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Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Hovhannes Aivazian; 29 July 1817 → Feodosia ← 2 May 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art.
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Stormy sea at night, 1853
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William Trost Richards (November 14, 1833 – November 8, 1905) was an American landscape artist. He was associated with both the Hudson River School and the America Pre-Raphaelite movement.
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"Indian summer", 1875
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“The only time that love takes a holiday is when we go on vacation together.” Anthony T.Hincks
Daniel Ridgway Knight (15 March 1839 – 9 March 1924) was an American artist.
Coffee in the garden, before 1900
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John Atkinson Grimshaw (September 6, 1836, Leeds – October, 13 1893, Leeds) was an British Victorian-era artist known for his breathtaking city night-scenes and landscapes.
Park Row, Leeds, 1882; United Kingdom
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Paul Gustav Fischer (22 July 1860 in Copenhagen – 1 May 1934 in Gentofte) was a Danish painter.
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Det sidste tog./ The last train. between 1878 and 1934
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“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.” Louisa May Alcott
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Georg Janny (20 May 1864 → Vienna ← 21 February 1935) was an Austrian landscape painter & set designer.
Night in the summer, 1926
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Lodewijk Johannes Kleijn (14 August, 1817 - 11 March, 1897) was an Dutch impressionist painter.
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Villagers on a frozen waterway, 19th century dutch impressionist art.
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Pintos (chestnut horses), 1978
Bev Doolittle (b. Feb 10, 1947) is an American artist working mainly in watercolor paints.
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“I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.” Charlie Chaplin
Shiro Kasamatsu (Jan 11, 1898 - Jun 14, 1991) was an artist & Japanese painter belonging to the shin-hanga school Sosaku-Hanga.
"Rainy Evening at Shinobazu Pond, Tokyo", 1938
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“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.” Louisa May Alcott
Louise Ingram Rayner (21 June 1832, Matlock Bath – 8 October 1924, St Leonards-on-Sea) was a British watercolour artist.
John Knox's House, Edinburgh
Petrus Van Schendel (21 April 1806 -28 December 1870) was a Dutch-Belgian genre painter in the Romantic style who specialized in nighttime scenes, lit by lamps or candles. This led to him being known as "Monsieur Chandelle".
River Landscape in Silver Moonlight", 1843
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Henry Pether (f. 1828 - 1865) was an English landscape painter, the son of Abraham Pether (1756-1812) and brother of Sebastian Pether (1790-1844). All were know for their skill in portraying moonlit scenes.
Marlow-on-Thames
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“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know” John Keats
Peder Mørk Mønsted (10 December 1859 – 20 June 1941) was a Danish realist painter. He is best known for his landscape paintings.
Woman washing clothes, 1852
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🎨 A Winter Landscape, 1856
👨🎨 Koekkoek, Barend Cornelis (October 11, 1803 – April 5, 1862) was a Dutch landscape artist and father of Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek.
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Johan Ericson (Oct 17, 1849 - Sep 26, 1925) was an Swedish plein air painter. His wife was Anna Maria Gardell-Ericson (1853-1939), a painter & watercolorist specialized in coastal and river landscapes
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The Poppies, 1911
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.
The white cottage among the olive trees, Saint-Rémy, December 1889
Private collection, Japan
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Simeon Marcus Larson (5 January 1825 – 25 January 1864) was a Swedish landscape painter.
His paintings were known for being dramatic and primarily depicted rivers under violent skies as well as shipwrecks in storms.
Sea in the Moonlight, 1848
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Martin Johnson Heade (Aug 11, 1819 – Sep 4, 1904) was an American painter known for his salt marsh landscapes, seascapes, & depictions of tropical birds (such as hummingbirds), as well as lotus blossoms & other still lifes.
Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds, 1871
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John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 – 13 October 1893) was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes.
Shipping on the Clyde, 1881
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Antonino or Antonio Leto (June 14, 1844, Monreale, Sicily – May 31, 1913, Capri) was an Italian painter, painting mainly genre/landscape subjects in an impressionistic style.
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Petrus Van Schendel (1806 - 1870) was a Dutch-Belgian genre painter in the Romantic style who specialized in nighttime scenes, lit by lamps or candles. This led to him being known as "Monsieur Chandelle".
River Landscape in Silver Moonlight, 1843
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👨🎨 Alexei Antonov, is an Russian-born American painter.
🎨 Black butterflies
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Frits Thaulow (Christiania, 20 October 1847 – Volendam, 5 November 1906) was a Norwegian Impressionist painter, best known for his naturalistic depictions of landscape.
