Studio de Theo.
Impressionist Paintings.

Pastel drawing: " Les enfants chez Le Touquet, France. "
Artist: Theodore Zimmerman. H.P.S.A.A. (CLICK).

  Figurative  Paintings.

"Anna of Montparnasse, Paris "
by Theodore Zimmerman HPSAA
Elongatism painting, signed, stamped and inscribed.
  ( Copyright Thedore Zimmerman (c) )

Paul Cezanne. ( French ) 1839 - 1906 H. S. A. A.
Born January 19th 1839 at Aix - en - Provence. His early paintings were influenced by the artist Eugene Delacroix and in his oil painting he tended to use black which made his paintings seem dark. Other artists to influence Cezanne were Courbet, Daumier and Manet. It was in the 1870's when he began to show his Impressionistic abilities and spent some time living with the renown collector and amateur artist Dr. Gachet. His interest in still life became more prominent as self criticism of his work meant that he would paint extremely slowly as he progressed as an Impressionist. His palette now was much lighter in tone without the use of black in his colours as in the early years of his career, Due to his paintings being criticized in the  third Impressionist exhibition in 1877 he decided to return home in Aix - en - Provence, and began to develop an interest in  'plein air'  painting and in the area around his home he found many subjects to paint. His work is now much acclaimed by collectors, as his talents as one of the leading impressionist is appreciated by the art establishment.
Died October 22nd 1906 at Aix - en - Provence.
Collections of  paintings by Cezanne.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Cezanne at the Tate Gallery, London.
Cezanne paintings. The Artchive.
State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Russia.
E. G. Buehrle Collection,  Zurich.
Encyclopedia for Cezanne.
Web Museum, Paris.
Le Petit Musee Cezanne.
CNN European Cezanne.
CGFA
Gardens of sunlight.
The artists org.
Arthistory. Portraits
Arthistory. Bather.
Arthistory. Still Life
Arthistory. landscapes
Arthistory paintings.
Paintings at Chateau-noir.
cards.
The Fine Art printshop.
All Posters.

Salvador Dali. 1904 - 1989  H. S. A. A.
One of the greatest painters of the 20th Century
Studied as a young man at the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in  Madrid, and he had his first exhibition of his paintings in Barcelona in 1925.  At the age of 25 he became a member of the group of surrealists and also met his future wife Gala and they became very close. His prominence in the surrealists movement led his to become it's most influential painter but was expelled from the group in 1934. Dali left Europe in 1940 to go to America and it was in 1941 that the Museum of  Modern Art, New York gave him a major exhibition of his work which set him on the path to fame. He started a new series of 19 large paintings in a new style which dwelt on religion and historical scenes. Following the death of his wife Gala in 1982 Dali himself began to have poor health with heart problems  Throughout his life he worked in all types of mediums and after he died on January 23rd 1989 his family found thousands of paintings in his studio. He will be remembered as being one of the great artist's of the 20th century.
Collections of  paintings by Salvador Dali.
Salvador Dali Estate Foundation ***
The Salvador Dali Museum. ***
( Early Years ) ***
( Transitional period ) ***
( Surrealism ) ***
( Classic period ) ***
The Artchive.
Artstar.
Tate Gallery, London.
Artchives.
Galleria Narthex. Exhibition.
Virtual Gallery
The Life of Salvador Dali.
Webcoast. The Exhibits.
The Salvador Dali Art Gallery.
The secret life of Salvador Dali.
Britannica.
The artists org.
Spanish Arts.
Cards.
Image Makers Posters
Musexpo
Daliart
The Fine Art Printshop.

