Tag Archives: Portrait

A Boy as Pierrot by Jean-Honore Fragonard

Posted on June 19, 2014 by artisoo

A boy with two big jade-green eyes has a small straight nose and a small cherry mouth, whose face has conspicuous blusher on each cheek. He has short golden haircut. Almost his back side of head is covered by a … Continue reading →

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A Boy As Pierrot

Posted on May 12, 2014 by artisoo

A boy with two big jade-green eyes has a small straight nose and a small cherry mouth, whose face has conspicuous blusher on each cheek. He has short golden haircut. Almost his back side of head is covered by a … Continue reading →

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Fresh Eggs 1874 by Winslow Homer

Posted on March 12, 2014 by artisoo

It is a typical moment for the day of a farmers in the countryside. There, in the frame, is a maid in a white spots and black dress with brown gauze clothing and a cock with brown and dark feathers. … Continue reading →

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Woman with a Pearl by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Posted on January 17, 2014 by artisoo

Woman with a Pearl, originally known as La Femme a la Perle, was one of the most important works of French landscape painter and printmaker in etching Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot. As the leading painter of the Barbizon school of France in the mid-nineteenth century, Corot witnessed … Continue reading →

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Portrait of The Jonathan Buttall

Posted on July 24, 2013 by artisoo

Portrait of The Jonathan Buttall was made by the famous British portrait painting master Thomas Gainsborough, which is now preserved in the Huntington Library in Los Angeles. This painting was used to deny Reynolds’s point of "blue can not occupy the … Continue reading →

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Portrait of Leo Tolstoy

Posted on July 19, 2013 by artisoo

The contact of Tolstoy and Repin had lasted the longest time as long as 30 years. When Tolstoy was alive, Repin had made many creations for the image of Tolstoy. Repin drew more than 70 pieces of works about him … Continue reading →

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At the Fountain By William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Posted on July 15, 2013 by artisoo

The oil painting, A la Fontaine (At the Fountain), was painted by William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1895. It is a classical painting. William-Adolphe Bouguereau was an excellent painter of human figure. The painting is a good example. In the painting, there … Continue reading →

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Flora By Titian

Posted on July 12, 2013 by artisoo

Flora was originally the goddess Flora in Greek mythology. Each year from April 28 to May 3 was designated as Flora Day by Italians, during the festival people gather to enjoy playing together. They used a variety of flowers to … Continue reading →

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Lady with the Ermine

Posted on July 4, 2013 by artisoo

Lady with the Ermine，which is also called Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani,  is a painting by Leonardo da Vinci finished at the end of the 15th century. The character of this painting, Cecilia Gallerani, was the mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. … Continue reading →

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Portrait of Madame Matisse Green Stripe

Posted on June 25, 2013 by artisoo

Portrait of Madame Matisse Green Stripe fully reflected the characteristics of Matisse Fauvism style. Although its color was extremely intense and strong, the whole painting was very quiet. Here the color was completely a product of subjective feeling, rather than the … Continue reading →

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