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Theodore Penleigh Boyd was a British born Australian artist. Penleigh Boyd was a member of the Boyd artistic dynasty: his parents Arthur Merric Boyd and Emma Minnie Boyd (née à Beckett) were well-known artists of the day, and his brothers included the ceramicist Merric Boyd and the novelist Martin Boyd. Penleigh Boyd is best known as a landscapist with an accomplished handling of evanescent effects of light. A notable influence was artist E. Phillips Fox, who introduced him to plein air techniques when they were neighbours in Paris.
Paul Bril was a prominent Flemish painter, best known for his significant contributions to landscape painting. Born around 1554 in Antwerp, he later moved to Rome, where he became a central figure in the art scene, influencing the Italian and Northern European landscape painting traditions.
Paul Bril's early works were steeped in the Flemish manner, exhibiting a picturesque arrangement of landscape elements with dramatic contrasts of light and dark. His style evolved during his stay in Rome, influenced by the work of Annibale Carracci and Adam Elsheimer. By around 1605, Bril's compositions became more serene and classical, showcasing calmer transitions from foreground to background and embracing pastoral and mythological themes.
Paul Bril's contributions extended beyond his paintings. He was a respected figure in Rome's art community, becoming the first foreign director of the Accademia di San Luca in 1621. His patrons included some of the most influential families in Rome, and his work was sought after by collectors and fellow artists. Bril's influence was profound, impacting future generations of artists, including the Dutch Italianates and genre painters active in Rome.
His works can be found in prestigious galleries worldwide, illustrating his enduring legacy in the art world. For collectors and art and antiques experts, Paul Bril's work represents a significant period in the evolution of landscape painting, blending Flemish traditions with Italian classicism.
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Jean-Joseph Delvin was a Belgian painter who specialized in scenes with animals (primarily horses). He attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, where he studied under Théodore-Joseph Canneel, and worked in the studios of Jean Portaels in Brussels. Later, he undertook study trips to France and Spain. For many years, he shared a small workshop in a garden shed with Gustave Den Duyts. In 1883, he was invited to join the secessionist group Les XX, but he resigned only a few years later in 1886. He was also a member of La Libre Esthétique and Kunst van Heden (Art for Today) in Antwerp. At about that time, he began teaching at the Academy in Ghent and later became its Director (1902–1913). Among his many well-known students there were Albert Baertsoen, Gustave De Smet, Frans Masereel, George Minne and Frits Van den Berghe.
Henri-Jacques-Edouard Evenepoel was a Belgian artist whose most important works are associated with Fauvism. The artist debuted a portrait of his cousin (Louise in Mourning) at the 1894 Salon des Artistes Français. He showed four portraits at the Salon du Champ-de-Mars in 1895 and continued to exhibit there until his death. His first solo exhibition came at the Brussels Cercle Artistique (December 1897 – January 1898). Family and friends were the artist's preferred subjects; his full-length portraits, often against a neutral background, show the influence of Édouard Manet and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. His Parisian scenes were influenced by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Jean-Louis Forain. Though his early scenes had a somber palette, his paintings while in Algeria (where he first wintered during his solo exhibition) were very different in style, anticipating the bold colours of Fauvism (e.g., Orange Market, Blidah).
Johannes Friedrich Heinrich Hänsch was a German landscape painter and sculptor. Hänsch was born as the son of the sculptor Adolf Hänsch and his wife Johanna (nee Lehmann). He began his artistic training in his father's studio and initially continued it in the workshops of other sculptors before he decided to become a painter. On December 11, 1897, he began studying at the "Royal Academy of Fine Arts" in Berlin. As a freelance landscape painter, he was a member of the “Berlin Artists Association”. Since 1903, Hänsch has taken part in the Great Berlin Art Exhibition as well as in the exhibitions of the Association of Berlin Artists and in the Munich Glass Palace. His colorful painting showed a clear influence of Impressionism. He painted almost exclusively deserted landscapes from all parts of Germany. Paintings depicting human figures were a rare exception, but he did produce some mostly witty self-portraits.
Robert Jobling was a British artist. He first had work accepted by both the Royal Academy and Royal Society of British Artists in 1883. He painted regularly at the fishing village of Cullercoats and later at Staithes. He attained a position of some standing in the Staithes group. His main artistic exposure was in exhibitions in the north of England.
Hermann Kohlmann is a Swiss and German painter, sculptor and graphic artist. He painted landscapes, portraits and figures. Kohlmann studied at the Dresden Academy with Richard Müller and Max Feldbauer. In 1934 he received the Hugo Goepfert Prize. In 1937 he became known to the general public through an exhibition at the Dresden Art Salon Emil Richter. He also exhibited at the Great German Art Exhibitions in 1937 and 1938. After serving in the army and being in captivity, he again worked in Dresden. Many of his works show the reconstruction of the city. Kohlmann was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR. From 1970 to 1980 he worked as a restorer at the Museum of the History of the City of Dresden.
Karl Otto Matthaei was a German painter, draftsman and graphic artist. He completed his training from 1891 to 1900 at the Grand Ducal Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, which was one of the leading landscape school in Germany. His first teacher was Franz Hein from Altona. His first study trips took him to the Karlsruhe area. Around 1894 he lived in the Grötzinger painters' colony in an artist community. In 1895, art students from Karlsruhe founded an artists' colony in Duhnen, Altenwalde and Altenbruch (Cuxhaven), of which Karl Otto Matthaei was a founding member. Karlsruhe was Matthaei's official place of residence until 1916, although this was regularly interrupted by his annual study and painting visits to the North Sea and the Lower Elbe region. He then moved his residence to Bremen. Matthaei was chairman of the Bremen Artists' Association for many years and was made an honorary member in 1924. In 1930 he was appointed Honorary President of the Association of Northwest German Artists.
