Category Archives: Oil Painting

The Little Street by Johannes Vermeer

Posted on January 21, 2014 by artisoo

The Little Street (Het Straatje) is a genre-painting created by the Dutch Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer who specialized in domestic interior scenes of ordinary life. His entire life was spent in the town of Delft and he seems to have never been particularly wealthy, perhaps … 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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The Promenade Woman with a Parasol by Monet

Posted on December 12, 2013 by artisoo

Woman with a Parasol—Madame Monet and Her son belongs to a series Monet paintings during 1875 to 1876. As a famous French landscape painter and a representative of Impression, Monet paid much attention to the landscape and light effect in … Continue reading →

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What Role did Albrecht Durer Play in Germany and European Art?

Posted on December 10, 2013 by artisoo

Located beside the river of Frankfurt am Main, The German Stadel Museum will held an exhibition about "Durer—Germany's master" from Nov. 23, 2013 to Feb. 2, 2014. The exhibition has more than 280 works to show to the visitors the … Continue reading →

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The Burning of the Houses of Parliament by Turner

Posted on December 6, 2013 by artisoo

On the evening October 16th 1834, the home of the Parliament of the United Kingdom--the Palace of Westminster accidentally caught a big fire and was almost destroyed in that conflagration. The fire first started from overheated chimney flues and quickly … Continue reading →

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The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt Van Rijn

Posted on December 4, 2013 by artisoo

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is an oil painting made by Dutch painter Rembrandt in 1632, which is commissioned by the Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons for their Guild Room. Rembrandt painted it at the age of 26, and … Continue reading →

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Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Hippolyte Delaroche

Posted on December 2, 2013 by artisoo

Napoleon Crossing the Alps is an oil painting on canvas by French artist Hippolyte Delaroche during 1848-1850. It depicts the portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte leading his army through the Alps on a mule in the spring of 1800 during the … Continue reading →

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Tibetan Mastiff Paintings in Paris Grand Palace Exhibition

Posted on November 29, 2013 by artisoo

Art Capital, the world exhibition, jointly organized by the French Ministry of Culture and the Grand Palace Exhibition in Paris opened on the 22nd. Mr. Lin Yue, the famous Chinese oil paintings painter whose Tibetan mastiff paintings had been invited to … Continue reading →

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St George Struggling with the Dragon by Raphael

Posted on November 28, 2013 by artisoo

St. George and the Dragon is a small oil painting on poplar by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael in 1506. It is in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Raphael had created another version earlier … Continue reading →

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Jupiter and Thetis by Ingres

Posted on November 26, 2013 by artisoo

The Jupiter and Thetis is a huge canvas painting of 8 feet created in 1811 by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, a French neoclassical painter, a student of Jacques-Louis Daivd. It depicts a scene from the Homer’s Iliad, that nymph Thetis … Continue reading →

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