Paul Jones (1921-1997) | Flowers of May

Paul Jones is an Australian painter who has painted these beautiful botanical illustrations in a manner very reminiscent of Thornton’s Temple of Flora.

His watercolor paintings are widely held in museum collections and included in several interesting exhibits linked below, at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and the Smithsonian in Washington DC and he is considered one of the finest botanical artists of the last 150 years.

Henri Fantin-Latour | Fleurs et fruits, 1865

Henri Fantin-Latour | Fleurs et fruits, 1865 | Musée d’Orsay

Contemporaneamente alla sua attività di ritrattista, Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) realizza un numero cospicuo di nature morte.

Negli anni sessanta del XIX secolo, quest'ultime esercitano un ruolo fondamentale nella carriera dell'artista.

È proprio in Inghilterra, paese dove Fantin-Latour abitualmente risiede, che questi trova un numero considerevole di estimatori delle sue composizioni raffiguranti fiori e frutta, il che comporta un susseguirsi di acquisti e commesse in grado di assicurare al pittore un successo commerciale che, fino a quel momento, il suo lavoro non gli ha permesso di raggiungere.

George Lundeen, 1948 | Figurative sculptor

Born and raised in Holdrege, Nebraska, George W. Lundeen, American sculptor, went to college at Hastings and then to the University of Illinois, where he studied with Frank Gallo, a realist sculptor.

He then spent a year on a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship in Florence, Italy, where the works of Old Masters inspired his ambition to sculpt for a living.

Today Lundeen lives and works in Loveland, Colorado, presiding over a family of sculptors, including his wife, a younger brother, a sister-in-law and a cousin.

Gil Bruvel, 1959 | Stainless Steel sculptures

A word from Gil Bruvel🎨...

“I am artist because it is the conduit to release the ideas and visuals I carry daily. Since I was a little boy I have pursued my own exploration rooted in the unconscious mind and nurtured with daily practice using a variety of mediums of artistic expression. My artistic process developed organically from my father's cabinet shop to the stainless steel sculptures I create today.

Egon Schiele | Expressionist painter | Page 2

Egon Leon Adolf Schiele🎨 (12 June 1890 - 31 October 1918) was an Austrian painter🎨.

A protégé of Gustav Klimt🎨, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century.

The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Schiele see:

• Egon Schiele | Expressionist painter🎨
• Egon Schiele | Quotes / Le lettere🎨