Edgar Degas. 1834 - 1917. H. S. A. A.
Born in Paris on the 19th July 1834.
Studied art under the painter Lamothes and at 18 began his studies at  the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. Soon however he was tempted to move to Italy where he studied the Renaissance movement and paintings. After five years in Italy he returned to Paris and started to paint the portraits of his own family and close friends. His involvement with the artist Manet led him into painting theatrical backdrops.
It was around 1869 that his interest in the ballet dancer began and this interest in the female ballet dancer remained one of his favorite subjects to paint for the rest of his life. Other favorite subjects were the racecourses and racehorses and cafe scenes in Paris. His use of the pastels medium was arrived at by his early study of the paintings of Ingres,  and Degas found the medium to his liking when sketching the movement and form of the ballet dancer. Degas was a great painter of the female form and was well liked throughout the art establishment. He died on September 27th 1917, Paris leaving thousands of drawings and sketches in his preferred medium of pastels.
Collections of  paintings by Edgar Degas.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota.
Degas paintings. The Artchive.
Tate Gallery, London.
National Gallery of Art, Washington.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokio.
National Gallery, London.
Web Museum, Paris.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
The Artchive.
CGFA
Gardens of sunlight.
The artists org.
Museum Boijmans Van Beumingen, Rotterdam
The Fine Art Printshop.

Vincent Van Gogh,   Dutch. 1853 - 1890 H. S. A. A.
Born in 1853 son of Theodorus Van Gogh and Anna Carbentus in Groot - Zundern, Holland. He had a brother called Theo. born 1st May 1857. By 1869 he became apprenticed to art dealers Goupil & Cie, Paris.  In 1873 Vincent was transferred to London  where he visited the museums and art galleries to  increase his knowledge of the Victorian painters. His interest in the bible then took preference over his art and  by 1877 he returned to Amsterdam and his religious studies. He was sent to a mining village in Belgium to preach but lived in extreme poverty and by 1880 his interest in religion had declined mainly through personal failure and he took up painting full time again. His brother Theo. had become very close during his adult life and they corresponded by letter on a regular basis with Theo. sending Vincent the art materials he constantly requested.
His poverty continued, and it was only his brother Theo's  belief that one day Vincent's paintings would be appreciated by the art establishment that sustained their close and personal  friendship. It was the year 1888, Vincent's painting began to show some improvement and he journeyed to  Arles in Provence to paint landscapes. He rented a house which became known as the "Yellow House of the artist" and now he started to find himself, and with a new style of painting  began a new and productive era. Over the summer months he created numerous paintings of the countryside and he began to think about starting a school of painting and a new artist community. Paul Gauguin joined him at Arles in the October but over the following months due to their constant arguments the relationship deteriorated. After the failed attack on Gauguin with a razor, Vincent started to lose his mind and cuts off his left earlobe. Vincent continues to work again after being cared for but his mental state was now fragile and breakdowns followed at regular intervals and he was transferred to a mental asylum.
By the January of 1890  still suffering from mental breakdowns he continued to paint when he could. In this last year of his life, the art critics had started to appreciate his paintings but through his continued mental illness and financial hardship, on the 27th July Vincent shot  himself in the chest with a pistol he had borrowed and he died on the 29th July 1890.
Represented in many public and private collections.
Collections of  paintings by Vincent Van Gogh.
Vincent Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
Vincent Van Gogh famous paintings.
Letters to Theo. from Vincent Van Gogh.
Tate Gallery, London.
Vincent Van Gogh. The Artchive.
E. G. Buehrle collection, Zurich.
Van Gogh Gallery Collection.
Vincent Van Gogh Information Gallery.
The Art Museum
CGFA
Gardens of sunlight
The artists org.
The Fine Art Printshop.

