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On the whole, Leyster's painting is similar to self-portraits by other women artists. In depicting herself at her easel with an unfinished painting, holding both a palette and a paintbrush, she creates a self-portrait that recalls Catharina van Hemessen's 1546 self-portrait, as well as a self-portrait by Sofonisba Anguissola that dates to c ...
Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1532[1] – 16 November 1625), also known as Sophonisba Angussola or Sophonisba Anguisciola, [2][3] was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Cremona to a relatively poor noble family. She received a well-rounded education that included the fine arts, and her apprenticeship with local painters set a precedent for women ...
Self-portrait at an Easel. Self-portrait at an Easel. Artist. Francisco Goya. Medium. Oil on canvas [1] Location. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid. Self-portrait at an Easel or Self-portrait in the Studio is a 1790-1795 cabinet-format portrait by Francisco de Goya, now in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.
Look up easel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An easel is an upright support used for displaying and/or fixing something resting upon it, at an angle of about 20° to the vertical. [1] In particular, painters traditionally use an easel to support a painting while they work on it, normally standing up; easels are also sometimes used to ...
William Charles Utermohlen (December 5, 1933 – March 21, 2007) was an American figurative artist known for his late-period self-portraits completed after his diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease. He was diagnosed in 1995, having had progressive memory loss since 1991. After diagnosis he began a series of self-portraits influenced by both ...
When Germany invaded Poland in September, 1939, Clunie developed melancholia and was unable to paint for a year. Clunie was an enthusiastic chess player. He beat Reuben Fine at chess on September 15, 1940. Clunie was the only player who beat Fine, a grandmaster, during his two-month tour of the country.
Self-portrait at an Easel (c. 1556-1565) Self-portrait at an Easel is an oil-on-canvas painting created c. 1556–1565 by the Italian Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola, now in Łańcut Castle. From the same era as Self-Portrait at a Spinet (Naples) it shows the artist painting a devotional canvas and is one of a group of self-portraits ...
Daniel Brustlein (1904–1996) was an Alsatian -born American artist, cartoonist, illustrator, and author of children's books. He is best known for the cartoons and cover art he contributed to The New Yorker magazine under the pen name "Alain" from the 1930s through the 1950s. [ 5] The novelist John Updike once said his childhood discovery of ...