Milt Kobayashi is a Japanese-American painter best known for his quiet sophistication and pensive oil paintings. Born in New York City, Kobayashi’s early years were spent in Oahu, Hawaii, before moving to Los Angeles at the age of eight. After obtaining his B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, he embarked on a career …
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Pál Szinyei Merse was a Hungarian painter best known as the founder of Impressionism in Hungary. Born on the 4th of July, 1845, Szinyei Merse studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Alexander von Wagner and later Karl von Piloty. During his time in Munich, he befriended Wilhelm Leibl, who introduced him …
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Alfred Courmes was a French painter born on 21 May 1896 in Bormes-Les-Mimosas, Cote d’Azur, France. Courmes was born into a comfortable family that demanded a conventionally-accepted career from him. However, as randomly as possible, Courmes found himself on the path of an artistic profession. As a child battling constant health issues, Courmes often ended …
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Joaquín Sorolla is a Spanish artist best known for his talent in capturing the effects of light and his mastery of plein air painting. Born on February 27, 1863, in Valencia, Spain, Sorolla displayed an early aptitude for art. He studied at the Academy of San Carlos in Valencia and later at the Real Academia …
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José Escofet was a Spanish-born artist who became best known for his highly refined and sophisticated flower paintings. Born in Terrassa, near Barcelona in 1930, Escofet spent much of his early career as a graphic designer and painter in his own time. He moved to England with his British wife and three children in 1979, …
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Leon Dabo was an American tonalist landscape artist best known for his paintings of New York’s Hudson Valley. Born on July 9, 1864 in Saverne, France, Dabo studied under the direction of John La Farge, one of New York’s most respected artistic innovators and technicians, while working on large mural commissions in public institutions, churches, …
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Lynn Shaler is an American artist best known for her color aquatint etchings, featuring locations in Paris, as well as architectural details, and objects such as a dog, a cat, and an umbrella. Born in 1955, Shaler studied printmaking at the University of Michigan. She also received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the …
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Lisbeth Zwerger is an Austrian illustrator of children’s books best known for being a recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award due to her exemplary contribution to the field of children’s literature. Born on May 26, 1954, in Vienna, Zwerger studied at Vienna’s Applied Arts Academy from 1971 to 1974. Though she left before completing …
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Pierre-Nicolas Euler was a French painter best known for his floral still life paintings. Born in Lyon in 1846, Euler studied under Jean-Marie Reignier at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. Later on, Euler moved to Paris in 1876 and opened a drawing studio. However, he returned to Lyon in the last years …
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Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov was a Russian painter best known for his landscapes and historical paintings depicting Jesus Christ’s life. Born on the 1st of June, 1844, Polenov grew up in a wealthy, intellectual, and artistic family in St. Petersburg. Polenov studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts and at Saint Petersburg’s Law University from 1863 …
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