Small town near La Panne, Belgium, 1905
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John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 Sep 1836→ Leeds ←13 Oct 1893) was an English Victorian-era artist who has been called a "remarkable and imaginative painter" best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes.
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Blackman Street, London - 1885
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“A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” John Keats
Thomas Doughty (July 19, 1793 – July 22, 1856) was an American artist associated with the Hudson River School.
Landscape, 1829
Source/Photographer: High Museum of Art
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Hasui Kawase (川瀬 巴水 Kawase Hasui, May 18, 1883 – November 7, 1957) was a Japanese artist. He was one of the most prominent print designers of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement.
Night at Hommonji Temple, Ikegami - 1954
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Sebastian Pether (1790 – 1844) was an English landscape painter, the son of Abraham Pether (1756 - 1812) and brother of Henry Pether (1800/ f. 1828 - 1865). All were known for their skill in portraying moonlit scenes.
River Scene, 1840
Location: Yale Center for British Art
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Petrus Van Schendel (1806-1870) was a Dutch-Belgian genre painter in the Romantic style who specialized in nighttime scenes, lit by lamps or candles. This led to him being known as "Monsieur Chandelle".
Nachtelijke marine
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“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” John Muir
👨🎨 John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 → Leedst ← 13 October 1893) was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes.
🎨 At The Park Gate, 1878
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Hasui Kawase (川瀬 巴水 Kawase Hasui, May 18, 1883 – November 7, 1957) was a Japanese artist. He was one of the most prominent print designers of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement.
Mount Fuji Seen from Tagonoura in the Evening, 1940
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“All great art is praise.” John Ruskin
“Moonlight is sculpture; sunlight is painting.” Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Admiring a creative soul at work is almost as satifying as making your own paintings.” E.A. Bucchianeri
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“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” Leonardo da Vinci
Thomas W Schaller⤵️ (LA, CA) is a American contemporary watercolor Artist and Architect.
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"Getting Late.", 03 Aug 2018
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“I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.” Charlie Chaplin "Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE"
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Paul Gustav Fischer (22 July 1860, Copenhagen – 1 May 1934, Gentofte) was a Danish painter.
Rainy Day
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Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 Mar 1853 – 29 Jul 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous & influential figures in the history of Western art.
A Lane near Arles (Side of a Country Lane) - Arles, May 1888
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“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.” Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (26 Apr 121 – 17 Mar 180 AD) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180.
Luigi Bazzani (1836 - 1927) was an Italian painter & architect.
The Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome, 1900
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I miss childhood adventures.
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Antoni Kozakiewicz (13 June 1841, Kraków — 3 January 1929, Kraków) was a Polish genre painter in the Realist style.
Na ulicy / On the street, between 1891 and 1892
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The Silver Moon - Nocturne
Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) was a British painter who was renowned as a maritime artist. His most famous paintings depict sailing ships, usually clippers or warships of the 18th & 19th centuries.
Lane Fine Art
MacConnal-Mason Gallery
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Alfred Jan Maksymilian Kowalski (Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski; 11 Oct 1849 – 16 Feb 1915) was a Polish painter of the Munich School, one of the most popular among Józef Brandt and Władysław Czachórski.
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"Journey in a Carriage"
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“I'm in love with you," he said quietly.
"The world is now a smaller place."
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Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA (8 Jan 1942 – 14 Mar 2018) was an
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author.
Artwork (mural) by João Maurício
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🎨 "A Clipper at Sunset" 1877
👨🎨 Edward Moran (August 19, 1829, Bolton, Lancashire, England – June 8, 1901, New York City, United States) was an British-American artist of maritime paintings.
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Filippo Palizzi (1818-1899) was an Italian painter of the Verismo style.
This romantic painting shows what the excavation of Pompeii in the 19th century may have looked like.
The Excavations of Pompeii, 1870
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Aristotle
🎨 Winter, 1888
👨🎨 Carl August Johansson (Sep 8, 1863, Härnösand - Apr 22, 1944, Lidingö) was a Swedish visual artist.
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Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 Mar 1853 – 29 Jul 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous & influential figures in the history of Western art.
Branches of an Almond Tree in Blossom, 1890 (Artist Interpretation in Red)
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Victor Gabriel Gilbert (13 Feb 1847→Paris←21 Jul 1933) was a French, Realist painter known for his depictions of Parisian life in the early twentieth century.
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"A Street Market, Paris, France", before 1888
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Hiroshima Koho (1889 - 1951) was an Japanese-style painter and printmaker.