L.  S. Lowry, R. A.,  British Industrial Landscape painter. 1887 - 1976 H. S. A. A.
Born on the 1st November 1887 in Stretford, Manchester. Lancashire. U. K.
It would be in early  1909 when his family moved to Station Road, Pendlebury, where he lived for around 40 years. He studied at Salford School of Art part time in the period 1915-28 and during the evenings he worked as a  rent collector  in the Manchester and Salford area. He would draw in a small pocket size sketchbook in pencil.,  the local people, life and grimy buildings during his working visits into the streets and houses. After working all day at the Salford School of Art and in the evenings collecting the rents he would go into his studio and paint during the night and into the early hours,  where he created in oil paints the industrial paintings depicting the streets and mills of  Lancashire.
During the 1930's and exhibitions in  Manchester and Salford,  it was in 1939 when he was offered an exhibition at the Lefevre Gallery , London. Following the London exhibition , interest in  his paintings really began and  L. S. Lowry had finally arrived on to the art scene. Being a very cautious man regarding money  it wasn't until 1952 when sales of his paintings were in steady demand that he decided one evening to give up his part time insurance and rent collector job. Well known for the stylized stick like figures of workers of the industrial cotton mills of Lancashire and received the honor of R. A. for his life's work in art. Lowry was always to be seen in his beloved Salford and Manchester, sketching the grimy streets full of children and people about their work in his personalized  unique way. Late in his career he specialized in depicting the solitary lonely misfit of society, but it's mainly through his  paintings of the working people of Salford and Manchester at the street level of the 1930's depression  to the 1960's that he will be remembered for. He became an active president of the Bury Art Society and was well known by it's painter members.
On one of  Theo's visit to Lowry's studio, he commented on the huge amounts of Flake White oil paint that Lowry used in his paintings to which he replied, "I buy huge quantities of white, but I only use Flake White oil paint as I have found that over a few years it tends to  mellow quickly with age and this is part of the atmospheric light effect I want in my paintings. " It appears that Lowry had experimented with various colours and painted a number of small panels with colour, including Flake White and then placed the panels in a box which he put away for a few years. When he opened the box later he found to his satisfaction that the Flake White oil paint had mellowed as he intended to a greyish and yellow appearance which was  the desired effect he wanted in his paintings.
A new gallery the Lowry Center, has been constructed at Salford Keys, and is now open to the public.
A magnificent exhibition of 100 of the artists  paintings will be on show at one time at the Lowry and the public will be able to enjoy the works in this newly built exhibition center, built specially to house the Lowry collection and to honor Salford's greatest artist of the 20th century.
During his life he became associated in Manchester and Salford area with the painter and friend, Theodore Zimmerman who also lived in the Manchester area. 
Details and Associates of  L. S. Lowry. ( CLICK )  page on this site.
L. S. Lowry died age 89 on the 23rd February 1976. Represented in many public and private collections.
The Lowry Center is well worth a visit and can be accessed on the home page. A new exhibition center in Salford, Lancashire. U. K. built specially to display the paintings of the famous artist L. S. Lowry R. A.
Collections of  paintings by Laurence Stephen Lowry.
Tate Gallery, London.
L. S. Lowry links to information about the artist.
Lancashire L. S. Lowry.
Lowry prints.

Henri Matisse. 1869 - 1954 H. S. A. A.
Born 1869 French Fauvism painter. He became a student of the painter Odilon Redon and during this time his studies in art led him to the work of Cezanne and Manet. In 1905 he moved to the south of France and Joined the artist Andre Derain at Collioure. The influence of Derain changed his palette which now had become much more colourful. The colours on the coast around Collioure inspired him and his paintings began to show a new style,  full of colour and movement.
During the 1914 - 1918 war he traveled to North Africa and during this time a move into 'abstract forms' began by 1916. In 1917  he returned to the Cote d'Azur area  in the south of France where he painted many pictures in his new style.
He died in 1954 leaving a great quantity of drawings, water-colors and oils in his studio.
Collections of  paintings by Henri Matisse.
The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Russia.
Matisse Museum, Nice.
Matisse paintings. The Artchive.
Musee Matisse...
Web Museum, Paris.
Fauvism ( Web Museum, Paris. )
Tate Gallery, London.
Art in Context.
CGFA
Art4net
Henri Matisse paintings.
Henri Matisse Homepage.
The artists org.
Earthlink
The Fine Art Printshop.

