FIGURATIVE PAINTERS
Masters of Art History
Valentin Alexandrovich Serov
The artist Valentin Serov was born into the family of a famous Russian composer Alexander Serov. In 1871 his father died, and in 1872-73 the little boy with his widowed mother, née Bergman, lived in Munich, where he had lessons from the artist K. Kepping. In 1874, they moved to Paris, where Valentin regularly visited the studio of Ilya Repin, who was very fond of the little boy. In 1875, the Serovs came to live at...| Complete biography |
The artist Valentin Serov was born into the family of a famous Russian composer Alexander Serov. In 1871 his father died, and in 1872-73 the little boy with his widowed mother, née Bergman, lived in Munich, where he had lessons from the artist K. Kepping. In 1874, they moved to Paris, where Valentin regularly visited the studio of Ilya Repin, who was very fond of the little boy. In 1875, the Serovs came to live at...| Complete biography |
Kathe Kollwitz
The artist Kathe Kollwitz was born in Konigsberg, Prussia. The home was a religious one. Her father had been a judge, but resigned his position and turned “back to the people” because he could not hope to meet out true justice under Frederic Wilhelm IV, “the worst of all Prussian kings”. Deeply imbued with sympathy for the suffering and with ideas of social justice, Käthe was immediately attracted by the naturalistic...| Complete biography |
The artist Kathe Kollwitz was born in Konigsberg, Prussia. The home was a religious one. Her father had been a judge, but resigned his position and turned “back to the people” because he could not hope to meet out true justice under Frederic Wilhelm IV, “the worst of all Prussian kings”. Deeply imbued with sympathy for the suffering and with ideas of social justice, Käthe was immediately attracted by the naturalistic...| Complete biography |
Olga Boznanska
Daughter of railway engineer Adam Nowina Boznański and Eugenia Mondan. Boznańska learnt drawing from Józef Siedlecki and Kazimierz Pochwalski, she was also a student of Adrian Baraniecki School for Women. From 1886-1890 studied in private schools of Karl Kricheldorf and Wilhelm Dürr in Munich. Since then devotes herself mostly to portraits, still lives and occasionally landscapes. Her most famous portrait of...| Complete biography |
Daughter of railway engineer Adam Nowina Boznański and Eugenia Mondan. Boznańska learnt drawing from Józef Siedlecki and Kazimierz Pochwalski, she was also a student of Adrian Baraniecki School for Women. From 1886-1890 studied in private schools of Karl Kricheldorf and Wilhelm Dürr in Munich. Since then devotes herself mostly to portraits, still lives and occasionally landscapes. Her most famous portrait of...| Complete biography |
John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent was one of the great turn of the century artists. A true cosmopolitan, he was born in Italy to American parents, trained in Paris and then moved to London. Sargent quickly won fame and fortune as a fashionable portrait painter on both sides of the Atlantic. His dazzling society portraits are at once flattering, penetrating and brilliantly executed. A friend of Monet, he also made an important...| Complete biography |
John Singer Sargent was one of the great turn of the century artists. A true cosmopolitan, he was born in Italy to American parents, trained in Paris and then moved to London. Sargent quickly won fame and fortune as a fashionable portrait painter on both sides of the Atlantic. His dazzling society portraits are at once flattering, penetrating and brilliantly executed. A friend of Monet, he also made an important...| Complete biography |
Anders Zorn
Anders Zorn was born in Mora on February 18, 1860. He was the son of Grudd Anna Andersdotter, usually called Mona, "mother" in Mora dialect. Her family were farmers and she contributed to the family's income by working elsewhere. She had seasonal work in a brewery in Uppsala where she met the German brewer Leonhard Zorn, who became her son's father. There was no discussion of marriage and Anders...| Complete biography |
Anders Zorn was born in Mora on February 18, 1860. He was the son of Grudd Anna Andersdotter, usually called Mona, "mother" in Mora dialect. Her family were farmers and she contributed to the family's income by working elsewhere. She had seasonal work in a brewery in Uppsala where she met the German brewer Leonhard Zorn, who became her son's father. There was no discussion of marriage and Anders...| Complete biography |
