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Peter Seitz Adams (born August 27, 1950) is an American artist. His body of work focuses on landscapes and seascapes created en plein air in oil or pastel as well as enigmatic figure and still-life paintings.
Leon Dabo, Flowers in a Green Vase, c. 1910s, pastel. A pastel (US: / p æ ˈ s t ɛ l /) is an art medium that consist of powdered pigment and a binder.It can exist in a variety of forms, including a stick, a square, a pebble, and a pan of color, among other forms.
Francesco Bosso (born Vercelli, December 27, 1864; died Turin, 1933) [1] was an Italian scenic designer and painter, best known for landscapes and floral still lifes. His daughter Maria was the mother of artist and designer Roberto Sambonet [] (1924–1995).
The meander is a fundamental design motif in regions far from a Hellenic orbit: labyrinthine meanders ("thunder" pattern [3]) appear in bands and as infill on Shang bronzes (c. 1600 BC – c. 1045 BC), and many traditional buildings in and around China still bear geometric designs almost identical to meanders.
After their marriage in 1894, the Mathews’ embarked on a European grand tour in the summer 1898, with Lucia’s friend, Louise Schwamm. The trip began in London, where “Lucia [started] a travel diary and sketchbook [recording] her [honest] impressions and observations of the city’s art and architecture” and galleries (Jones, 166).
Burton was born in Pasadena, California to Gene and Betye (Monell) Burton, who were both art patrons. [5] [12] She attended Westridge School for Girls (1963–9), where she participated in Allan Kaprow's Fluids (1967) and studied with performance artist Barbara T. Smith, assisting on her well-known performance, Ritual Meal (1969).
John Opie, Portrait of Thomas Girtin (1775–1802), c.1800.National Portrait Gallery, London. Jedburgh Abbey from the River (1798-99, watercolour on paper).. Thomas Girtin (18 February 1775 – 9 November 1802) was an English watercolourist and etcher.
Rococo architecture, prevalent during the reign of Louis XV in France from 1715 to 1774, is an exceptionally ornamental and exuberant architectural style characterized by the use of rocaille motifs such as shells, curves, mascarons, arabesques, and other classical elements.