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Old Masters Art

OLD MASTERS

Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.

The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.

Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.

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Style: Old Masters
Period: 1950s
Ferruginous Duck - Colored lithograph on paper 1950s
Located in Napoli, IT
Colored silkscreen print on paper with mahogany wood frame
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1950s Old Masters Art

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Lithograph, Paper

Duck - Colored lithograph on paper 1950s
Located in Napoli, IT
Colored silkscreen print on paper with mahogany wood frame
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1950s Old Masters Art

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Lithograph, Paper

Five mid 20th century Italian oil landscapes with figures, castles, Churchs
Located in Woodbury, CT
A very interesting set of five mid-20th-century Italian oils on copper. All five are classical landscape subjects and are signed Roger, though we don't know which artist with the n...
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1950s Old Masters Art

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Copper

Ex Libris - Gediminui 650 - Vilniaus Viesoji Biblioteka - Etching - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Gediminui 650 - Vilniaus Viesoji Biblioteka is an original print in etching technique on ivory paper, realized by Bruno Pozzo, in 1950s. Hand-signed on the lower right. ...
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1950s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Dutch or Flemish School Still life of Pewter flagon, Oyster shell on a table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Dutch or Flemish style still life on a table top. Excellent quality oil on canvas in the style of a 17th century Dutch or Flemish still life. The...
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1950s Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

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Old Masters art for sale on 1stDibs.

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