Spanish Realist/Impressionist Painter , 1863-1923
Spanish painter, b. Valencia. He is noted for his large landscapes in full, glowing sunlight, painted in strong color and in a bold, fluent style. Sorolla's best-known works include Beaching the Boat and The Swimmers. Related Paintings of Joaquin Sorolla Y Bastida :. | Selling the Cath at Valencia | Nina en la playa by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida | Castilla o La fiesta del pan | Academic study from life | On the Beach | Related Artists:
Thomas King HannaAmetican
1872-1951
GARCIA, PereSpanish painter (active 1455-1479 in Barcelona)
Henri Testelin(Paris, 1616 - The Hague, 1695) was a French art painter.
Henri Testelin made portraits of Louis XIV, important persons and events at the French court . Several of his paintings can be seen in the palace of Versailles. The portraits, like the one of the young Louis XIV, show the influence of Jean Nocret and Le Brun.
He was secretary of Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture from 1650 and professor from 1656. In 1680 he published a book on art theory and the academy. Testelin was dismissed from the Academy in 1681, because he was proptestant. He left France and went to Holland.