Pre-Raphaelite Art…

In brief Pre-Raphaelite art was of the most beautiful, below I included some of my favourite pieces – you can click on each image for a larger view. The definition of Pre-Raphaelite art is:

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood A group of English painters formed in 1848. These artists attempted to recapture the style of painting preceding Raphael. They rejected industrialized England and focused on painting from nature, producing detailed, colourful works. Rossetti was a founding member.

To learn more about this period in art you can try some of the following links:
The Pre-Raphaelites
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Maxfield Parrish and Parrish blue…

Maxfield Parish (July 25, 1870 – March 30, 1966) was a fascinating American painter after whom the colour Parrish blue was named, his work is gentle and romantic…

to learn more about him and view an online gallery of some of his paintings:
Maxfield Parrish on Wikipedia
Maxfield Parrish Gallery

a few examples:

Edward Hopper – the mind of a realist…

Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) is in my opinion is one of the most impressive realists of his time, his art is not only deep and thought provoking but it leaves the observer trying to conjure up a story for every one of his paintings…
You can learn more about his life and works at the following links:
Hopper on Wikipedia
Edward Hopper 1
Edward Hopper 2

a few snapshots:

A noteable art deco painter… Tamara De Lempicka

Anyone that enjoys the art deco period and isn’t familiar with the works of Tamara De Lempicka should certainly have a look at these links, Tamara captured the very essence of art deco and art lovers shouldn’t fail to be inspired by her work…please note if you are offended by nudity then don’t follow the links:
Tamara on Wikipedia
Tamara 1
Tamara 2
Tamara 3
Tamara 4
Tamara 5
some example thumbs: