John James Audubon American Flamingo

John James Audubon American Flamingo (1834) John James Audubon was a French American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major work, a color-plate book entitled The Birds of America, …

William Turner Sun Setting Over A Lake

William Turner Sun Setting Over A Lake (1840) Joseph Mallord William Turner was a British Romantic landscape painter, water-colourist, and printmaker. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Although renowned for his oil paintings, Turner is …

John Constable Wivenhoe Park Essex

John Constable Wivenhoe Park Essex Painting 1816 John Constable was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home, now known as “Constable Country” which he invested with an intensity of affection. Buy John Constable Wivenhoe Park Essex prints

Theodore Rousseau Wooded Landscape

Theodore Rousseau Wooded Landscape Theodore Rousseau was a French Realist painter and the leader of the Barbizon School. Rousseau studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. From the 1830s onwards, Rousseau became a passionate and appreciative interpreter of nature. Buy Theodore Rousseau prints

Theodore Rousseau Pond At The Edge Of A Wood

Theodore Rousseau Pond At The Edge Of A Wood Theodore Rousseau was a French Realist painter and the leader of the Barbizon School. Rousseau studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. From the 1830s onwards, Rousseau became a passionate and appreciative interpreter of nature. Buy Theodore Rousseau prints

Thomas Cole The Voyage Of Life Youth

Thomas Cole The Voyage Of Life: Youth 1842 The Voyage of Life, painted by Thomas Cole in 1842, is a series of paintings that represent an allegory of the four stages of human life: childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. The paintings follow a voyager who travels in a boat on a river through the …