JOHN SINGER SARGENT

American artist, 1856 - 1925) is famous for his portraits of society figures and boasts a large collection and wide variety of paintings. Though an American, he painted primarily in Europe.



The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, 1882



Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) 1883-84



Venetian Passageway, 1905

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, French post-impressionist artist (1864 - 1901) was infamous for dwelling at the Moulin Rouge and drinking incessantly. He advertised for the Moulin Rouge, to which he added his own humour by playing with composition. The flat dimensions and bold colours show an obvious Japonisme influence, catering to the fact that these images would be mass produced.

Reine de Joie, 1892

His experimental use of colour gives a glimpse into the debauchery of the world in which he lived. Toulouse Lautrec was not concerned with giving portraying The Moulin Rouge in a flattering, unrealistic light, proving while portraying an object accurately does not necessarily mean that it conveys it true to it's nature. The brush strokes are loose and painterly, adding to the sense of urgency and movement of both the painting and the creating of it.

Jane Avril Dancing, 1893

His use of  brown canvas and using it fill the unfilled spaces gives the paintings that he uses this style a in-the-moment feel them. I decided to try this by painting a picture of my cousin that I thought encapsulated her in a palette that is actually more suitable for her than her real complexion.

GEORGE FISCHER

American painter, born 1956, studied at Chicago's American Academy of Art where he mastered still-life and landscape, and figurative studies, which he diverged from later when he began to explore a more complex attitude toward imagery. http://www.geofischer.com



Double Infinity



Back and Forth

DAVID HOCKNEY

English painter, born 1937, was a major contributor to the Pop art movement in the 1960's and is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century.



Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy, 1970-71



Nude, 1957

GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE

French painter (1848 - 1894) was part of the Impressionist movement, but was known to paint in a clearer, more life-like manner than his peers.



Portrait de lártiste, 1892



Les raboteours de parquet, 1875

GERHARD RICHTER

German abstract and photorealist artist (born 1932) boasts the ability to produce a variety of styles and painting subjects.



Liebespaar im Wald Lovers in the Forest, 1966



Kleine Kirche Small Church, 1965

RICHARD ESTES

American artist, born 1932 is known for his photorealist paintings of city scenes. He uses a great amounf of perspective and tight brush work, creating clean and clear lines.



Broadway and 68th St., 2012



Staten Island Ferry with a Distant View of Manhattan and New York, 2011

CLAUDIO BRAVO

Chilean artist (1936 - 2011) draws inspiration from Spanish masters such as Zurbarán and Veláquez in his still life paintings, in which he demonstrates an uncanny ability to express creases and light in material.



Azules, 2010

VINCENT VAN GOGH

Highly misunderstood Dutch post-impression artist (1853 - 1890) is renowned for his emotive and textural paintings. Van Gogh used a bold palette of colours applied the paint in a way that allows the viewer distinguish the various shades he mixed. Vincent van Gogh's artwork was not appreciated during lifetime and his career as an artist started later in life.
The way in which he uses paint to create an image in a way that no other medium can offer. He was not concerned with trying to create an image that looked exactly like life, instead he preferred to create a heighten reality, one with vivid colours and exaggerated shapes and forms. His urgency and desire to create is evident in his brushwork, which has a hurried feel evoked through their congruence. Much of his artwork had spiritual influence and his compositions did not always have a purely aesthetic purpose. He had a great ability to take an ordinary object, such as a shoe or a chair, and give them new life through his animated and lively paintings.



Starry Night over Rhône, 1888



A Pair of Leather Clogs, 1889



The Old Mill, 1888

THOMAS NOZKOWSKI

American artist, born 1944, known for his richly coloured and small abstract paintings.



R 8, 2001



Untitled (6-128), 1991

NEIL WELLIVER

Neil Gavin Welliver American modern artist, (1929 - 2005), known for his large-scale landscape paintings inspired by the woods near his Maine home.



Ice at Walker Brook, 1994



Islands Allagash, 1990

JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE

British painter (1849 - 1917) is known for working in a Pre-Raphaelite style. His paintings have been present throughout my life and have always captured my imagination. He depicts women of Ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend. His return to a older style of painting adds to the whimsical feel and appropriately ages the painting. He knew how to tap into the contemporary fascination with the liminal and through his paintings. He managed to remind a nation of their roots, through the Arthurian legend paintings, in a time of uncertainty, at the turn of the century. His paintings are approachable and relatable, or at least would have been to a generation who was familiar with ancient stories and poems. Waterhouse has an evident understanding of the figure and his use of colour shows that he knows the importance of colour-relations. Through the whimsical and mystical atmosphere scenes set in fantasy lands, Waterhouse is inviting the viewer into a world where every day life cannot touch, them. They offer comfort in their familiarity but escapism in the other-worldly scenarios portrayed.




The Lady of Shalott, 1888



The Crystal Ball, 1902



Miranda -- The Tempest, 1916

LUCIAN FREUD

Infamous German born British painter (1922 - 2011) is renowned for his visceral and thickly impastoed portrait and figure paintings. His work brings to light an awareness of the relationship between artist and model and the surrounding drama.



Reflection (self-portrait), 1985



Standing by the Rags, 1988-89

TIM EITEL

German artist, born 1971, has participated in exhibitions world-wide and has been described by Art Review magazine as possibly ''the best young painter working today.''

Reflection, 2012

JULES de BALINCOURT

French born artist (b.1972), works in Brooklyn where he uses a variety of tools to create his paintings.



Itinerant Ones, 2012



Burst Painting, 2012



Good, Bad, Ugly, 2008

FRANZ KLINE

American painter (1910 - 1962) associated with the abstract expressionist movement in the 40's and 50's. Grouped with Jackson Pollock as a 'action painter'. because of his highly physically involved processes and the energy of his paintings.



Chief, 1950



In-text plate from 21 Etchings and Poems, 1960

ROSS BLECKNER

American artist (b.1949), his work investigates concepts of change, loss and memory through symbolic imagery. Can be found at: http://www.rbleckner.com/

Half is for the Moon, 2009

One Day Fever, 1986

Galaxy with Birds, 1993

Not all his work uses this blue and white theme but they are most appropriate to my work, so I am collecting images of blue and white paintings and taking note of how this particular colour combination is used and to what effect the variations have.

PIERRE BONNARD

French painter and printmaker (1867 - 1947) is known for his use of vibrant colour and small yet distinguisable brush marks. His wife is a recurring model shown in a series of ordinary scenarios.



The Letter, 1906



Two Dogs in a Deserted Street, 1894

PAUL FENNIAK

Canadian artist, born in 1965 has been described as ''a master of the psychological realism.''

Ultra-Violet, 2001

Sleepwalker, 2012

JAKE LONGSTRETH

Brooklyn based American painter Jake Longstreth focuses on corporate architecture and man-made urbam landscapes with a focus on the empty spaces that cause unease and how it contrasts with the comfort a building brings in it's practicality.




Crematory, 2008



Matinee, 2009

VUILLARD

Jean-Édouard Vuillard (1869 - 1940), was a French painter and printmaker whose highly decorative paintings depict interior, street and garden scenes.



Interieur, 1902



Breakfast, 1894

JIHA MOON

''Carographer of cultures'', Jiha Moon is an Atlanta based artist who hopes to be ''a visual interpreter of the mixed cultural worlds of [her] generation.''



Springfield 1 - N20, 2010




Hettae, 2007

PETER DOIG

Scottish artist, born in 1959, is known for his somewhat abstract landscape paintings and draws influence from Edvard Munch, Monet, Friedrich and Klimt.



White Creep, 1995-6



Orange Sunshine, 1995