GIUSEPPE ABBATI

 

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Giuseppe Abbati (1836-1868) was an Italian painter of en plein air scenes of landscapes and Interiors. Abbati belonged to the group known as the Macchiaioli. He received early training from his father, mostly of architectural interiors.

Abbati ’s paintings have a bold treatment of light effects, aided by macchia (the brushstroke). The bright and contrasting colours reflect the Impressionism. He painted very wide horizontal landscapes, as commonly favoured by the Macchiaioli group. He also painted bright exteriors, contrasted by dark interiors, in narrow vertical format, framed through doors, windows and gates. 

 

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CHRISTOFFER WILHELM ECKERSBERG

 

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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783-1853) was Danish Artist. He was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig, Denmark. He was called the father of Golden age of Danish art. He began with historical paintings, portraits and landscapes. On the way, he made drawings for copper plate etchings. He improved his skills in painting, the human form, and followed his teacher's admonition, ‘to paint after Nature and the Antique in order to find Truth’. He travelled to Germany to Paris, and than onto Rome. He liked the local bright Italian light, and, here produced a large number of Art works, These included some exceptional landscape studies.

He wrote a dissertation on the subject called Linear perspective used in the art of painting (Linearperspektiven, anvendt paa Malerkunsten) in 1841. 

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LOUISA INGRAM RAYNER

 

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Louisa Ingram Rayner (1832-1924) was a British Architectural landscape artist. Rayner studied painting from the age of fifteen, first with her father. She has rendered streets and picturesquely decaying buildings in many cities and towns of Britain and Northern France. Her scenes include old towns, cities, gateways, streets, markets, old relics and buildings. She has also drawn several interiors, and exteriors of churches.

Rayner was meticulous in drawing architectural elements, building details and surfaces. She was active through her long life of more than 90 years. She lived through, many changing phases the city-life, and recorded it all. She mainly worked with deep-toned water colours. 

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