October 2011 ~ Blog of an Art Admirer

Sunday

Contemporary Japanese Artist Yasunari Ikenaga

He creates his art by dropping Japanese paints into the canvas that he calls "linen cloth", with a Menso brush.

{the artist's site}

Giuseppe Mentessi - Pace

Giuseppe Mentessi - Gloria, 1901

Giuseppe Mentessi - Lacrime

Giuseppe Mentessi - Venezia, Sagrato della Basilica di San Marco

Hans Anderson Brendekilde (1857-1942) Danish Painter

H. A. Brendekilde - Fishing village Abbednæs in South Sealand

H. A. Brendekilde - Springtime. The first anemones.

H. A. Brendekilde - Cutting Christmas trees in the forest

Hans Anderson Brendekilde - A Wooded Path In Autumn

oil painting, graphics, poster art, art nouveau

The Hungarian artist and illustrator Geza Farago worked in Budapest as a cartoonist, theatrical costume designer and poster artist. He had been the Budapest Operetta Theatre designer for 15 years. In 1898, he went to Paris where he attended Colarossi evening courses also studying in Alfons Mucha workshop. The artist exhibited in the Paris Salon a few times. In 1902, Geza Farago returned to Budapest, later he worked in the artists' colony in Kecskemét. He regularly exhibited his paintings at the National Salon in Budapest. His artwork can be found in the Hungarian National Gallery.

Geza Farago Expectation by Moonlight

Geza Farago - Among flowers, 1911

Geza Farago. Portrait of a Woman, 1903

Geza Farago Slim - Woman with a Cat, 1913

Contemporary Russian Artist Alexander Kosnichev

Alexander Kosnichev is an internationally known realist / impressionist painter based in Moscow, Russia. Kosnichev’s paintings have been exhibited worldwide and can be found in private collections throughout USA, Europe, and Asia. (http://kosnichev.ru/en)