Woman With A Parasol was painted by French impressionist artist Claude Monet in 1875. The painting portrays Monet’s wife Camille Monet and their son Jean Monet in the period from 1871 to 1877 while they were living in Argenteuil, capturing a moment on a stroll on a windy summer’s day. The painting now resides in the …
Water Lilies is a series of paintings by French impressionist artist Claude Monet painted over the course of his career. Monet completed approximately 250 paintings depicting water lilies from his flower garden at Giverny. They were the main focus of Monet’s artistic production during the last thirty years of his life. Many of the works were painted …
Impression, Sunrise was painted by French impressionist artist Claude Monet in 1872. Monet claimed that he titled the painting Impression, Sunrise due to his hazy painting style in his depiction of the subject. The term “Impressionism” is derived from the title of this painting, which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the independent exhibitions mounted …
Nimphee by Claude Monet was painted in 1926 and is viewed as being one of the greatest paintings of all time. Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting. Nimphee represents two of Monet’s greatest achievements: his gardens at Giverny and the paintings they inspired. Monet’s ambition of documenting the French countryside led him to adopt …
Vigo the Carpathian (originally known as Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf, played by Wilhelm von Homburg) was a powerful seventeenth-century tyrant and magician trapped in a painting in the gallery at the Manhattan Museum of Art in Ghostbusters II (1989). The Vigo Tapestry was a team effort, finalized and put together by Glen Eytchison and Pageant …
Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Hokusai Great Wave Off Kanagawa is also known as The Great Wave or simply The Wave, is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. It was originally printed in the 1830s, in spite of its modern effect.
Bob Ross Robert Norman “Bob” Ross (October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995) was an American painter, art instructor, and television host. He was best known as the creator and host of The Joy of Painting, a television program that aired on PBS in the United States, Canada, and Europe. In explaining what he was …
Roy Fox Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) His most celebrated image is arguably Whaam! (1963, at Tate Modern, London), which is one of the earliest known examples of pop art, adapted from a comic-book panel drawn by Russ Heath in a 1962 issue of DC Comics’ All-American Men of War. Most of …
Dora Maar by Pablo Picasso (1937) Dora Maar (November 22, 1907 – July 16, 1997) was a French photographer, poet and painter, best known for being a lover/companion of Pablo Picasso. He had a lot of affairs, usually dropping one woman for a younger one.
