Aux Ambassadeurs
1876-77

Edgar Degas

French Realist/Impressionist Painter and Sculptor, 1834-1917

• Also known as: Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas

Web Sites:


http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/degas/

ArtDaily - Exhibition Photo Galleries
Degas at Harvard (4 works online)
http://artdaily.com/section/photogallery...p=1&id=265

Carleton University Art History Dept.
Portrait of Diego Martelli, 1879
Tissot in an Artist's Studio, 1867-98
http://www.carleton.edu/curricular/ARTS/...tindex.htm

The Fine Arts Conservancy, Florida
Interesting before-and-after examples of artwork restorations
Woman on an Orange Chaise, pastel drawing
http://www.art-conservation.org/cgi-bin/...record=142

Dancer, 1874



Pierre-Auguste Renoir

French Impressionist Painter, 1841-1919

• Relationships: Father of film director Jean Renoir.
Studied under Charles Gleyre.


"I want to paint stunning pictures that you can sell for very high prices."
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir, to art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel


Websites about the painter

Carleton University Art History Dept.
http://www.carleton.edu/curricular/ARTS/...tindex.htm

Webmuseum Paris
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/renoir/

Artchive
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/renoir.html

Night Watch



Rembrandt van Rijn

Dutch Baroque Era Painter and Engraver, 1606-1669

• Also known as: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

• Relationships: Studied under history painter Pieter Lastman.
Rembrandt's many students included Gerrit Dou, Nicolaes Maes, Jacob Backer, Ferdinand Bol, Willem Drost, Barent Fabritius, Carel Fabritius, Govert Flinck, Aert de Gelder, Samuel van Hoogstraten, Philips Koninck, Jurgen Ovens, Jan Victors and Jacob de Wet.

• Subject matter: Specializes in Portraits/History Painting.


Websites about the artist:

Art Museum Image Consortium
Lucretia
http://www.amico.org/AMICOlibrary/sample...34.19.html

WebMuseum,Paris
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rembrandt/

Rembrandtpainitng
http://www.rembrandtpainting.net/

Execution of the Rebels of the 3rd of May, 1808





Spanish Rococo Era/Romantic Painter and Printmaker, 1746-1828

• Also known as: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
• Relationships: Assistant to Mengs, Anton Raphael.

Francisco de Goya is one of the great Spanish masters, known for such works as Nude Maja/Clothed Maja and Third of May, 1808.

The student, and later brother-in-law, of Francisco Bayeu, Goya was initially trained in the then-current Rococo style. He gradually developed his own distinctive style of painting, showing the influence of Velázquez and Rembrandt.

Goya's late works became quite dark in mood, from his satirical caricatures to the so-called Black Paintings such as Saturn Devouring One of his Sons.


Web Sites About the Artist:

Goya (Image One Exhibit)
http://www.imageone.com/goya/index.html

InfoGoya '96 Virtual Exhibition
http://goya.unizar.es/

Titian

Italian High Renaissance Painter, ca.1485-1576



• Also known as: Tiziano Vecellio
Titien
Tizian
• Relationships: Studied under Gentile and Giovanni Bellini and Giorgione.
Titian's students included El Greco, Tintoretto, Paris Bordone, Parrasio Micheli, Damiano Mazza and Polidoro Lanzani.

Web Sites About the Artist:

ArtBank Old Master
A very extensive overview of the artist's work (a free sample from what is otherwise a paid-access reference site). Click "Download Opera Omnia" for the data, in the form of a PDF document.
http://www.artbank-oldmaster.com/shows-i...no-18.html

Webmuseum
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/titian/

The Three Graces





Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1577-1640

• Also known as: Pieter Pauwel Rubens
Pedro Pablo Rubens
Petrus Paulus Rubens
• Relationships: Studied under Adam van Noort.
Studio assistants included Jan Fyt.
Rubens' students included Anthony Van Dyck, Lambert Jacobsz, Cornelis de Vos and Simon de Vos.
• Subject matter: Specializes in Nudes.

Web Sites About the Artist:

Rubens Online (in Dutch)
http://www.rubensonline.be/

Rubens
http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Rubens.html

Webmuseum Paris
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/