Agnes Goodsir was an Australian painter born on 18 June 1864 in Portland, Australia. Goodsir’s art career started later than usual, receiving her first set of art instructions under Arthur Woodward at the Bendigo School of Mines and Industries from 1898 to 1899. To facilitate faster development, Agnes decided to go abroad to continue studying. …
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Costa Vila is a Spanish painter born in 1953 in Barcelona, Spain. In 1969, Vila enrolled at the Saint Jordi College of Fine Arts in Barcelona, graduating in 1974. He furthered his education at the Escola Massana in his hometown and graduated in 1977. Afterward, Costa began working in the studio of painter Isidre Vicens, …
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Anna Katrina Zinkeisen was a Scottish painter and sculptor born on 29 August 1901 in Kilcreggan, Argyll, and Bute, Scotland. In 1909, Anna and her family moved to Middlesex, where she enrolled at Harrow School of Art and took drawing and anatomy classes. In 1916, Zinkeisen and her sister won scholarships to study at the …
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Arthur Streeton was an Australian painter born on April 8, 1867, in Mount Duneed, Victoria. Arthur enjoyed art in his childhood, drawing and sketching in watercolor. At 15, he enrolled in night classes at the National Gallery of Victoria School of Design. Subsequently, he apprenticed with Charles Troedel & Co in 1886 as a lithographer. …
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Anton Genberg was a Swedish painter born on June 20, 1862, in Ostersund, Jamtland. When Anton finished his secondary education, he enrolled at the University of Arts, Crafts, and Design, in Stockholm, studying from 1882 to 1884. Simultaneously, Genberg took private art classes from landscape painter Oscar Toma. Genberg furthered his education at the Royal …
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Allan Ramsay was a Scottish painter born on 13 October 1713 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. At 20, Ramsay began his artistic education in London, first under Hans Hysing, then at the St. Martin’s Lane Academy. In 1736, he left London for Italy and worked in the studios of Francesco Solimena and Francesco Fernandi. Ramsay returned …
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Alfred Stevens was a Belgian painter born on 11 May 1823 in Brussels, Belgium. In 1837, shortly after his father’s death, Stevens began his artistic studies and enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, learning to draw from casts and live models. Six years later, he traveled to France and settled in …
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Madeline Green was born on 27 August 1884 in Paddington, London. Madeline was the fourth of five children born to Frederick & Emily Green before the family moved to Silsoe Villa, Uxbridge Road, in 1889. Madeline studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 1906 to 1911. After Madeline graduated from the …
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Adolf Von Menzel was a German painter born on 8 December 1815 in Wroclaw, Poland. Adolf’s father was a lithographer who encouraged his son’s taste in art. After his father died in 1832, young Adolf had to continue running the lithography business left behind. Asides from a brief period of studying at the Berlin Academy …
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Ferdinand Max Bredt was a German orientalist artist born in Leipzig, Germany, in 1860. Max initially trained to be a book dealer. Ferdinand studied art at the School of Art in Stuggart, and he went on to further his skill by studying in Munich and then under Wilhelm Lindenschmit. Bredt spent his life traveling extensively; …
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