Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts

Sunday, May 7, 2017

Painting: St. Jude Thaddeus by Maria Matheus


Maria Matheus, is an artist born in São Paulo, Brazil. She graduated in architecture, having worked as a designer at the Anos 50 Art Gallery. She participated in individual and group exhibitions, at cities like São Paulo, Santos, Brasilia and others.

Ending her work at Anos 50 Art Gallery, Maria Matheus returned to academy where she obtained her doctorate degree, devoting herself to teaching and research. The possibility of dividing her life between Paraty in Brazil and Bayfield in the U.S.A. led her back to fine arts. Her works signed as Maria Santeira reflect her theme option, having sacred as predominant theme.

Sunday, March 5, 2017

St. Jude Thaddeus by Georges de La Tour


It is important to see how art is applied to religious or historical icons. The perspectives of artists tells us much about how these figures are viewed in and over time. Last week, I presented a painting of St. Jude by Sir Anthony van Dyck, a Flemish Baroque artist.

This week, I present a painting of the saint by Georges de La Tour (1593–1652), a painter who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which became part of France the year before his death. He painted mostly religious scenes lit by candlelight, and after centuries of posthumous obscurity became one of the most highly regarded of French 17th century artists in the 20th century.

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Sunday, February 5, 2017

Painting: Saint Thadée (or Saint Jude) by James Tissot

James Jacques Joseph Tissot (October 15, 1836 – August 8, 1902) was a French painter. Tissot was born at Nantes. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Ingres, Flandrin and Lamothe, and exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time at the age of twenty-three.

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Painting: St. Jude Thaddeus by El Greco


El Greco (1541–1614) was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Doménikos Theotokópoulos).

Sunday, May 27, 2012

St. Jude Thaddeus by Georges de La Tour


It is important to see how art is applied to religious or historical icons. The perspectives of artists tells us much about how these figures are viewed in and over time. Last week, I presented a painting of St. Jude by Sir Anthony van Dyck, a Flemish Baroque artist.

This week, I present a painting of the saint by Georges de La Tour (1593–1652), a painter who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which became part of France the year before his death. He painted mostly religious scenes lit by candlelight, and after centuries of posthumous obscurity became one of the most highly regarded of French 17th century artists in the 20th century.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

St. Jude (Thaddeus) by Anthony van Dyck


Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of King Charles I of England and Scotland and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next 150 years. He also painted biblical and mythological subjects, displayed outstanding facility as a draftsman, and was an important innovator in watercolor and etching.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Painting: St. Jude Thaddeus by El Greco


El Greco (1541–1614) was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Doménikos Theotokópoulos).

Sunday, January 15, 2012

St. Jude (Thaddeus) by Anthony van Dyck


It is important to see how art is applied to religious or historical icons. The perspectives of artists tells us much about how these figures are viewed in and over time. Last week, I presented a painting of St. Jude by Sir Anthony van Dyck, a Flemish Baroque artist.

This week, I present a painting of the saint by Georges de La Tour (1593–1652), a painter who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which became part of France the year before his death. He painted mostly religious scenes lit by candlelight, and after centuries of posthumous obscurity became one of the most highly regarded of French 17th century artists in the 20th century.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Painting: Saint Thadée (or Saint Jude) by James Tissot

James Jacques Joseph Tissot (October 15, 1836 – August 8, 1902) was a French painter. Tissot was born at Nantes. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Ingres, Flandrin and Lamothe, and exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time at the age of twenty-three.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

St. Jude Thaddeus by Simone Martini


Simone Martini (1284–1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena. He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style. It is thought that Martini was a pupil of Duccio di Buoninsegna, the leading Sienese painter of his time. His brother-in-law was the artist Lippo Memmi. Very little documentation survives regarding Simone's life, and many attributions are debated by art historians. Simone Martini died while in the service of the Papal court at Avignon in 1344.