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In a series of daring paintings, Ana Light, a young Jewish artist from California, captures the coronavirus zeitgeist with her four portrayals of semi-nude young women engaged in behaviors unmistakably identifiable with the COVID-19 pandemic, laying bare the anxiety and ennui of a generation unsure of its future. Light, 20, created the works this summer […]
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With provocative paintings, young artist channels pandemic lockdown angst
August 28th, 2020 
Awake Goy 
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August 28th, 2020 Awake Goy In a series of daring paintings, Ana Light, a young Jewish artist from California, captures the coronavirus zeitgeist with her four portrayals of semi-nude young women engaged in behaviors unmistakably identifiable with the COVID-19 pandemic, laying bare the anxiety and ennui of a generation unsure of its future. Light, 20, created the works this summer […]
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August 28th, 2020 Awake Goy In a series of daring paintings, Ana Light, a young Jewish artist from California, captures the coronavirus zeitgeist with her four portrayals of semi-nude young women engaged in behaviors unmistakably identifiable with the COVID-19 pandemic, laying bare the anxiety and ennui of a generation unsure of its future. Light, 20, created the works this summer […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: artist, channels, lockdown, paintings, pandemic, provocative, young No Comments »Arthur Wasse’s Romantic Paintings
August 5th, 2020 Awake Goy 
Here’s a short bio from AskArt: Arthur Wasse was born in Manchester and moved to Germany in 1875, where he attended the Munich School and learned under the great masters Carl Theodor von Piloty (1826-1886) and Wilhelm von Diez (1839-1907). Since 1895, the painter established in Rothenburg and regularly commuted between England and Germany. His […]
Alfred Pollentine’s Paintings of Venice
July 31st, 2020 Awake Goy Alfred Pollentine was a British painter of English and Italian landscapes, but his career was defined by magnificent views of Venice. While his first paintings captured British landscapes and coastal views, he discovered the lucrative market for Venetian scenes early in his career and grew to specialize in these. A subject well-covered by other artists […]
“Primitive” Paintings by Naturalist Anna Ancher
May 30th, 2018 Awake Goy Anna Ancher (1859 – 1935) is one of Denmark’s most celebrated pictorial artists, but she is relatively unknown internationally. She was born in the small fishing village of Skagen, where an artist colony came to form, though she was the only artist born there. Her style, which was not always highly detailed and polished like academic […]
Paintings of Peasants by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky
May 28th, 2018 Awake Goy From Faces of Ancient Europe Nikolay Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky (Russian: Никола́й Петро́вич Богда́нов-Бе́льский; 1868–1945) was a Russian painter. Bogdanov-Belsky was born in the village of Shitiki in Smolensk Governorate in 1868. He studied art at the Semyon Rachinsky fine art school, icon-painting at the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra in 1883, modern painting at the Moscow School of Painting, […]
History and Genre Paintings by Fyodor Bronnikov
May 20th, 2018 Awake Goy Fyodor Bronnikov (1827 – 1902) was a Russian painter who was first taught by his father, a decorative painter. After his father died, Fyodor traveled to Saint Petersburg at age 16 to try to matriculate at the Imperial Academy of Arts. He was rejected, so he became an apprentice in the shop or a woodcutter, […]
Popular Salon Paintings by Naturalist Émile Friant
May 18th, 2018 Awake Goy Émile Friant (1863 – 1932) was a French artist, born in the eastern part of France, but forced to flee to Nancy at an early age by the advance of Prussian soldiers. Although he was born to parents of modest means, he was lucky to have “second parents” who helped fund his training. Due to […]
Charles Meynier’s Historical and Mythological Paintings
May 8th, 2018 Awake Goy Charles Meynier (1762 – 1832) was a French painter and collector of artwork. His father had wanted him to become a tailor, but he showed a proclivity for the arts from an early age; he started with drawing and engraving, but soon wished to pursue painting. His career was somewhat interrupted by the French Revolution, […]
