Dhiraj Chowdhury Landscape Paintings

Provenance: Private Collection, San Diego, CA. Framed Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers and one sister, Filomina, Frank, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, Edmond, and William became painters. They were under the tutelage of their eldest brother, Frank, who in the late 1920s, founded the first commercial art* studio, Martino Studios, at 27 South 18th Street. Besides studying with his two eldest brothers, Giovanni also studied with Albert Jean Adolph at La France Institute, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts*, The Graphic Sketch Club, and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In his mid teens he accompanied his two eldest brothers to New Hope searching for subjects to paint. In the 1930s, he also started to paint in Manayunk, a hilly mill town along the Schuylkill River. At this time he signed his paintings M. Giovanni. These colorful impressionistic* works proceeded more thinly painted dramatically poetic street scenes of the mill town. These images developed into impasto* laden oils in the 1960's with some of the paintings worked with a palette knife*. In Manayunk, he was a common sight on the streets and sidewalks, painting on-the-spot with his wife, Eva Marinelli and his two daughters, Nina & Babette. In the 1980's and 90's he also painted in Conshohocken and Norristown with his youngest daughter, Babette. His paintings became more sharply executed like his earlier work but were more colorful. In the late '90's he worked in his studio to enlarge paintings. He is the recipient of over 100 awards and honors. He received the Benjamin Altman Prize in Landscape Painting in 1975 at the National Academy of Design, NYC where he was elected an Academician (NA) in 1944. He mentored not only his wife and two daughters but also taught at Lehigh University and the Graphic Sketch Club, Philadelphia. He died at his home in Blue Bell on February 1, 1997. (Babette Martino...

'Amalfi Coastline, Italy' signed mixed media on paper. Glazed frame 53cmx 42cm painting 36cmx27cm A view of Amalfi, looking down to the shoreline from the hilly landscape that surrou...

'Solstice, Stonehenge' circa 2012. Mixed media , signed piece. Glazed oak wood frame 52cmx 42cm painting 28cmx20cm. Watercolour , pencil, felt pen , inkjet print and varnish. A take...

This artwork depicts a marine landscape, a flat calm before sunset, with clouds hiding the sun. This piece was created with a mixed technique of acrylic painting on photograms on rice paper mounted on a wood panel. Some edges of the paper cuts are left visible. Philippe Saucourt...

Few artists in Venezuela have the fortune of the affection and the overwhelming admiration of the city that saw them born, like the one expressed by Barquisimeto and the Barquisimeta...

Ravello. All that visit know the capture of the place when looking towards the Med. Gradwell created of semi abstract view of the collaspe between coast and the town dwellings . An e...

Few artists in Venezuela have the fortune of the affection and the overwhelming admiration of the city that saw them born, like the one expressed by Barquisimeto and the Barquisimeta...

Born in Byblos lebanon, in 1946, is a contemporary plastician artist franco-canadian. Artistic journey Early days (1970-1975) Paris (1976-2001) Quebec...

Pompeii , Unearthed Material, ' signed c 2005 glazed oak frame 42.5 x 52cm painting 23cmx 34cm Mixed media, watercolor, ink varnish and inkjet print.

This artwork depicts an urban landscape in sepia tones. This piece was created with a mixed technique of acrylic painting on photograms on paper mounted on a wood panel. Some edges...

This artwork depicts a view of a shed labelled "Dierking Lumber Co". This piece was created with a mixed technique of acrylic painting on photograms on rice paper mounted on a wood ...

Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...