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Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938), born Julius Oskar Blümner, was a German-American painter and architect. Born in Prenzlau, Prussia, he first studied art formally at nine, becoming a skilled watercolor painter by sixteen. From 1886 to 1892, he studied architecture at the Königliche Technische Hochschule in Berlin. Unhappy with the conservative environment…
Venezuelan-Italian painter Emilio Boggio was born on May 21st, 1857, in Caracas, Venezuela. His father was a wealthy businessman dealing in trading and expected Boggio to join the family business. Boggio spent years traveling back and forth to France to study commerce but ultimately decided to pursue a career in…
Formally canonized in 1712 as the patron saint of artists, Catherine of Bologna was a nun, writer, and mystic as well as an artist. Many of Saint Catherine’s works were done in the pages of her personal breviary, alongside the Catholic scripture. She drew saints, scenes from the Bible of…
Rosa Bonheur was born into a French family of painters. The family moved to Paris in 1828, where Bonheur grew up. Always rebellious and unruly, traditional education was not suited to her. However, the arts interested her deeply, as did the natural world. At the age of twelve, after a…
Pierre Bonnard, after studying the honorable legal profession that his family desired, followed his heart and turned to art full time. He was one of the founding members of Les Nabis (“The Prophets” in Hebrew), formed by a diverse group of young art students who were inspired by Paul Gauguin…
Bonnat was a French painter, Grand Officer of the Légion d’honneur and professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky was a Ukrainian artist during the time when his country was part of the Russian Empire. He worked in the Imperial Court for Catherine the Great and was renowned for his portraits of the Empress and her court. His were often intimate portrayals rather than formal sittings.…
A Dutch/Netherlandish painter from Brabant, little is known of Bosch’s life. His work, usually oil on oak, often depicts fantastic illustrations of religious ideas and stories.