Paintings of Peasant Women by Daniel Ridgway Knight
May 6th, 2018 Awake Goy From Faces of Ancient Europe Daniel Ridgway Knight (15 March 1839 – 9 March 1924) was an American artist born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Knight was a pupil at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Gleyre, and later worked in the private studio of Meissonier. After 1872 he lived in France, having a house and studio […]
Historical, Mythological and Literary Paintings by Henry Thomson
May 1st, 2018 Awake Goy Henry Thomson (1773 – 1843) was an English painter of historical, mythological and literary subjects. Thomson was primarily a historical painter, but he also made money by illustrating books and painting portraits. He became well-known for his paintings of scenes from Shakespeare. His father was a naval purser who helped to develop Henry’s interest in art […]
Posted in World News Tags: henry, historical, literary, mythological, paintings, thomson No Comments »Annibale Carracci’s Dynamic Paintings of Classical Monumentality
April 13th, 2018 Awake Goy Annibale Carracci (1560 – 1609) was an Italian painter who came from humble origins, as the son of a tailor, to become the pioneer of Baroque art. From The Met: Annibale Carracci (1560–1609) was the most admired painter of his time and the vital force in the creation of Baroque style. Together with his cousin […]
Posted in World News Tags: annibale, carracci, classical, dynamic, monumentality, paintings No Comments »Harold Harvey’s Paintings of Working Class Cornish Culture and Landscapes
April 8th, 2018 Awake Goy Harold C. Harvey (1874 – 1941) was a painter from Cornwall, who often painted surrounding scenery and local working class people. He was part of the Newlyn school, located in a small fishing village of the same name, right next to his birth place of Penzance. He was homeschooled in his early years, trained at […]
Posted in World News Tags: class, cornish, Culture, harold, harvey, paintings, working No Comments »Willy Kriegel’s Paintings of Nature’s Beauty
April 1st, 2018 Awake Goy Biography from German Art Gallery Willy Kriegel, ‘The Dürer of our time’ From 1915 to 1919 German painter Willy Kriegel (1901–1966) worked and studied design-drawing in the art atelier of Reinhold Lorenz in Plauen. After that he studied until 1921 at the Royal Academy of Art with Professor Gross and Professor Baranowski. From 1921 on […]
Paintings of Childhood by Henri-Jules-Jean Geoffroy
March 31st, 2018 Awake Goy Henri-Jules-Jean Geoffry (1853 – 1924) was a French painter who was an illustrator and painter of portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings, and is best known for his depictions of children in scenes. According to Web Gallery of Art: Geoffroy gained popular acclaim as an artist during his lifetime. His paintings were exhibited throughout Paris. Although […]
Paintings of European Myths, Legends, Fables, Fairy Stories and Folk Tales
March 22nd, 2018 Awake Goy This video compilation from Faces of Ancient Europe features many beautiful paintings that have been seemingly lost to our modern world, which give us a glimpse into the beautiful mind and spirit of the European. There are some real gems in here. Source Article from http://www.renegadetribune.com/paintings-european-myths-legends-fables-fairy-stories-folk-tales/
Posted in World News Tags: european, fables, fairy, legends, myths, paintings, stories No Comments »Classical Paintings by Polish Artist Józef Simmler
March 17th, 2018 Awake Goy Although Józef Simmler (1823 – 1868) was born in Warsaw, he came from a wealthy German family, which gave him the funds to pursue his artistry in Dresden, Munich, and Paris. Portrait of Józef Simmler (left) and his brothers (c.1850) The “Death of Barbara Radziwillowna” is his most famous painting, which was originally featured in the Society for […]
Władysław Czachórski’s Academic Paintings of Fine Fabrics, Flowers & Females
March 7th, 2018 Awake Goy Władysław Czachórski (1850 – 1911) was born in Lublin, Poland and studied at the School of Fine of Arts in Warsaw. He then went to Germany to study at the Dresden Academy and then Munich Academy, with Munich then becoming his home. He would go on to travel around the art capitols of Europe, become […]
Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s Paintings of the Finnish National Identity
February 25th, 2018 Awake Goy Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865 -1931) was a Finnish painter who grew to love the countryside of his land from a young age. He started lessons in Helsinki at the age of 13 and then continued his artistic training at Paris, which is what most young art students did at the time. Although his artistic focus was […]
