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Rupert Bunny | Pastorale, 1893


Title: Pastorale [Sea idyll Pastorale]
Date: 1893
Style: Impressionism
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 142.0 h x 251.0 w
Current location: National Gallery of Australia

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Vicente López y Portaña | Neoclassical painter


Vicente López Portaña (September 19, 1772 - July 22, 1850) was a Spanish painter**, considered one of the best portrait painters of his time.
Vicente López Portaña was born in Valencia on September 19, 1772. His parents were Cristóbal López Sanchordi and Manuela Portaña Meer. Vicente López began formally studying painting in Valencia at the age of thirteen, he was a disciple of father Antonio de Villanueva, a Franciscan monk, and he studied at the Academy of San Carlos in his native city.

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William Merritt Chase | A Modern Master

William Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849 - October 25, 1916) was anAmerican painter, known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher.
He is also responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later would become Parsons The New School for Design.
Chase won many honors at home and abroad, was a member of the National Academy of Design, New York, and from 1885-1895 was president of the Society of American Artists.


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Fabio Cembranelli | Abstract / Watercolour painter


Fabio Cembranelli, a renowned Brazilian artist, started painting at university, where he studied architecture. After graduating, he took drawing, sculpture and photography courses in his home town of São Paolo, and continued his studies in Europe and US during the 90s. He still lives and works in São Paulo.

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Daniel Wall, 1965 | Romantic painter


Born in a small village in northern China, Daniel Wall began drawing and painting at the young age of 4. Crayons were a rarity in his household, so Wall’s aunt, an elementary school teacher, brought home chalk and pencils for Wall to use.
His mother, a talented self-taught artist, also encouraged Wall’s interest in art.