missouri...

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Journal Articles on: famous painter

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Artistic Names in Austen's Fiction: Cameo Appearances by Prominent Painters

Journal article by Janine Barchas; Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal, Vol. 31, 2009

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Austen, Jane--Criticism and interpretation, Austen, Jane--Works, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Painters (Artists)--Portrayals, Painters--Portrayals

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...wellknown contemporary painters. All such cheeky references...fiction. Professional painters with national reputations...landscape and genre painter. His full name appears...with still another famous painter of landscapes...as to reinforce the painters symbolic presence in...The son of portrait painter and visual impresario...familiarity with the more famous son. Visually speaking...
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Staging a Woman Painter's Life: Six Versions of Emily Carr

Journal article by Anne F. Nothof; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 31, 1998

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Carr, Emily--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Feminism and theater--Analysis, Landscape painters--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Women painters--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

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...played the protagonist: Emily Big is the painter in later years, and always present in...painting, all this prop indicated was a painter-in-residence. Most of the excerpted...title for the prologue to Part One, "The Painter in her own landscape," was to show the...
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Peter Read, Guillaume Apollinaire, the Cubist Painters; Apollinaire and Cubism

Journal article by Vincent Aurora; The Romanic Review, Vol. 95, 2004

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Books--Book reviews, Guillaume Apollinaire, The Cubist Painters; Apollinaire and Cubism (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Guillaume Apollinaire, the Cubist Painters; Apollinaire and Cubism...Guillaume Apollinaire, The Cubist Painters; Apollinaire and Cubism...Guillaume Apollinaires The Cubist Painters published by Peter Read is...Duchamps use of nudes, as in the famous Nude descending a staircase...
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Peter Read, Guillaume Apollinaire, the Cubist Painters; Apollinaire and Cubism

Journal article by Vincent Aurora; The Romanic Review, Vol. 95, 2004

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Books--Book reviews, The Cubist Painters; Apollinaire and Cubism (Book)--Book reviews

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...Guillaume Apollinaire, the Cubist Painters; Apollinaire and Cubism...Guillaume Apollinaire, The Cubist Painters; Apollinaire and Cubism...Guillaume Apollinaires The Cubist Painters published by Peter Read is...Duchamps use of nudes, as in the famous Nude descending a staircase...
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The Immortal Dinner: A Famous Evening of Genius & Laughter in Literary London, 1817

Journal article by Marjorie Morgan; The Historian, Vol. 66, 2004

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Books--Book reviews, The Immortal Dinner: A Famous Evening of Genius & Laughter in Literary London, 1817 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

The Immortal Dinner: A Famous Evening of Genius Laughter...Morgan The Immortal Dinner: A Famous Evening of Genius Laughter...single dinner given by the painter Benjamin Robert Haydon at his...scientific writings, and the most famous chemist of the day, Sir Humphry...

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Magazine Articles on: famous painter

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Thomas Gainsborough: Artist of a Changing World: Michael Rosenthal and Martin Myrone Look beyond the Traditional View of Gainsborough and Argue for a View of the Painter beyond That of Society Portraitist, as a Modernist Responding to the Broader Themes of His Times

Magazine article by Michael Rosenthal, Martin Myrone; History Today, Vol. 52, November 2002

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Gainsborough, Thomas--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Painters, English--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Portrait-painters--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Royal Academy of Arts (London, England)--History

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...Admiral Vernon, a nationally famous local figure. But Gainsboroughs...who observed: We have a painter here who takes the most exact...and building up networks, painters were now able to show competitively...preferred to select paintings of famous (and sometimes infamous...attracting attention to the painter. The exhibitions helped to...
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Painter of Mysteries and Metaphors: Mexican-Born Artist Roberto Marquez Provides New Perspectives on Life's Often Dark Horizons, While Defying Definition

Magazine article by Caleb Bach; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 55, January 2003

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Expressionism (Art), Marquez, Roberto--Works, Painters, Mexican--Works, Seduction--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

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...wasnt my ambition to become a painter when I graduated from the...Cabanas (the orphanage with its famous Orozco murals). In this...composition, The Devils Trill. The famous song cycle, Winterreise...in the German Romantics, painters like Caspar David Friedrich...remarkable skills as a nature painter in such works as Secret Flower...
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Conservative Spotlight: Robert Painter

Magazine article by Joseph A. D'Agostino; Human Events, Vol. 58, August 5, 2002

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Bellwether Forum, Conservatism, Painter, Robert, Political behavior, Young adults

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...Conservative Spotlight: Robert Painter by Joseph A. DAgostino The...politically afterward," said Robert Painter, president of the non-profit...attract them," explained Painter. "We want people who are...Gillespie said, `Ben Stein is a famous actor, author and game show...
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James McNeill Whistler: Breaking All the Rules: This American Expatriate Excelled as a Painter, Printmaker, Etcher, Lithographer, and Gallery Designer-All the While Doing It His Way

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 132, March 2004

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American painters--Biography, American painters--Criticism and interpretation, American painters--Influence, Landscape painting--Criticism and interpretation, Landscape painting--Exhibitions, Painters, American--Biography, Painters, American--Criticism and interpretation, Painters, American--Influence, Whistler, James McNeill--Criticism and interpretation, Whistler, James McNeill--Exhibitions, Whistler, James McNeill--Influence