Posted in World News Tags: akseli, finnish, gallen, identity, kallela, national, paintings No Comments »Lionel Royer’s Paintings of Epic Battles and Sensuous Beauty
February 21st, 2018 Awake Goy Lionel-Noël Royer (December 25, 1852 – 30 June 1926) was a French painter. On his 18th birthday he volunteered to fight in the Franco-Prussian war, and took part in the Battle of Loigny. His commanding general noticed his artistic talents and offered to finance his studies in Paris. He focused on portraits and historical paintings, where […]
Paintings of Knights and Warriors
January 29th, 2018 Awake Goy Faces of Ancient Europe has compiled some nice paintings from European artists that show valiant knights and fair maidens. Source Article from http://www.renegadetribune.com/paintings-knights-warriors/
Nella Genkina’s Paintings of Russian Mythology and Folk Tales
January 26th, 2018 Awake Goy Renegade Editor’s Note: I usually like a more “polished” style, but yet I am still attracted to this artist’s works. Paintings of Slavic paganism really resonate with me, while Nella’s few Christian works seem forced and uninteresting (especially the one with a black Jesus!). Nella Genkina (Нэлла Генкина) – Mythological and Surreal Stories Nella Genkina […]
Ancient Paintings in Herculaneum: European Neoclassicism
January 22nd, 2018 Awake Goy Some experts believe that the eight volumes of “Pitture antiche di Ercolano e dintorni incise con qualche spiegazione” (literally, “Ancient paintings in Herculaneum and surrounding area, etched with some explanation”), published in Naples by Regia Stamperia between 1757 and 1792, were one of the sources poet and philosopher Friedrich Schiller used to compose his famous […]
Annie Swynnerton’s Allegorical, Figure and Portrait Paintings
January 6th, 2018 Awake Goy Annie Louisa Robinson Swynnerton (1844–1933) was an English painter who mainly painted people, both real and fictional. She matriculated at the Manchester School of Art, Académie Julian, and also studied in Rome. Famous artist John Singer Sargent took a liking to her work and assisted Annie in becoming the first woman member who was elected at […]
Posted in World News Tags: allegorical, annie, figure, paintings, portrait, swynnerton No Comments »Wilhelm Menzler’s Paintings of Flowers and Female Beauty
December 7th, 2017 Awake Goy Wilhelm Menzler (1846-1926) was a German artist who painted portraits and genre scenes, often incorporating flowers into his works. He lived in Munich, where he studied with van Lerins, and then went on to exhibit in Vienna starting in 1891. Currently many of Menzler’s pieces can be found in museums and galleries in Budapest and […]
Art Nouveau Paintings by Swiss Artist Ernest Bieler
December 2nd, 2017 Awake Goy Ernest Biéler (July 31, 1863 in Rolle, Switzerland- June 25, 1948 in Lausanne) was a multi-talented Swiss painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He worked in oil, tempera, watercolour, gouache, ink, charcoal, pastels, acrylic and pencil. He also created mosaics and stained glass windows. After completing his education in Lausanne, he studied at the Académie Julian in […]
Peter Janssen’s Epic Historical Paintings
November 28th, 2017 Awake Goy Johann Peter Theodor Janssen (1844–1908) was a historical painter from Germany, best known for his realistic paintings of battle scenes. He was born in Düsseldorf to Theodor Janssen, an engraver who got him started in the arts. His brother Karl would become a famous sculptor. Peter Janssen became a professor at the Düsseldorf Academy in 1877 and became […]
Julius Köckert’s Paintings of Bavarian Beauty
November 26th, 2017 Awake Goy Julius Köckert (1827-1918) is pretty much a forgotten artist. There is very little information available about him or his paintings online, but this does not mean he was not a great artist. Julius was able to gain some notoriety and wealth while he was alive by getting commissions from Bavarian nobility. Weighing Hay on the […]
Arthur Wardle’s Amazing Animal Paintings
November 18th, 2017 Awake Goy Arthur Wardle (1860–1949) was an English painter who was well-renowned for his paintings of animals, especially canines. He would paint both wild and domestic animals, and include human figures in both kinds of pieces. He was first featured at the Royal Academy at the young age of 16 with his study on cattle on the Thames […]
