Fine Art and You

Let's journey back in time to the early 19th century and explore the life and artistry of Charles Van Beveren - a Dutch Painter . Born in Mechlin in 1809, he was hailed as one of the most brilliant colorists of his era. Van Beveren was a versatile artist, excelling in portrait, history, an…

Josef Büche (1848-1917) was a genre   Austrian painter who specialised in portrait paintings . He was a son of a painter and studied in arts at he the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under names like Carl Wurzinger and Eduard von Engerth. He was a recipient of an overall study award. He portrayed…

Adam de Coster was born in 1586 in Mechelen and died on 4 May 1643 in Antwerp. Very little is known about this gifted artist. He was a Baroque era genre painter. Check out some of his masterpieces which are full of emotions.

Today’s art works and paintings are of Charles Chaplin who was a French academic painter and engraver. He was born in 1825 and lived on this planet till 1891. He was half British and half French, in the year 1886, he became a naturalized Frenchman, and however he worked in France all his life. From…

Thomas Benjamin Kennington was born on 7 April 1856 and lived till 10 Dec 1916. He was a British artist and was a well-known social realist , genre and portrait painter. He was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Society of British Artists in the Suffolk Street and the Grosvenor Gallery. He wa…

Franz von Defregger (1835-1921) was an Austrian artist who was a very well known artist of genre art and history paintings. Check out some of the art works by Franze von Defregger.