Born in Tokushima-ken Graduated from Japanese painting department of Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1912. Prints show some western influence.
Night view of Ohashi Bridge, before 1951
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Guillaume-Charles Brun (May 5, 1825 - February 20, 1908) was a French painter.
"Le jeune vendeur de chiffon." - "Die junge Lumpensammlerin." - "The young rag seller", 1870
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Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) was a British painter who was renowned as a maritime artist. His most famous paintings depict sailing ships, usually clippers or warships of the 18th & 19th centuries.
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A Night at Sea
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“If I were a moviemaker I'd set about hunting sunsets.” Julio Cortázar
🎨 Sunset at Aquinnah, Martha's Vinyard, Massachusetts, 1894
👨🎨 Hendrik Willem Mesdag (23 Feb 1831, Groningen – 10 Jul 1915, The Hague ) was a Dutch marine painter.
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🎨 Madison Square Park, 1906
👨🎨 Charles Constantin Joseph Hoffbauer (Jun 28, 1875 - Jul 26, 1957) was a French-born artist who became a United States citizen. He painted a wide variety of subjects, including many that depicted scenes of historical interest.
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Antoine Bouvard (1870–1956) was a French landscape artist who notably often painted under the pseudonym Marc Aldine.
Canal in Venice or A gondolier on a Venetian canal, 1897
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George Smith (1713/14 – 7 September 1776) was an English landscape painter and poet, known as "George Smith of Chichester". He and his two brothers, all artists, are known as the "Smiths of Chichester".
Ham, cheese, eggs, lemons and a cat with a captured mouse, 18th century
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🎨 The East Gate at Warwick, 1924
👩🎨 Louise Ingram Rayner (21 Jun 1832, Matlock Bath – 8 Oct 1924, St Leonards-on-Sea) was a British watercolour artist.
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Eugène-Henri-Alexandre Chigot, born November 22, 1860 in Valenciennes and died July 14, 1923 in Paris, is a French painter.
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Paysage d'automne /Autumn Landscape, before 1900
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Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.
Irises, 1889
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“I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.” George Eliot "Mary Anne Evans"
Benjamin Williams Leader RA (12 Mar 1831 – 22 Mar 1923) was an English landscape painter.
A Relic of the Past, 1897
Source: Christie's
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Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 Mar 1853 – 29 Jul 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous & influential figures in the history of Western art.
Almond blossom, February 1890
Location: Van Gogh Museum
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Abraham Pether (1756 – 13 Apr 1812) was an British landscape painter, recognised for his skill in depicting moonlit scenes. He was also a talented musician, inventor, mathematician & philosopher.
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Evening scene with full moon and persons, 1801
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👨🎨 Hasui Kawase (川瀬 巴水, May 18, 1883 – Nov 7, 1957) was a Japanese artist. He was one of the most prominent print designers of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement.
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🎨 Winter Moon over Toyama Plain, 1931
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“Moonlight is sculpture; sunlight is painting.” Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Simeon Marcus Larson (5 January 1825, Åtvidaberg – 25 January 1864, London) was a Swedish landscape painter.
Fishing Near The Fjord By Moonlight, 1862
Oscar-Claude Monet (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a famous French painter whose work gave a name to the art movement Impressionism, which was concerned with capturing light & natural forms.
The Railway Bridge at Argenteuil, 1874
Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art
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“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.” George Bernard Shaw
🎨 A Winter's Evening, 1886
👨🎨 Anders Andersen-Lundby (Dec 16, 1841, Lundby - Jan 4, 1923, Munich) was a Danish landscape painter.
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Peder Mørk Mønsted (10 December 1859 – 20 June 1941) was a Danish realist painter. He is best known for his landscape paintings.
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Vinterdag ved Odnes, Norge/ Winter in Odnes, Norway, 1935
🎨 The irritating gentleman, 1874
👨🎨 Berthold Woltze (24 Aug 1829, Havelberg - 29 Nov 1896, Weimar) was a German genre painter, portrait painter, and illustrator.
He is the father of the architectural painter Peter Woltze (1860–1925)
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Peder Mørk Mønsted (10 December 1859 – 20 June 1941) was a Danish realist painter. He is best known for his landscape paintings.
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An Italian woman knitting on a stone stair , 1926
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John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 Sep 1836 – 13 Oct 1893) was an English Victorian-era artist, a “remarkable and imaginative painter” known for his city night-scenes and landscapes.
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November or November Moonlight, 1879