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24
Dec
Painter John Wollaston in Historical Perspective
During the 17th and 18th centuries, the newly emerging middle class in England and the Americas, embracing their newfound social and economic significance, began to sit for formal portraits of themselves and their families. Previously the exclusive province of the aristocracy, personal portraiture became a coveted status symbol among the emergent 'middling sort'.
In 1749, painter John Wollaston emigrated from England to New York and brought the latest style of English portraiture to America. He introduced the wealthy merchants of New York and Philadelphia to his painterly talent; later, he would carry these skills to the affluent planter class of the Southern colonies.
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19
Dec
The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich was founded in 1808 by Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria in Munich as the "Royal Academy of Fine Arts" and is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. Many influential artists such as Wassily Kandinski, Edvard Munch or Paul Klee studied there, and Munich School is a term used in the history of Greek art, and sometimes also of American art, for the styles that were influenced by the Academy in the 19th century, including that of academic realism.
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11
Sep
Tucked between two modern structures, one can glimpse a slice from the past in Rafael Martínez Nadal’s house.Born in 1877 and orphaned at the age of five, Nadal studied in San Juan, Puerto Rico before moving to Europe to study law. He lived several years in Paris, Barcelona and Madrid as a businessman in fields as varied as bull fighting, meat distribution, theater production and coffee importation.