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Adolphe Mouron Cassandre Art Deco Prints

April 30, 2011

Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (1901 – 1968) was an artist of commercial art deco posters. His subjects were of steamships, trains and other "masculine’ associated objects like cigarettes and wine. Framed poster prints of the artist are ideal for decorating the walls of work and living rooms for an individuals who want to create a masculine [...]


 

Alfred Kubin Art Posters and Prints

December 1, 2010

Alfred Kubin (1877-1959) was Czech painter. His art style was Expressionism, the movement that was initiated by his contemporaries. Kubin’s paintings are not as famous as that of many of his contemporaries, they are noteworthy. His imagery are illustrative and may have been very much ahead of it’s time. They seem to have very much [...]


 

Aubrey Beardsley Art Posters and Prints

November 1, 2010

Aubrey Beardsley (1872 – 1898) was an English illustrator. His drawings were in the fashion and time of Art Nouveau. Black and white, and sometimes a touch of red. His drawing simulated japanese-style prints. Beardsley created numerous posters during his short career. Most of these were on fashion, show business and erotica. Art prints of [...]


 

Annibale Carracci Art Posters and Prints

August 4, 2010

The works of Italian Baroque painter, Annibale Carracci (1560 – 1609) included several beautiful frescoes. His paintings are naturalistic, and vibrant, with sinewy bulgy muscular-ripped figures draped in turbulent robes … there was lots of movement. His colors were also vibrant, unlike the low-key drama of artists like Caravaggio. Nevertheless, his paintings tell stories, perhaps, [...]


 

Alphonse Mucha Art Posters and Prints

May 9, 2010

Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), born in the Czech Republic, was a painter known for his Art Nouveau art style. Mucha’s art is very popular till today. It is because of the simple beauty of stylized figures with floral patterns and ornamented curves and frames. Mucha’s subjects are of the female figure styled in beauty. His paintings [...]


 

Caravaggio Paintings Art Posters and Prints

February 1, 2010

Much literature is available on Caravaggio Paintings. Caravaggio (1571–1610) was an Italian Baroque art painter with a biography as infamous as the drama rendered in his art. Caravaggio’s main asset was his ability to paint very naturalistic figures. He brought realism to a higher level and, arguably, out-shone most of his contemporaries. Realism in his [...]


 

Bernardo Strozzi Art Posters and Prints

November 16, 2009

Bernardo Strozzi (1581 – 1644) was an Italian painter in the era of Baroque art. David with the Head of Go… Buy From Art.com This is one of the more famous paintings of the artist. As art prints, these paintings, as with most Baroque art, make great centerpieces and talking point. For what ever the [...]


 

Anthony van Dyck Art Posters and Prints

October 4, 2009

Anthony van Dyck (1599 – 1641) was a painter in the era of of Baroque art. His subjects were figurative with biblical or mythological narratives. As a court painted, van Dyck painted numerous luscious portraits. Art prints of paintings from this artists will do great framed with thick golden or antique-colored frame with intricate carvings. [...]


 

Charles Rennie Mackintosh Art Posters and Prints

July 1, 2009

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 – 1928) was a Scottish painter and architect. His works are representative of the Art Nouveau movement which thrived at the time. Art prints of this famous artist make great decorative ornament to any living space. The works are ornate, yet serious and masculine. In a way they are very balanced [...]


 

Andre Derain Art Posters and Prints

April 5, 2009

Andre Derain (1880-1954) was a Fauvist French Painter. His art was greatly inspired by African Art, a style that was termed “Primitivism“. Derain’s famous paintings are characterized by vivid colours and confident brushstrokes. His early works were influenced by early painting of Italian Gothic art. Later on his paintings became more stylized and mirrored the [...]


 

Diego Velazquez Art

May 7, 2008

Famous Diego Velazquez Art Works. Diego Velazquez (1599-1660) was a prominent Spanish painter in the Baroque art era. Velazquez was an important portrait painter and had the success of establishing himself as a court painter. His works were then portraits of royalty and hence has much historical significance. The beauty of his paintings lay in [...]


 

Kees van Dongen Art Posters and Prints

February 1, 2008

Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) is a famous Dutch painter. His painting style is described as Fauvism. Influenced by artists of his time, including the likes of Matisse, Valmnick and the other Fauvists, his paintings were rich in colour. Big brush strokes allowed for loose renderings of his subjects which are cleverly stylized. The simplicity of [...]


 

Raoul Dufy Art

May 16, 2005

Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) was a famous French artist. His art style was characterized as Fauvism. Subjects in his paintings are seascapes, boats, landscapes still-lifes and florals. The brushstrokes are simple and confident, true to the Fauvist principle of color and strokes without the need to create realistic representation of the object. His objects hence are [...]


 

amara De Lempicka Art

May 16, 2005

Tamara De Lempicka ( 1898 – 1980 ) was a Russian born painter. Her works were mainly figurative and sometimes floral in the art deco style. Famous paintings of de Lempicka were mainly portraits. They are beautiful with dramatic light and shadows. Her paintings are almost cinematic in quality. One can understand how the effect [...]


 

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