[
The Starry Night
] [
Puzzle
] [
Dictionary
] [
Gallery
] [
Letters
] [
Letter Sketches
] [
About us
]
A
|
B
|
C
|
D
|
E
|
F
|
G
|
H
|
I
|
J
|
K
|
L
|
M
|
N
|
O
|
P
|
R
|
S
|
T
|
U
|
V
|
W
|
Z
Madrazo
Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (February, 12, 1815, Rome – June, 11, 1894) - a Spanish painter, son of Madrazo y Agudo. He studied under his father and Franz Winterhalter in Paris...
Maris
The Maris brothers - Jacob (August, 25, 1837 - August, 7, 1899), Willem Maris (February, 18, 1844 - October, 10, 1910) and Matthijs, or Thijs (August, 17, 1839 - August, 22, 1917) - Dutch painters...
Mauve
Anton Rudolf Mauve (September, 18, 1838 – February, 5, 1888) was a Dutch painter. Mauve was a realist and the leader of the so called The Hague school of art. Most of his paintings...
Meissonier
Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier (February, 21, 1815, Lyon – January, 31, 1891) - a French painter, etcher and sculptor, leading representative of Classicist movement in France and most famous for his paintings of Napoleon III-related subjects...
Melancholy
Melancholy - a sombre, depressed or thoughtful state of mind, usually sustained for a long period of time. The word is related to the ancient division of human temperaments into four types based on peculiarities of one's organism: melancholic (predominant liquid - black bile); choleric (predominant liquid - yellow bile); sanguine (predominant liquid - blood); phlegmatic (predominant liquid - phlegm).
Merry
Merry - full of joy; happy, jolly.
Michelet
Jules Michelet (August, 21, 1798 - February, 9, 1874) - a very famous and influential French historian. He was professor of history in College Rollin, an employee at the Record Office, dean of history at the College de France...
Mill
Mill - a special edifice designed for and equipped with facilities to grind grain into cereal products.
Millais
John Everett Millais (June, 8, 1829 - August, 13, 1896) was an English painter and printmaker. His most prominent works are "Ophelia" (1852), "A Huguenot" (1852)...
Millet
Jean-François Millet (October, 4, 1814 – January, 20, 1875) - a French realist painter and sculptor, one of the main members of the so-called Barbizon school, noted for his views of rural life...
Minister
Minister, minster - a big monastery church; cathedral.
Mist
Mist - assemblation of small condensed driblets suspended in the air; a light haze, fog.
Moss’d
Moss’d, mossed - covered with moss, small plants without flowers made by spores and grown in moist grounds, for example, on tree stems.
Mother
Anna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus (September, 10, 1819 - April, 29, 1907) - Van Gogh's mother. In 1851 she married Theodorus van Gogh, Vincent's father.
Muyden
Van Muyden, Evert van Muyden (July, 18, 1853 - February, 27, 1922) - a famous Swiss painter, etcher and book illustrator. His father, Alfred van Muyden (1818-1898) was a famous painter himself and it was him to teach him painting. Later on he studied in Geneva, Berlin (with Karl Steffeck) and Paris (with Gerome). He was a great landscape painter...
A
|
B
|
C
|
D
|
E
|
F
|
G
|
H
|
I
|
J
|
K
|
L
|
M
|
N
|
O
|
P
|
R
|
S
|
T
|
U
|
V
|
W
|
Z