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Patrick von Kalckreuth, born Patrick Dunbar, was a leading German maritime painter.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a British writer and poet, translator, philologist, and linguist.
Tolkien wrote many works in the genre of magical fiction. He became world famous for his fantasy books The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-55).
"The Hobbit" was published in 1937 with drawings by the author and proved so popular that the publisher asked him to write a sequel. The result, 17 years later, was Tolkien's masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings," which was voted the best book of the 20th century. By the beginning of the 21st century, more than 50 million copies had been sold in 30 languages. The film version of "The Lord of the Rings" by New Zealand director Peter Jackson, released in three parts in 2001-2003, broke world viewing records.
Tolkien has been called the "father" of modern high fantasy literature.
Ernst Mollenhauer was a German Expressionist landscape painter.
Jean Pougny, birth name — Ivan Albertovich Pougny (Russian: Иван Альбертович Пу́ни), was a Russian-French artist who changed his artistic manner several times during his artistic development from avant-gardism, cubism, futurism and suprematism to lyrical primitivism in the vein of a movement in which Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard also worked.
After World War I, Pouny emigrated via Finland to Germany and then to France, where he worked as a set designer for the Russian Ballet and collaborated with artists such as Le Corbusier.
Between 1921 and 1956, Puni had 12 solo exhibitions in Berlin, Paris, New York and London, and participated in over a hundred group exhibitions. In 1952, he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Jean Pugni's works are currently in the collections of major museums around the world.
Jean Pougny, birth name — Ivan Albertovich Pougny (Russian: Иван Альбертович Пу́ни), was a Russian-French artist who changed his artistic manner several times during his artistic development from avant-gardism, cubism, futurism and suprematism to lyrical primitivism in the vein of a movement in which Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard also worked.
After World War I, Pouny emigrated via Finland to Germany and then to France, where he worked as a set designer for the Russian Ballet and collaborated with artists such as Le Corbusier.
Between 1921 and 1956, Puni had 12 solo exhibitions in Berlin, Paris, New York and London, and participated in over a hundred group exhibitions. In 1952, he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Jean Pugni's works are currently in the collections of major museums around the world.
Oskar Fischer is a German expressionist painter and graphic artist.
Oskar Fischer is a German expressionist painter and graphic artist.
Carl Friedrich Deiker was a German animal painter.
He depicted with particular interest the wild animals of Germany - deer and wild boar; battles between male deer, broods of wild piglets escaping from hunters. Some of his canvases are devoted to birds of prey - falcons, hawks as well as grouse, grouse; the life of foxes, hares and other animals and birds. The painter also illustrated animal scenes in art magazines and hunting literature.
Afanasij Ivanovich Scheloumoff was a Ukrainian battle-painter. He also painted landscapes of the Russian steppe with horses and hunting scenes.
Dean Cornwell was an American illustrator and muralist. His oil paintings were frequently featured in popular magazines and books as literary illustrations, advertisements, and posters promoting the war effort. Throughout the first half of the 20th century he was a dominant presence in American illustration. At the peak of his popularity he was nicknamed the "Dean of Illustrators". He began his professional career as a cartoonist for the Louisville Herald. Soon thereafter he moved to Chicago, where he studied at the Art Institute and worked for the Chicago Tribune. Cornwell's paintings were in Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Redbook, and Good Housekeeping magazines. He painted murals for the Los Angeles Public Library, the Lincoln Memorial Shrine in Redlands, California etc. Cornwell taught and lectured at the Art Students League in New York. He served as president of the Society of Illustrators from 1922 to 1926, and was elected to its Hall of Fame in 1959.
Charles Green Shaw was an American artist who painted in the style of abstract expressionism. Shaw began his career as a writer and poet, but later became a painter. In the 1930s he was one of the organizers and members of a group of artists who experimented with abstract art in New York.
He is known for his painting compositions in which he used bright colors and geometric shapes. In the 1940s, Shaw became more interested in abstract art and began painting in the style of Abstract Expressionism. His work included large abstract paintings as well as a series of prints and lithographs.
Shaw was one of the first American artists whose work was recognized in Europe. In the 1950s he was recognized for his work in the genre of Abstract Expressionism and was invited to participate in numerous exhibitions around the world.
Camille Graeser was a Swiss artist, interior designer, graphic designer and representative of the Zurich school of concrete art.
Camille Graeser developed abstract expressionism around 1920. He later switched to a strict, two-dimensional purism, influenced by his Stuttgart colleagues Oskar Schlemmer and Willi Baumeister. In 1933, because of the rise of the Nazis to power, Greser fled to Zurich. In 1937 he became a member of the Allianz Association of Artists, which publicly promoted the new artistic trends.
Fortunato Depero was an Italian futurist painter, designer, sculptor and poet. In 1913 Depero comes to Rome, where he meets the futurists Giacomo Balla and Umberto Boccioni.
In the early 1920s, Fortunato Depero tries his hand as an artist in commercial advertising, designs theatrical costumes, works for magazines and as a room decorator, and participates in many art exhibitions.
Jean Lurçat was a French artist noted for his role in the revival of contemporary tapestry.
Jean Lurçat was a French artist noted for his role in the revival of contemporary tapestry.
Pietro Chiesa was a leading Italian Art Nouveau and Art Deco designer best known for his artistic pieces of glass furniture.
Fortunato Depero was an Italian futurist painter, designer, sculptor and poet. In 1913 Depero comes to Rome, where he meets the futurists Giacomo Balla and Umberto Boccioni.
In the early 1920s, Fortunato Depero tries his hand as an artist in commercial advertising, designs theatrical costumes, works for magazines and as a room decorator, and participates in many art exhibitions.