Claude Monet . 1840 - 1926 H. S. A. A.
Born in Paris in 1840 he is now  regarded as one of the greatest artist's of the 19th and 20th century. The Impressionists naturally depicted the seasons and weather of Spring, Summer and Winter, painting in the open air outdoors, they became masters of  light and atmospheric effects. He was fascinated with snow scenes and was the first Impressionist to paint the snow "En plein air" and many of the snow pictures were painted in the area around Argenteuil and on the Seine. His love of London especially in winter when fog appears over the river Thames prompted many river paintings. Like Waterloo Bridge, with it's blues and greys and the Houses of Parliament almost reminiscent in appearance to the 'Nocturnes' of Whistler.  His most important project was the creation of his water garden at his home in Giverny, France. The beautiful garden which is still filled with many types of colourful flowers of nature and the water garden remains a most popular place to visit. His water lilies series of mural paintings which were painted on huge canvasses are greatly loved for their majestic simplicity and colour. He died at the age of 86.
His works are represented in many public and private collections.
Collections of  paintings by Claude Monet.
The Hermitage Museum , St. Petersburg.
Monet paintings, The Artchive.
Monet paintings.
Claude Monet paintings and Links.
Claude Monet at infoeagle.
Web Museum, Paris.
Tate Gallery, London.
National Gallery. London.
Claude Monet at Giverny.
Gardens of sunlight.
Olga's Gallery.
The artists org.
Museum Boijmans Van Beumingen, Rotterdam
The Fine Art Printshop.

Pablo Picasso ,  Spanish. 1881 - 1973 H. S. A. A.
Picasso's association with Theodore Zimmerman.
Born on October 25th 1881 in Malaga, Spain to Maria Picasso, wife of the artist Jose Ruiz. He decided to take his mothers surname as an artist and qualified for the Academy of Fine Arts, Barcelona.  Later he studied at the San Fernando Academy, Madrid. His well known 'Blue period'  spanned the years between 1901 to 1904 when he was painting in Paris. Next came the 'circus' period with it's acrobats and clowns with a complete change of palette. The cubist period after meeting Braque started around 1911 and continued for a few years before entering a time where he designed sets for the theatre in a more classical style. A move into other forms of art including sculpture in wrought iron and other materials started in the early 1920's and continued until the 1930's. During the 2nd world war Picasso remained in Paris and during this time he painted many pictures which dwelt on the theme of death. He met and lived with Fran. Gilot and she gave him two children. The children Claude and Paloma appeared in a number of his paintings in the 40's.  He created many forms of ceramic art during the late 1940's. and it was  into the 1950's when his main interest turned to printing and lithography.
In 1953 he met Jacqueline Roque and in 1961 he married her  and following this marriage, Pablo and Jaqueline decided to leave Paris and moved  to the south of France  His popularity as an artist earned him the nickname 'The showman', with now exhibitions in Europe and America and in the 1960's he created the huge sculpture at the Chicago Civic Center. An exhibition of his works at the Louvre in 1971 in honor for his 90th birthday was a great success followed in 1980 by an exhibition of his life works at the Museum of Modern Arts, New York..
Following a very active and prolific painting career he died on April 8th in 1973 aged 91 years old.
Represented in many public and private collection throughout the art world.
Collections of  paintings by Pablo Picasso.
Pablo Picasso. Official Web Site.
The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
Picasso paintings. The Artchive.
Musee National Picasso. France.
Musee Picasso - Antibes.
Museu Thyssen-Bornemisza, Spain.
On-Line Picasso project.***
Tate Gallery, London.
Telefonica collection of paintings ***
Art in Context
Moma Collection, New York.
The artists org.
Pace Wildenstein, New York.
Spanish Arts.
Childhood of a genius.
The Fine Art Printshop.

