British
1830-1896
Lord Frederic Leighton Locations
Related Paintings of Lord Frederic Leighton :. | The Reconciliation of the Montagues and Capulets over the Dead Bodies of Romeo and Juliet | Orpheus and Euridice | Abaelard und seine Schuerin Heloisa | Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon | the music lesson | Related Artists:
Frans van Leemputtenpainted Aan de Schelde-arm in 1884
James Abbott Mcneill WhistlerAmerican Tonalist Painter and Printmaker, 1834-1903, He was an American-born, British-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail.
Jorg Breu the Elder (c. 1475 -- 1537), of Augsburg, was a painter of the German Danube school. He was the son of a weaver.
He journeyed to Austria and created several multi-panel altarpieces there in 1500-02, such as the Melk Altar (1502). He returned to Augsburg in 1502 where he became a master. He travelled to Italy twice, in ca. 1508 and in 1514/15.
After his death in 1537, his son, Jörg Breu the Younger continued to lead his Augsburg workshop until his own death 10 years later.