Richard E. Miller (1875-1943) Impressionist painter

Richard E. Miller was a native of St. Louis, Missouri, where he first studied at the local School of Fine Arts and served as a staff illustrator for the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

He continued his studies at the Académie Julian from 1898-1901 and remained a resident of France until the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 prompted his return to America.

One of the many Americans who worked at Giverny during these years, he became a familiar of Frederick Frieseke🎨 and together they often met at Monet's home to paint, critique and socialize.

Karl Albert Buehr | Impressionist painter

Karl Albert Buehr (1866-1952) was a painter born in Germany, in Feuerbach - near Stuttgart. He moved to Chicago with his parents and siblings in the 1880s.

In Chicago, young Karl worked at various jobs until he was employed by a lithograph company near the Art Institute of Chicago.

Introduced to art at work, Karl paid regular visits to the Art Institute, where he found part-time employment, enabling him to enroll in night classes.

Abraham Bloemaert | Drawings

Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker in etching and engraving.

He was one of the "Haarlem Mannerists" from about 1585, but in the new century altered his style to fit new Baroque trends.

He mostly painted history subjects and some landscapes. He was an important teacher, who trained most of the Utrecht Caravaggisti, at least for a period.

Mannerism Art History and Sitemap

Giuseppe Arcimboldo | The librarian

Mannerism is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, lasting until about 1580 in Italy, when the Baroque style began to replace it. Northern Mannerism continued into the early 17th century.

Stylistically, Mannerism encompasses a variety of approaches influenced by, and reacting to, the harmonious ideals associated with artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and early Michelangelo.

Abraham Bloemaert | Mannerist painter

Abraham Bloemaert, (born Dec. 25, 1564, Gorinchem [now in the Netherlands]-died Jan. 27, 1651, Utrecht, Neth.), influential Dutch Mannerist painter and engraver.

Bloemaert studied at Utrecht under eminent painters, spent three years in Paris, and then returned to settle finally at Utrecht, where he became dean of the Guild of St. Luke.

Leonard Cohen / Fabian Perez | The Stranger Song

It's true that all the men you knew were dealers

Who said they were through with dealing

Every time you gave them shelter

I know that kind of man.

It's hard to hold the hand of anyone

Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.

E’ vero che tutti gli uomini che conoscevi

erano giocatori che dicevano di averne abbastanza

di giocare a carte ogni volta che davi loro un riparo.

Lo conosco, quel genere di uomini.

E’ difficile tenere le mani di qualcuno

che le alza al cielo soltanto per arrendersi.

Pietro da Cortona | Drawings

Pietro da Cortona was an Italian Baroque painter and architect.

Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important designer of interior decorations.

Pietro da Cortona | Baroque painter

Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669), original name Pietro Berrettini, Italian architect, painter, and decorator, an outstanding exponent of Baroque style.

Pietro studied in Rome from about 1612 under the minor Florentine painters Andrea Commodi and Baccio Ciarpi and was influenced by antique sculpture and the work of Raphael.