Camille Pissarro. 1830 - 1903 H. S. A. A.
Born 1830 on the Caribbean island of  St. Thomas and at a young age moved to Paris to study painting. He later returned to St. Thomas to run the family business but his heart and future was as a painter. Driven by his passion for painting he returned to Paris in 1855 and during this time met Corot and Manet. In 1860 he became friends with Cezanne and other Impressionists and exhibited a painting at the 'Salon des Refuses'. The small group of Impressionists being short of a place to show their works exhibited at the photographic studio of Nadar and the exhibition proved a success. Pissarro giving advice to young painters said, "Look for the type of scene in nature that  suits your temperament and then the motif should be observed for its shape and colour rather than for its drawing. Try and keep your painting  loose in form, as precise drawing is dry and hampers the impression of the whole and destroys all the sensations. Do not define to closely the outlines of  things as it is the brush stroke of the right value and colour which should produce the drawing. Looked as a mass the greatest difficulty is not to give the contour in detail but to paint what is within. Always paint the essential character of things and try to convey it by any means whatsoever without bothering about technique. When you are painting, make a choice of subject and see what is on the right and the left, then work on everything simultaneously. Don't work bit by bit, but paint everything at once by placing the tones everywhere with brush strokes of the right colour
and  value, while taking notice of what is alongside as this may affect the reflective colour and value.  Use small brush strokes and try to put down your perceptions immediately. Your eyes you should not be fixed by one point, but should take in everything while you are observing the reflections which the other colours produce on their surroundings. Work at the same time upon sky, water, branches and ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis and  unceasingly rework until you have the effect. Cover the canvas with paint at the first go and then  work at it until you can see nothing foliage and other things. Don't be afraid of putting on colour and then refine the work little by little. Don't proceed according to  rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel. Paint generously and unhesitatingly,  for it is best not to lose your first impression. Never be timid in front of nature as one must be bold  at the risk of being deceived into making mistakes. The artist must have only one master and it is  nature as she is the one always to be consulted."
Pissarro became one of the first great artists of the 19th / 20th century to use pastels as a painting medium in it's own right and his pastels have a strength of colour equal to any other medium. Following a long and successful career painting in
Pastels, Oils and Water-color in 1930, Paris he died age 73 years old.
Collections of  paintings by Camille Pissarro.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Pissarro paintings. The Artchive.
Web Museum, Paris.
CGFA (Pissarro images.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Tate Gallery, London.
Camille Pissarro Web Site.
The artists org.

Pierre Auguste Renoir. 1841 - 1919 H. S. A. A.
Born 1841 the son of a tailor in Limoges, France. When he was only 4 years old his family decided to move to Paris. When Pierre became 13 he was apprenticed to a painter in a factory which made and decorated china-ware. Here he was trained to paint in the 18th century style. To earn extra money he sold copies of  18th century paintings which he copied in the Louvre, Paris and also attended classes in the evenings to try to improve his painting technique. When he was  21 he joined the studio of Gleyre where he became aquatinted with other artists and became friends with Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley. His painting was interrupted by the onset of the war  between France and Prussia and during this time only a few paintings were completed. After the was over, his paintings began to become much richer in colour, mainly due to his friendship and involvement with the Impressionists.  The majority of the Impressionists were involved with painting nature and landscapes, but Renoir chose to include figures and people in his pictures and his style began to progress and develop as he began to include children as the main subject with a garden or landscape background. The children in his paintings appear to be aware of their importance within the picture and his skill of portraying the young child in a floral background proved very popular with his clients.
He painted right up to the day he died even though he had extreme difficulty holding his brushes due to a long and painful  illness. He became one of the most important of the French Impressionists and his paintings are enjoyed by many art lovers throughout the world.
Died 1919
Collections of  paintings by Pierre Auguste Renoir.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Renoir paintings. The Artchive.
Web Museum, Paris.
Tate Gallery, London.
Auguste Renoir Gallery Biography.
Gardens of sunlight
The artists org.
The Fine Art Printshop.