Israëls, Jozef (1824-1911)

Internationally renowned 19th Century Dutch painter

A leader of the Hague School, noted for his scenes of life among the Dutch fishing and peasant communities.

Trained at the Academie Minerva in Croningen (1835-42), Koninklijke Academie in Amsterdam (1842-44 and 1847-50) and Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1845-47).

During his latter spell at Koninklijke Academie he painted Daydreaming ( 'Ophelia' ) which established his reputation

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Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806)

French painter

A prolific painter Fragonard studied under Chardin and Boucher.

He won the Prix de Rome in 1752.

His works tend to be executed in a lighthearted style and often of a frivolous nature

His subjects include landscapes, children and family scenes but perhaps he is most remembered for his erotic canvases.

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Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon (1699-1779)

French Rococo Era Painter



Largely self taught and strongly influenced by 17th century low country masters such as Metsu and de Hooch, Chardin became one of the greatest of the 18th century painters.



A lover of Still Life and Simple Subjects, subdued colors and soft lighting.



Later in life, as his eyesight began to fail, he turned to pastels which, whilst not appreciated then, are now highly valued.

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Abbott, Berenice (1898-1991)

Celebrated American Photographer

Abbott studied initially at Ohio State University then later in Paris and Berlin.

She was strongly influenced by the works of Man Ray and Eugène Atget and perhaps is best remembered for her series of documentary photographs (1935-1939) illustrating the changing faces, (people and architecture), of New York.

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Ancher, Michael (Peter) (1849-1927)

Danish painter

Ancher studied at Kongelige Akademi for de Skønne Kunster, Copenhagen.

He settled in Skagen where he executed most of his paintings.

Most noted for his ability to group large numbers of figures and treat each figure as a portrait in itself. His rather lack-lustre approach to color improved remarkably following a visit to the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (1882) where he was most impressed and influenced by the Dutch Old Masters.

His wife Anna and daughter Helgar are also painters and their home in Skagen is now a museum.

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Adams, Ansel (1902-1984)

Acclaimed American Photographer

Adams was renowned for his black and white images particularly landscapes of the American West.

His works were considered extraordinary often being of a dramatic, mysterious or sensuous nature.

Adams was a committed photographer, lecturing on the subject and the author of many renowned books and papers.

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Angelico, Fra (Guido di Pietro) (c. 1400-55)

Angelico, Fra, Florentine painter


Officially beatified by the Vatican in 1984 although he had been referred to as 'Beato Angelico' long before then.


Angelco was a Dominican friar who probably commenced his artistic life as a manuscript illustrator in S. Domenico in Fiesole where he was the Prior.

His considerable talents as a painter had considerable influence on Italian painting, his pupils included the famed Beozzo Gozzoli.


Later he was to travel extensively leaving frescoes of outstanding artistic beauty and merit in S. Marco in Florence (now an Angelico Museum), in Orvieto, in Perugia and in the private chapel of Pope Nicholas V in the Vatican in Rome where he died and where his tombstone still exists in the church of S. Maria sopra Minerva.

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