became famous for his idyllic representation of beach scenes in his home county of Cornwall. Most of his paintings were of the West Penwith peninsula and Tresco in the Isles of Scilly.
On May 21, 1471, German painter, engraver, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist Albrecht Dürer was born. He was considered as one of the greatest artists of the Northern Renaissance.
On September 28, 1573, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, genius Italian artist of the Renaissance was born in Milano. He was best known for his realistic paintings with a dramatic appearance of lighting.
Was habe ich mich gefreut, als ich den neuen Roman von Elizabeth Kostova schon vor einiger Zeit im Regal entdeckt hatte. Nach dem wirklich großartig gelungenen und atemberaubend spannenden 'Historiker' (hier im Biblionomicon besprochen "Wie Umberto Eco Unsterblichen bei der Berufswahl unter die Arme greifen würde...") nun ein weiterer Roman, der sogleich große Erwartungen weckte: "Die Schwanendiebe", eine Geschichte über....naja, anscheinend über Maler...
The Saatchi Gallery has always aimed to provide an innovative forum for contemporary art, presenting work by largely unseen young artists or by established international artists whose work has been rarely or never exhibited in the UK.