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...American Expatriate Excelled as a Painter, Printmaker, Etcher, Lithographer...two of Whistlers most famous and influential installations...restrained portraits that made him famous. Whistler formally had rejected...and Black: Portrait of the Painters Mother," produced in 1871...bitter quarrel between the painter and his patron. Whistler...
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An Artist's License to a Child's Dream: Argentine Painter Norma Bessouet Evokes the Still World of Young Girls Disconnected from Life's Adult Realities

Magazine article by Caleb Bach; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 58, July 2006

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Bessouet, Norma--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Bessouet, Norma--Works, Women painters--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Women painters--Works, Young women--Portrayals

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...License to a Childs Dream: Argentine Painter Norma Bessouet Evokes the Still World...Two years ago she was recommended by a painter friend. Ive been working with her ever...I had a wonderful model who is also a painter. We worked together in Uruguay, but...

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Newspaper Articles on: famous painter

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'One of the World's Most Noble Streets'; the Famous Home of the Queen's Portrait Painter Is Becoming Hampstead's New Top Address, Says David Spittles

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 5, 2011

Subjects:

Painters, Painters (Artists)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Worlds Most Noble Streets; the Famous Home of the Queens Portrait Painter Is Becoming Hampsteads New...celebrated society portrait painter, whose former home, in Fitzjohns...pounds sterling2.45 million; painter Philip de Laszlo in his studio...
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North East Actors Tak Ke West End by Storm; the Pitmen Painters Has Opened to Rave Reviews for Its First Run in London's Theatreland. Entertainment Editor GORDON BARR Went to the Capital to Meet the Actors Who Are at the Forefront of a North East Takeover of the Famous West End

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), October 21, 2011

Subjects:

Hall, Lee, Painters, Painters (Artists)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...West End by Storm; the Pitmen Painters Has Opened to Rave Reviews...North East Takeover of the Famous West End. Byline: GORDON...Billy Elliot and The Pitmen Painters were penned by Tyneside playwright...main backdrops of The Pitmen Painters and it is something that is...
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A PISSARRO ORIGINAL; When Your Great-Grandfather Was a Famous Impressionist Painter, It's Hard Not to Follow in the Family Tradition. but Artist Lelia Pissarro's Perspective Changed after She Was Diagnosed with Breast Cancer, and Now Her Style Is All Her Own

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), December 24, 2006

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Artists--Health aspects, Breast cancer--Health aspects, Teenage girls--Health aspects

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...Your Great-Grandfather Was a Famous Impressionist Painter, Its Hard Not to Follow in the...Paulemile, son of the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro. Every room...turned everything she knew as a painter - and as a woman - on its head...
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Reel Work of Art; NEW DVD SHOWS RARE FOOTAGE OF FAMOUS PITMEN PAINTERS

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), October 29, 2009

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Video recordings

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...NEW DVD SHOWS RARE FOOTAGE OF FAMOUS PITMEN PAINTERS. Byline: VICKY ROBSON IT WAS...footage of the legendary Pitmen Painters showcasing their brushstroke skills...who became known as the Pitmen Painters in 1934 when they took part an...
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TOONS OF GLORY; EXCLUSIVE HOW SHIPYARD ARTIST DREW INSPIRATION DURING FAMOUS CLYDE WORK-IN Battleship Painter Turns Cartoonist to Immortalise Fight. before Heading to Hollywood

Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), September 25, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...EXCLUSIVE HOW SHIPYARD ARTIST DREW INSPIRATION DURING FAMOUS CLYDE WORK-IN Battleship Painter Turns Cartoonist to Immortalise Fight. before...you better have done your homework." Bob, a painter at the Yarrow yard, had a starring role in the...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: famous painter

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Trumbull, John , American Painter

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

TRUMBULL, JOHN , American painter 1756 1843, American painter, b. Lebanon, Conn.; son of Gov. Jonathan Trumbull...with the encouragement of Thomas Jefferson, he began his famous national history, which occupied most of his life. His...
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Abbey, Edwin Austin

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...EDWIN AUSTIN 1852 1911, American illustrator and painter, b. Philadelphia, studied at the Pennsylvania...the Boston Public Library) is perhaps his most famous painting. He was official painter of the coronation of Edward VII...
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Japanese Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...was the first major native painter. The famous illustrated scroll of the...the most esteemed portrait painters of the age. Most of the fine...Zen doctrine. Such priest-painters as Josetsu , Shubun , and...period and influenced such painters as Okyo Maruyama, the leader...
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Charlet, Nicolas Toussaint

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CHARLET, NICOLAS TOUSSAINT nekola toosaN sharla , 1792 1845, French lithographer and painter. He was famous for his lithographs depicting political and social subjects. Those concerning the Napoleonic Wars are among his best known. Charlet...
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Baldung, Hans

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...c.1484 1545, German painter and printmaker, active...He is best known as a painter of such disturbing subjects...c.1515) is his most famous work. Baldung was also esteemed as a portrait painter and designer for stained...

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