SAMUEL JOHN PEPLOE

 

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Samuel John Peploe (1871-1935) was a Scottish Artist of Post-impressionist flavour. His work was mainly of still-lifes and landscapes in Scotland and France. Each was carefully composed and meticulously executed. He was one of the group of four painters that became known as the Scottish Colourists (others were John Duncan Fergusson, Francis Cadell and Leslie Hunter).

Peploe studied at the Royal Scottish Academy schools from 1893 to 1894, and then at the Académie Julian and Académie Colarossi in Paris. He was strongly influenced by French painting throughout his life. He was inspired by the bright sunlight and rustic realism of French artists. He tried that with use of bold colours and impasto strokes. He experimented with abstract, but not as intensively. His landscapes have neat composition, and meticulous execution. Peploe ’s still-life works show the influence of Manet. 

 

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EVERHARDUS KOSTER

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Everhardus Koster (1817-1892) was a Dutch Painter. He is known for the beach, coastal areas, of the sea and rivers. He also painted cityscapes and few brilliant landscapes. He studied art under B J van Hove at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. He then went to Frankfurt, where he improved his skills by copying Old Masters at the Städel and studying at the Städelschule. After his studies he worked in Amsterdam.

Koster was a master of composition and he skillfully rendered pieces in various media including ink, water colour and oil. His style was between Romanticism and the Hague School. The Hague School of artists, presented scapes conveying the atmosphere rather then sheer topographic elements.

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EMMA CIARDI

 

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Emma Ciardi (1879-1933) was Italian Impressionist, from a family of artists. She studied under her father, the distinguished Italian realist artist Guglielmo Ciardi. Emma studied the painting technique of Francesco Guardi and became part of the ancient tradition of Vedutismo.

Emma painted the north Italian landscapes, lagoons, and the great villas, and gardens of her hometown of Venice. Her style of was of high textured impressionism, using both impasto colours and strong brush strokes. She rarely uses shadows or the architectural form, but rather relies on colour contrast between the illuminated and other surfaces. Her human figures are in-descript blocks, without much postural expression. She was a Romanticist, not of the current era, but of previous one. She had the capacity to figure out complex scenes. 

 

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