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Ritsue Mishima (Japanese: 三嶋りつ惠) is a Japanese artist, glass designer and sculptor. She currently lives and works in Venice, Italy.
Ritsue Mishima (Japanese: 三嶋りつ惠) is a Japanese artist, glass designer and sculptor. She currently lives and works in Venice, Italy.
Charles Le Brun was a French painter, draftsman and chief decorator of the Palace of Versailles.
Charles came from an educated and respected family, trained in painting in Italy and very soon his talents were appreciated in the highest circles of France. In 1660 Le Brun painted "The Family of Darius before Alexander", which brought him the reputation of a brilliant French painter, and in 1664 he received the position of the first painter of the king. Thereafter he received more and more commissions and more honors.
From 1662 Le Brun controlled all the artistic projects of the royal court. In the Palace of Versailles, Lebrun created beautiful decorations: the Ambassadors' Staircase, the Hall of Mirrors, the Peace Room and the War Room. In each of his designs, he emphasized the king's achievements. He was also responsible for the decoration of the State Apartments, which was entrusted to the greatest artists of the time, who worked from his drawings. Le Brun also designed most of the statues in the park at Versailles. This enormous work cemented his reputation as a true seventeenth-century genius, as well as one of the founders, ideologues, and chief representatives of the classicist "grand style" of King Louis XIV's era.
In 1648 Le Brun became a founding member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, and in 1663 - the manager of the Manufacture of tapestries.
Charles Le Brun was not only the creator of the "grand style", but also contributed to the rebirth of classicism into academism.
Ritsue Mishima (Japanese: 三嶋りつ惠) is a Japanese artist, glass designer and sculptor. She currently lives and works in Venice, Italy.
Ritsue Mishima (Japanese: 三嶋りつ惠) is a Japanese artist, glass designer and sculptor. She currently lives and works in Venice, Italy.
Ritsue Mishima (Japanese: 三嶋りつ惠) is a Japanese artist, glass designer and sculptor. She currently lives and works in Venice, Italy.
Ritsue Mishima (Japanese: 三嶋りつ惠) is a Japanese artist, glass designer and sculptor. She currently lives and works in Venice, Italy.
Ritsue Mishima (Japanese: 三嶋りつ惠) is a Japanese artist, glass designer and sculptor. She currently lives and works in Venice, Italy.
Ritsue Mishima (Japanese: 三嶋りつ惠) is a Japanese artist, glass designer and sculptor. She currently lives and works in Venice, Italy.
Consuelo Delesseps Kanaga was an American photographer and writer who became well known for her photographs of African-Americans.
Consuelo Delesseps Kanaga was an American photographer and writer who became well known for her photographs of African-Americans.
Su Xiaobai is a Chinese artist who lives and works in Düsseldorf and Shanghai.
Xiaobai studied oil painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, moved to Germany in 1987 to continue his studies at the Düsseldorf State Academy of Art, and returned to China in 2003. He currently lives and works between Shanghai and Düsseldorf.
Before moving to Germany, Su's work was closer to social realism. However, his direct experience of avant-garde Western art radically influenced his worldview. During the 1990s, his works became less and less figurative, and after his return to China in 2003, they increasingly focused on the basic characteristics of color, form, and surface. By eliminating recognizable subjects and images, Su's art blends with both the language of Western abstract art and the traditions of Chinese philosophy.
By mixing his signature varnish with oil, clay and pigment and painting on linen, brick and wood instead of canvas, Xiaobai achieves intricate patterns, cracks and fissures in the surface of his works. His prints echo his painting, often reproducing the densely layered planes of his lacquer works on delicate paper and ink.
