Karl Brjullov | The Last Day of Pompeii, 1830-33

The Last Day of Pompeii is a large canvas painting by Russian artist Karl Brjullov in 1830-33.

Brjullov visited the site of Pompeii in 1828, making numerous sketches depicting the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption.

Jan van Eyck (1395-1441) | Renaissance painter

Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter🎨 active in Bruges. He is one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art.

The surviving records of his early life indicate that he was born around 1380-1390, most likely in Maaseik (then Maaseyck, hence his name), in present-day Belgium.

David Vinckboons (1576-1632) | Dutch Golden Age painter

Popular and prolific, David Vinckboons trained with his painter father, who brought the family to Holland to escape religious persecution in Flanders. Despite having ten children, Vinckboons's life appears relatively uneventful.

He stayed in Amsterdam, where his family had settled years before, and he must have died before January 1633, when his widow appeared before Amsterdam's orphan committee.

Ivan G. Olinsky (1878-1962) | Impressionist painter

Ivan Gregorewitch Olinsky was a Russian-American painter and art instructor.

Olinsky was born in Elizabethgrad, Russia (now Kirovohrad, Ukraine).

After immigrating to the United States at the age of twelve he studied at the National Academy of Design, then worked for the American muralist George Willoughby Maynard, then for Elmer Garnsey, then for John La Farge in Boston until about 1906.

Olinsky became best known for his female portraits in a style that tended towards Impressionism.

Olinsky was awarded full membership in the National Academy of Design in 1919, and served as an longtime instructor at the Art Students League of New York in Manhattan, New York City.

By 1942 he was living in New London, Connecticut. He died on 11 February 1962. | © Wikipedia

Ivan Gregorewitch Olinsky è stato un pittore ed istruttore d'arte Russo-Americano.

Olinsky è nato a Elizabethgrad, in Russia (ora Kirovohrad, Ucraina).

Dopo essere emigrato negli Stati Uniti all'età di dodici anni, ha studiato alla National Academy of Design, poi ha lavorato per il muralista americano George Willoughby Maynard, poi per Elmer Garnsey, poi per John La Farge a Boston fino al 1906 circa.

Olinsky divenne famoso per i suoi ritratti femminili in uno stile che tendeva all'impressionismo.

É stato premiato come membro della National Academy of Design nel 1919, e ha lavorato come istruttore di lunga data presso la Art Students League di New York a Manhattan, New York City.

Nel 1942 viveva a New London, nel Connecticut. Muore l'11 febbraio 1962.

Canaletto (1697-1768) | Veduta painter | Page 2

Giovanni Antonio Canal🎨 was born in Venice on October 17 or 18, 1697 to a well-defined class in Venetian society, just below the ranks of the patrician nobility.

His father, Bernardo Canal, was a painter of theatrical scenery and a view painter, and Canaletto appears to have assisted him at an early stage in the role of theater designer.

In 1719-1720 he accompanied his father to Rome to execute scenes for two operas by Alessandro Scarlatti performed there during the Carnival of 1720.