The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (39 page)
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Authors: Ian Chilvers
Baselitz , Georg
(1938– ).
German-born painter and sculptor. He is regarded as one of the leading exponents of
Neo-Expressionism
and his work has often been the subject of controversy, particularly since, in 1969, he began painting the images in his pictures upside down. Since 1980 he has also made sculptures; in these the figures are the normal way up.
German-born painter and sculptor. He is regarded as one of the leading exponents of
Neo-Expressionism
and his work has often been the subject of controversy, particularly since, in 1969, he began painting the images in his pictures upside down. Since 1980 he has also made sculptures; in these the figures are the normal way up.
Basire , James
.
.
Basquiat , Jean-Michel
.
.
Bassa , Ferrer
(
c.
1285/90–1348).
Spanish painter and
miniaturist
who worked for the Aragon court. He is considered the founder of the Catalan School, but the only certain surviving work by his hand is a series of
frescos
in the chapel of S. Miguel at the convent of Pedralbes near Barcelona, executed in 1345–6 and strongly Italianate in style.
c.
1285/90–1348).
Spanish painter and
miniaturist
who worked for the Aragon court. He is considered the founder of the Catalan School, but the only certain surviving work by his hand is a series of
frescos
in the chapel of S. Miguel at the convent of Pedralbes near Barcelona, executed in 1345–6 and strongly Italianate in style.
Bassano , Jacopo
(Jacopo da Ponte )
(Jacopo da Ponte )
(
c.
1510/18–92).
Italian painter, the most celebrated member of a family of artists who took their name from the small town of Bassano, about 65 km. from Venice. Apart from a period in the 1530s when he trained with
Bonifazio Veronese
in Venice, Jacopo worked in Bassano all his life. His father,
Francesco the Elder
(
c.
1475–1539), was a village painter and Jacopo always retained something of the peasant artist, even though the influence of, for example, the fashionable etchings of
Parmigianino
is evident in his work. He treated biblical themes in the manner of rustic genre scenes, using genuine country types and portraying animals with real interest. In this way he helped to develop the taste for paintings in which the
genre
or still-life element assumes greater importance than the ostensible religious subject. From around 1560 his work became vested with a more exaggerated search for novel effects of light, taking on something of the iridescent colouring of
Tintoretto
. Bassano had four painter sons who continued his style—
Francesco the Younger
(1549–92),
Gerolamo
(1566–1621),
Giovanni Battista
(1553–1613), and
Leandro
(1557–1622). Francesco (who committed suicide by throwing himself out of a window) and Leandro both acquired some distinction and popularity working in Venice—indeed Leandro was knighted by the Doge in 1595 or 1596 (thereafter he sometimes added
Eques
to his signature). The work of the family is well represented in the Museo Civico at Bassano.
c.
1510/18–92).
Italian painter, the most celebrated member of a family of artists who took their name from the small town of Bassano, about 65 km. from Venice. Apart from a period in the 1530s when he trained with
Bonifazio Veronese
in Venice, Jacopo worked in Bassano all his life. His father,
Francesco the Elder
(
c.
1475–1539), was a village painter and Jacopo always retained something of the peasant artist, even though the influence of, for example, the fashionable etchings of
Parmigianino
is evident in his work. He treated biblical themes in the manner of rustic genre scenes, using genuine country types and portraying animals with real interest. In this way he helped to develop the taste for paintings in which the
genre
or still-life element assumes greater importance than the ostensible religious subject. From around 1560 his work became vested with a more exaggerated search for novel effects of light, taking on something of the iridescent colouring of
Tintoretto
. Bassano had four painter sons who continued his style—
Francesco the Younger
(1549–92),
Gerolamo
(1566–1621),
Giovanni Battista
(1553–1613), and
Leandro
(1557–1622). Francesco (who committed suicide by throwing himself out of a window) and Leandro both acquired some distinction and popularity working in Venice—indeed Leandro was knighted by the Doge in 1595 or 1596 (thereafter he sometimes added
Eques
to his signature). The work of the family is well represented in the Museo Civico at Bassano.
Bastien-Lepage , Jules
(1848–84).
French painter, best known for his sentimental scenes of rural life such as
The Haymakers
(Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1877). Émile Zola described Bastien-Lepage's work as ‘Impressionism corrected, sweetened and adapted to the taste of the crowd’, and his work had considerable success and influence in spreading a taste for
plein-air
painting, not only in France, but also in England and Scotland, and even—via Tom
Roberts
—in Australia. He was also much admired as a portraitist.
French painter, best known for his sentimental scenes of rural life such as
The Haymakers
(Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1877). Émile Zola described Bastien-Lepage's work as ‘Impressionism corrected, sweetened and adapted to the taste of the crowd’, and his work had considerable success and influence in spreading a taste for
plein-air
painting, not only in France, but also in England and Scotland, and even—via Tom
Roberts
—in Australia. He was also much admired as a portraitist.
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