Category Archives: Romanticism Painting

After The Storm Moonrise 1984 by Ivan Aivazovsky

Posted on September 23, 2013 by artisoo

After The Storm Moonrise is one of Ivan Aivazovsky’s famous seascape paintings, depicting the scene the moon rises after a serious and intense storm. Ivan Aivazovsky, best known for his coastal and seascapes paintings, enjoyed a great fame and prestige … Continue reading →

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Chaos The Creation by Ivan Aivazovsky

Posted on August 23, 2013 by artisoo

Chaos The Creation 1841 was created by Ivan Aivazovsky, a Russian world-renowned painter for his seascape and coastal scenes painting. Throughout Ivan’s life, he created about 6000 paintings, and seascape paintings constitute most of these works. Sea always sticks to … Continue reading →

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The Hammock

Posted on June 19, 2013 by artisoo

The Hammock was made by Courbet in 1844. It measures 70 x 97 cm, which is now owned by O Reinhart am Romerholz in the Swiss Winterthur. In the earlier period, Courbet drew a lot of works based on some … Continue reading →

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The Liberty Leading The People By Eugene Delacroix

Posted on May 28, 2013 by artisoo

The Liberty Leading The People was a description of  the war scene including the dead and the injured. But it could not conceal people’s wish for the freedom. This painting used dark colors as the theme and the joint efforts … Continue reading →

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Fight with The Ninth Wave

Posted on April 8, 2013 by artisoo

The Ninth Wave is the best known seascape painting by Ivan Aivazovsky, who was a famous Russian painter. Obviously Aivazovsky was excellent in painting seascapes. His superb technique and rich imagination in depicting the vivid light reflecting on the waves … Continue reading →

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Apple Blossoms by John Everett Millais

Posted on March 1, 2013 by artisoo

Apple Blossoms was painted by British painter Sir John Everett Millais (1829-1896) in 1856-1859, who was one of three founders of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which now is collected in Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool, England. This painting depicts in a spring … Continue reading →

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British Neo-classical Artist John William Waterhouse

Posted on March 1, 2013 by artisoo

John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) was a British neo-classical and pre-Raphaelite painter. Other famous Pre-Raphaelite artists are Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais and so on. The works of Waterhouse are famous for its vivid colors and mysterious style depicting female … Continue reading →

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Step Into Joseph Mallord William Turner

Posted on February 17, 2013 by artisoo

Joseph Mallord William Turner was born near Covent Garden in London in a barber family.  He once learned how to paint watercolor from Thomas Malton. When he was 14 years old, he was admitted to enter the Royal Academy School. … Continue reading →

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The Nude Maja and The Clothed Maja—By Francisco De Goya

Posted on February 13, 2013 by artisoo

The Nude Maja (Maja means beautiful lady in Spanish) is the only nude icon created by Francisco De Goya, which is collected in Prado Museum of Madrid, Spain. It's said there was a funny story about this painting. It's said, … Continue reading →

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The Lady of Shalott—The Journey To Hopeless Love

Posted on January 31, 2013 by artisoo

The Lady Of Shalott 1888，was painted by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), which is one of his three episodes about the Lady Shalott, which is now collected in the Tate Gallery of London. This series painting comes from the myth tale … Continue reading →

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