ferdinand olivier
Ferdinand Johann von Olivier was a German painter, draughtsman, engraver-xylographer and lithographer of the Romantic era. Member of the Olivier family of painters. Worked mainly in the genre of landscape. Artistically, he was close to the Nazarenes.
In 1830, Ferdinand Johann Olivier moved to Munich. There, at the request of Peter von Cornelius, he succeeded Ludwig von Schorn as secretary general of the Munich Academy of Arts. In 1833, Olivier was appointed professor of art history.
Georges Lemmen is a Belgian Neo-Impressionist painter, member of the XX Society. He was close to art from childhood and studied for a time at a special drawing school. In the early 1880s, as a teenager, he was introduced to the work of Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, which had a great influence on him.
Georges Lemmen's paintings were marked by the use of fine, clean strokes and a vivid colour palette. He used the technique of divisionism, applying strokes of pure colour in close proximity to one another to create a sense of optical blending and luminescence.
Lemmen's subject matter was varied: landscapes, portraits, interiors and scenes of everyday life. He often portrayed leisurely pursuits and the beauty of nature, infusing his work with a sense of tranquillity and harmony.
Until 1895, he abandoned pointillism to contribute to the development of Belgian Art Nouveau. He created many book illustrations, posters, ceramics, carpets, drawings, pastels and gouaches in this style.
