Albrecht Altdorfer | Northern Renaissance painter

Albrecht Altdorfer, (born c. 1480 - died Feb. 12, 1538, Regensburg [Germany]), German painter, printmaker, and draftsman who was one of the founders of landscape painting.

Altdorfer spent most of his life in Regensburg, becoming a citizen in 1505 and in later years serving as official architect of the city and a member of its inner council. He was the guiding spirit of the Danube school of painting.

Marc Chagall | From life memories to fantasy

Chagall's early life left him with a "powerful visual memory and a pictorial intelligence", writes Goodman.

After living in France and experiencing the atmosphere of artistic freedom, his "vision soared and he created a new reality, one that drew on both his inner and outer worlds".

But it was the images and memories of his early years in Belarus that would sustain his art for more than 70 years.

Jacob Jordaens | Baroque Era painter | Page 2

Jacob (Jacques) Jordaens (19 May 1593 - 18 October 1678) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer known for his history paintings, genre scenes and portraits.

After Peter Paul Rubens** and Anthony van Dyck, he was the leading Flemish Baroque painter of his day.

Unlike those contemporaries he never travelled abroad to study Italian painting, and his career is marked by an indifference to their intellectual and courtly aspirations.

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

• Jacob Jordaens | Baroque Era painter

Andrei Protsouk, 1961 | Cubist painter

Andrei Protsouk /Андрей Процюк is an Ukrainian-born figurative painter. Protsouk is a graduate of the Lugansk State School of Fine Art in 1981 as well as a "Red Diploma" graduate of the Russian Academy of Arts from St. Petersburg, Russia in 1989. Collectively, Protsouk has more than 20 years of education under his belt.

Yoshiro Tachibana | Abstract / Naif painter

Yoshiro Tachibana / 橘与四郎 (1941-2016) was born in Japan (Sanda, Kobe), son of a painter Nakaba Tachibana (1902-2000).

Growing up during World War II, especially in the aftermath of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki catastrophes, had a profound impact on his worldview.

This turbulent era awakened in him a deep restlessness and a desire to explore beyond Japan’s borders, leading him to travel at a young age in search of new artistic perspectives and experiences.

Yoshiro began to study art in Tokyo in 1962 and became inspired by the work of Klee.

Jacob Jordaens | Baroque Era painter

Jacob Jordaens, (baptized May 20, 1593, Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands [now in Belgium] - died October 18, 1678, Antwerp), Baroque artist** whose boisterous scenes of peasant life and sensuous allegories made him one of the most important painters of 17th-century Flanders.

Jordaens studied, like Peter Paul Rubens**, under the painter Adam van Noort, and he married his master’s daughter in 1616, the year after his admission to the guild of painters.

Early in his career Jordaens executed designs for tapestries, and such paintings as Allegory of Fertility (c. 1625) reveal his training as a decorator.

Jusepe de Ribera | Baroque Era painter ⁽²⁾

José de Ribera (1591-1652)** was an Spanish painter**, known for his Baroque** dramatic realism and his depictions of religious and mythological subjects.

He spent most of his life in Italy. ..

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

• José de Ribera | Baroque Era painter ➻
• Jusepe de Ribera | Baroque Era painter ➻

Marc Chagall: "Un quadro deve fiorire come qualcosa di vivo"

• "I am working in Paris. I cannot for a single day get the thought out of my head that there probably exists something essential, some immutable reality, and now that I have lost everything else (thank God, it gets lost all on its own) I am trying to preserve this and, what is more, not to be content. In a word: I am working".

• "I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made for a marriage of love. I will give all my soul to prove this once more".