BRU028 John the Baptist Preaching a Sermon 1566
Pieter Brueghel the Elder
GRI010 Sunshine Through Winter Trees
John Atkinson Grimshaw
Born Leeds, England, 1836, Grimshaw was a clerk for the Great Northern Railway when he started to study painting. A prolific artist, he became noted for works lit by moonlight or lamplight. From 1867 he painted fairy pictures such as ‘Spirit of the Night’, abundant with detail and lurid chromatic effects. Like Degas, he enjoyed an early use of photographs for reference and analysis. He mainly worked for private patrons and his popularity led to his work being copied and faked. Died Leeds, England, 1893.
MON044 Woods near Oele, 1908
Piet Mondrian
Born in 1872, the Dutch painter Mondrian was a key figure in the development of abstract art. His early painting was quite naturalsitic but in the late 1890s he began to experiment with abstraction. Mondrian died in 1944, and his work had a profound influence on decorative and advertisement art from the 1930s onwards.
MON046 Composition trees II, 1912
Piet Mondrian
Born in 1872, the Dutch painter Mondrian was a key figure in the development of abstract art. His early painting was quite naturalsitic but in the late 1890s he began to experiment with abstraction. Mondrian died in 1944, and his work had a profound influence on decorative and advertisement art from the 1930s onwards.
MON052 Blossoming apple tree, 1912
Piet Mondrian
Born in 1872, the Dutch painter Mondrian was a key figure in the development of abstract art. His early painting was quite naturalsitic but in the late 1890s he began to experiment with abstraction. Mondrian died in 1944, and his work had a profound influence on decorative and advertisement art from the 1930s onwards.
